...your perfect wedding venue. Making this choice together as a couple can be a fun experience. If you have always dreamed of a barn wedding with plenty of beautiful outdoor space, you may want to consider Lillibrooke Manor and Barns. Great Location Lillibrooke Manor and Barns is located in the Thames Valley. It is just two miles from Maidenhead train station and about a 40-minute drive from central London. The M4 and M25 both give visitors easy access to the venue. Options Options are always important when planning a wedding. With Lillibrooke Manor and Barns, you have great indoor and outdoor options to make your day exactly the way you want. The Great Barn This Grade II Listed barn is great for large wedding parties. It has standing room for up to 200 people. It is a...
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...Dennis Oppenheim, Terrestrial Studio at Storm King Art Center (May 14 – November 13, 2016) is a giddy jaunt through pristine outdoor sculpture in its natural habitat. Featuring newly realized works such as “Entrance to a Garden” and “Dead Furrow”, this exhibition breathes new life into the meaning of a living legacy and subsequently into the 500 acre grounds of storm king itself. Oppenheim, (1938-2011) coming out of the conceptual movement, first became known for his land art pieces in the mid 1960’s. In the 1970s he used film and video in relation to performance works and through the 80’s and beyond he created with primarily industrial materials for the “transformation of everyday objects in art”. Oppenheim’s broad brushstroke of a career...
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...Literature Review Page 9 Abstract Children’s freedom to play outdoors and have no limitations is somewhat controversial in this day in age. There are numerous views whether outdoor play is actually beneficial or not, when it comes to discussing children’s learning and development. In recent government documents such as The Early Years Foundation Stage (2012), references are made about outdoor play and its importance for children regardless of the weather. Potentially, there is an adventure to be made every day when a child takes the classroom outside, and no where offers more potential. Allowing parents and practitioners to learn about the advantages of risk taking but also explore the big wide world can help children gain a better insight and knowledge of world they live in. The outdoor area changes with the seasons therefore presented with more spontaneous challenges resulting in developing the children holistically. This research study is small scale and intends to focus on the importance of outdoor play for young children but also investigate what knowledge and understanding both parents and practitioners have on the chosen subject. The case study will be carried out within a day nursery setting. The researcher intended to gain a wider understanding of the chosen topic – outdoor play, and the views of this within the setting but also see how the setting responds to the Government framework The Eely Years...
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...early childhood centre or service is only at the beginning of its journey towards sustainability, when few sustainable practices or systems are in place. Initially, small, but visible, collaborative steps that support sustainable practices will indicate this ethic in action. (By Julie M. Davis-pg.164) Research Task: Starting a garden-Vegetable garden A small vegetable garden (approx.-4 sq. m) is started. A group of five children participated in this activity under the supervision of carer and room leader. Following steps followed to complete the task: 1. Preparing garden bed by mixing compost 2. Arranging and planting flowers and vegetables 3. Watering and caring for them Main Considerations 1. Safety To ensure the safety of the children the following steps were taken: * Use of gloves while working in the soil * Use of rubber gardening boots * Use of only plastic tools * Not to use any pesticide or insecticide * Being sun-smart * Activity done with age appropriate children (4+) 2. Creativity Experience allows young children to be: * Creative-children develop new ideas to be environmental friendly and learnt something different to their daily activities. * Imaginative-children become imaginative and they started to imagine the whole picture of a developed garden. 3. Materials required * Plastic tools * Gloves * Plants * Compost * Rubber gardening boots Benefits of environmental education in early...
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...Bali & Java Resorts, Retreats and Pool Villas ElEgant REsoRts & Villas of Bali The island of the gods The island of Bali is among the most popular stops in Indonesia - the island’s people, culture, rhythmic dances, volcanoes, sculptured rice paddies, spectacular beaches, and beautiful scenery, combined with a stunning array of accommodations, make it a delectable place to visit. The Balinese dedicate themselves to a vibrant and elaborate set of beliefs and an intriguing culture. Scores of sacred holidays and festivals are celebrated each year with ritual and pageantry. Ubiquitous palmleaf offertory plates are replenished daily with flowers and fruit to honour the deities and placate evil spirits. Thousands of temples and altars dot the fertile landscape, rising from rice terraces and family compounds in rural hamlets that have remained mostly unchanged for a thousand years or more. Humble caretakers for the gods, the Balinese have also been blessed with the inherently unselfish gift of hospitality. So Bali is an obvious choice for the plethora of heavenly hideaways that the island has to offer. The name “Ubud” comes from a word that means “medicine” the area is well-known amongst locals for the medicinal plants which grow there and for Como to locate two well-being resorts there makes perfect sense. When to go Bali has a tropical climate with a year round average temperature of 31 degrees Celsius. Bali has two seasons; the dry season that officially runs from...
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...engaging in creative and artistic pursuits, and playing sports, along with many more examples. By continually participating in a particular hobby, one can acquire substantial skill and knowledge in that area. Having a hobby helps to make you a more interesting person and gives you something fascinating to talk about with others. It can also help you to avoid feeling bored and often provides the opportunity to meet new people with similar interests. Learning something new is always good for keeping the mind active. This will also make you a more interesting person than a person who is addicted to Facebook, TV or doing other time wasting and unhealthy tasks. There are hundreds of hobbies a person can choose from. Some of them are: collecting, outdoor, sports, creative hobbies etc. Collecting is a practice with a very old cultural history. The collecting hobby is a modern descendant of the "cabinet of curiosities" which was common among scholars with the means and opportunities to acquire unusual items from the 16th century onwards. The involvement of larger numbers of people in collecting activities comes with the prosperity and increased leisure for some in the later 19th century in industrial countries. That is when collecting such items as antique china, furniture and decorative items from oriental countries becomes established. The hobby of collecting includes seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying,...
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...San Francisco International Airport Position Paper: Guest Experience Entering the doors of an airport may be worrisome and timid especially if it’s a first time traveler particularly for a child. The first time experience would always trigger a memory in regard to the factors of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. That particular memory should be able to captivate the most remarkable experience that child has ever had in an airport, which should be a positive guest experience rather than a negative. That experience should be meaningful enough to provide he/she with the courage to become a future frequent flyer. The future for airport guest experience appeals to modernity and contemporary, which should actively engage each of the physical senses to stimulate a positive everlasting guest experience. This guest experience is key to acquiring a strong market appeal, high profitability, and brand loyalty in order to become competitive and sustainable in the market. The top airport in the world recognized for their overall excellence among 100 airports is Singapore Changi Airport. This particular airport is a perfect example of providing an everlasting guest experience, which features appealing entertainment, architectural designs, and abundant convenient shops, amenities, and services (http://www.worldairportawards.com/Awards_2013/top100.htm). The current features SFO has that classify itself as one of the top airports in the region in terms of guest experience...
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...Compare and Contrast Germany and America Europeans and Americans have much more in common than most people think, making adjustments to life in a new country easier. Many customs are similar to practices in the United States. Germans have their own way of being German. Germany is a relatively small and densely populated country. Unlike the United States, which is a large, densely populated country. The greatest shock to Americans is the speed at which Germans drive. The roads and freeways are quite narrow. Speed limits in cities are strictly enforced, but on much of the Autobahn there is no limit on how fast drivers can go. Although it is against the law, impatient Germans may also tailgate at high speeds and/or flash their headlights when they want to pass your vehicle. If you are driving for the first time in Germany, keep right. Left lanes are for passing only. Unlike when you are driving in America; Americans tend to travel in the lane that is meant for passing and the faster drivers. Americans tend to think “ I am going the speed limit, so I am going to stay in the left lane”, the Germany way of thinking is that if you are not passing anyone or if you are going too slow, your car needs to be in the right hand lane. Unlike in the United States, train travel is a German way of life. You can get on at train at any bahnhof (train station) and travel to any destination in Europe you would like. The Germans use the train as their main mean of travel due to pollution...
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...Service Learning Reflection Essay As a prerequisite for a prerequisite it was required of us to achieve ten hours of service learning time, how boring could this be I figured, but what they failed to mention was how much fun we would and could have while achieving that goal. The first experience I was involved with was the “I Have a Dream” program at Phyllis Wheatley Elementary School in Overtown. As I can recall it was raining that day, so we didn’t get a chance to do any outdoor activities that was planned, which was upsetting. On the other hand, it was okay because we got an opportunity to interact with the kids a little while longer, which I know they enjoyed. In attendance with us was Professor Gonzalez who had a goat skin drum and a mallet which he used to get the kids’ attention at times and the volunteers as well. I still have a headache to this day because of how loud it was. He also went on to speak about the seedlings that they planted the year before and told a short story, which the kids obviously didn’t like. Also with us was Professor Salinas who went through a series of “brain busters” with the kids, mostly mental math problems and riddles, which to this day I’m still trying to figure out. Well mostly the riddles of course. However, I was amazed by the fact that the kids actually enjoyed us being there, I thought they were going to be a lot more apprehensive towards us but that wasn’t the case. I also realized the situation of the kids and felt sorry for...
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...Holroyd Summary Holroyd is a small, mostly industrial Sydney suburb with a few townhouses and houses that makeup the local neighbourhoods. There are fewer than 1,100 people living in the suburb, and most of them work in the industrial sectors of the suburb. There is a local sports ground where people of Holroyd gather for various festivities, for a day outdoors playing sports, or to get outside and enjoy the day. Holroyd is home to a couple of child care centres, several service providers, including health care. There aren’t many shops or restaurants in Holroyd, but the residents are within walking distance of suburbs like Merrylands. This small suburb has a lot of growth potential for business, industrial, and residential development. Holroyd...
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...Indoor Gardening 101: Grow a Gorgeous Garden in the Comfort of Your Home Introduction What is Indoor Gardening Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants as part of horticulture (it is technically the science, technology and business involved in intensive plant cultivation for human use. It is very diverse in its activities, incorporating plants for food and non food crops such as flowers, trees and shrubs). Most of the time or the most common style of gardening is usually outdoors, but it can also be indoors. Indoor gardening had its primary heyday in Victorian time. Plants such as abutilons, palms and hibiscus were discovered by botanists (a scientist who specializes in studying plants) in distant parts of the world, those who could afford to do so fill their parlours and conservatories with these exotic beauties. During 1970’s there was another revival of indoor plants though it was largely confined to foliage plants such as spider plants, Swedish ivy and ferns. In indoor gardening it is concerned with growing plants or houseplants within a residence or a building due to lack of natural space. It is beneficial to those who live in the city and it is mostly recommended to the people who lived in apartments, condominiums and little houses which have no space for gardening. It is also perfect for the winter season. It also purifies the air that we breathe. Always remember that you should know more about your indoor plants and where they come from...
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...Roof Gardens: Advantages and Potential Problems By Johnny Johnson June 23, 2013 Roof gardens, which have been in existence for thousands of years, are growing more popular as people realize the significant benefits they offer. People living in urban areas, apartments, or residences with small gardening spaces, are no longer limited to the confines of their environment. Spaces that were sparse with greenery are now able to be converted into roof gardens that offer more than just a beautiful and relaxing environment. Energy Savings Because they use much less space than typical gardens, roof gardens not only offer privacy but also “absorb a lot of energy by being on top of a structure. They provide natural noise and thermal heat insulation, thereby cutting down on utility bills.” (Dickinson 2008) Additionally, roof gardens also provide habitats for wildlife. Thus, what was once deemed good for the eye is also now good for the environment. Feasibility of Converting Flat Roofed Buildings to Gardens There are many options for the placement of a roof garden including wood-frame structures. However, the primary guiding principal is that roof gardens should be built on structures that are strong enough to support them. “Roof gardens are more ideally suited to steel-frame and reinforced-concrete structures, on which strong support platforms can be provided as reasonable cost.” (Osmundson 1999, 14) Weaker structures or structures that require additional support be added, can be...
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...experience. Your Garrison mainly comprises buildings and the Followers who inhabit them. As your Garrison grows, so will your options and opportunities to use these assets to your advantage on Draenor. The Followers that populate your Garrison will grow in number and power, and what they can do for you depends which buildings you choose to construct in your base. Start Small, Think Big Even in its fledgling state, your Garrison will contribute to your professional development almost immediately. You’ll have many choices for what to build, and your choices directly impact what your Followers can do and the rewards you’ll get from them. The space you have available for buildings is determined by your Garrison Tier. At Garrison Tier 1, you’ll have one small and one large plot for buildings of those sizes. Quests will take you through placing a building that matches one of your primary professions in your first small plot and a Barracks in your first large plot. At Garrison Tier 2, you’ll gain one additional small plot, one medium plot, and room for three of four preset buildings: the Fishing Shack, Herb Garden, Pet Menagerie, and Lunarfall Excavation (Alliance) or Frostwolf Mine (Horde). Everyone can eventually unlock and use all four presets, and each provides a great deal of synergy with its associated activities. For example, the Fishing Shack not only allows you to fish in Garrison waters and take on daily fishing quests—it also...
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...Brooklyn’s city of the dead, Green Wood Cemetery, is also grand public park where many go not just to mourn the dead but also to enjoy the natural landscape. This cemetery was established in 1838 by urban planner Henry Evelyn Pierrport. David Douglass was the designer of the cemetery. It is important to note the development of the landscape architect profession, here the design of a park was done by an engineer. It was during this era that picturesque parks and gardens began to be introduced into the public sphere. The picturesque of this location was carefully created by Douglass who used the lands natural moraine driven hills, valleys, and ponds long with the integration of sinuous pathways and trees. This project was one of Douglass’s most...
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...Outdoor Learning Areas for DETE Children's Services Centres and Schools (Replaces GP22 dated January 1990) D7 Published by: The Government of South Australia, January 2002 Produced by: Site Property Services Department of Education, Training and Employment For information contact: DETE Site Property Services Asset Policy and Planning Phone (08) 8226 1253 DETE Facilities Design Standards and Guidelines Preface and Guidelines documents. Page 2 This document is a part of the DETE Facilities Design Standards It has been produced by the Department of Education, Training and Employment in consultation with Children’s Services staff for the following purposes:− To provide design guidelines for the planning of new centres. − To provide a reference for site managers when making changes and/or additions. − To assist in the assessment of manufactured equipment for suitability in Children’s Services Centres and Schools. This guide is located within the Standards and Guidelines document as follows. P PLANNING GUIDELINES P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 General Children’s Services Centre Primary/Junior Primary School Secondary School Area School Special Education TAFE Landscape and Planting Relocatable Buildings Environmental Design Disability Access Shade Structures Heating, Cooling & Ventilation Outdoor Learning Areas (Children’s Services Centres and Schools) D DESIGN GUIDELINES S STANDARDS S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 R1 R2 R3 R4...
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