WILD SENSES
The Ian Potter Children’s Wild Play Garden
Centennial Parklands, New South Wales
Aspect Studios
“That very night in Max’s room a forest grew and grew and grew until his ceiling hung with vines and the walls became the world all around…”
The text and illustrations of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are conjure up pure joy and scariness, rolled into one messy, muddy ball of delight. Many of us would like our kids to have more opportunities to safely enjoy dirt and trees; however, the pressures of city-living are making it increasingly difficult for children to engage with nature.
“Nature deficit disorder” has become a
