Urban Discovery by Jenn Reed Design

At Urban Discovery our goal is to create environments for children that are rich in opportunities for meaningful connection with nature and which support children to participate in unstructured, unhurried and inspired play.

We also recognise the need for educators to deepen their own relationship to the natural world and reflect on their role within such a learning environment.

Our Re-Discover Professional Development and Mentoring programs do just that; support education teams to embrace the natural learning environment and maximise opportunities for play based learning to occur.

Facilitated by the Urban Discovery Collective and customised to meet the goals of each team, Re-Discover is like no other PD you’ve experienced.

If you’d like to learn more, comment ‘Re-Discover’ below.

“Thank you for you and your team for an amazing day. The team has come back ready to take on the year – they messaged me that same week expressing their gratitude towards our care for their learning and development and were very honored to be part of a special day, thank you for making this day memorable for the team”

The 3 B’s

We all know the 3 R’s; Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.

If you’re in education you may also know 3 R’s complex cousin; Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. (Don’t get me started).

But… we doubt you’ve heard of the 3 B’s.

A new idea brought to you exclusively by Urban Discovery and our student collaborators.
The 3 B’s: Beans, Broccoli, Billy Buttons.

Sure to bring learning, nutrition and delight to a school near you.

Huge shout out to Simone and the wonderful team of staff and students at for nurturing the Urban Farm through all of its cycles and feeding tummies and hearts in the process.

What do you think? Should the 3 B’s be in every school?

People are amazing!!!

Kind hearted, generous, community minded and passionate.

And clever, strong, gentle, determined.

We have so many volunteers to thank for their help in creating The Wildplace Children’s Garden at the show. And so many photos to sift through 😂

For now, here is a snippet. Thank you Legends. One and all.

We did it and it was EPIC!

Who’s in for next year? 👍

Nature is twisty. It’s curly, and adaptive.

Nature develops in response to the environment it grows in. Much like children.

We love to rescue discarded logs. The twistier, the better.

These curious treasures evoke imagination, creativity and learning. Sometimes we will carve our own little surprises into otherwise straight logs. Inviting more ways for children to engage in play and learning.

Experimentation. Collaboration. Environmental science. Maths. Physics. Proprioceptive engagement. Physical, social and cognitive development.

We could go on and on.

The most important part? Exponential fun!

Enjoy little peeps!