The Secret Garden Outdoor Nursery

Based in a 25 acre woodland in Fife, we run a pioneering childcare service, entirely out of doors all year round. Established since 2008 we also offer practitioner workshops where we share our unique and highly acclaimed philosophy with people from all over the world! We are currently full at the moment and have a waiting list for children ready to start in April 2021. However, we are taking enrolments for August 2021 and are happy to chat so please do get in touch if you have any questions about enrolling or adding your name to a waiting list.

The Secret Garden Outdoor Nursery opened its invisible doors in September 2008, receiving at this time the Nancy Ovens Award for Play 'Outstanding Contribution to Play' and from Play Scotland 'Best Practice in Action'. As Scotland's first ever outdoor nursery, a unique and highly acclaimed philosophy and practice has evolved in the woods crafted around our guiding principles - Presence, Nature, Play. Based in a 25 acre woodland north of Letham village in Fife, the nursery offers explorative full-time outdoor play, 4 days a week.

Our signature workshop ‘In The Woods' will be running on three dates throughout 2020.

The Secret Garden Outdoor Nursery in Letham, Fife, opened its invisible doors for the first time in 2008, as the realisation of a vision long held by its founder, Cathy Bache, to create an experience for pre-school aged children of complete immersion in the natural world - with nature as teacher. As Scotland's first ever outdoor nursery, a unique, and highly acclaimed philosophy and practice has evolved in the woods, with each turn of the seasons. Our pioneering workshops have unfolded naturally alongside the nursery itself, providing an insight into the ways of the Secret Garden, and attracting attendees from around the world, and from diverse backgrounds.