Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Making Outdoor Classrooms a Reality -- The Need for Wildlife Habitat and Native Gardens -- Bioregions of the Arid Southwest -- Chapter 1: Schoolyards -- The Schoolyard as an Outdoor Classroom -- Overview of Schoolyard Environments -- Introduction -- History of Playground Design with Applications for Contemporary Playground Design -- Nature and Play -- Adult Memories of Valued Play Places -- Implications for Design -- Learning and the Natural Outdoor Classroom -- Schoolyard Garden Types -- Art Gardens -- Cultural History Gardens -- Ecological Gardens -- Literacy Gardens -- Vegetable Gardens -- Chapter 2: Design Theory -- Introduction -- History of Garden Styles -- Prehistoric "Gardens" (20,000-3300 BC) -- Ancient Egyptian Gardens (3300-500 BC) -- Ancient Mesopotamian (3500-538 BC), Sumerian (3500-900 BC), Assyrian (900-625 BC), and Neo-Babylonian (611-538 BC) Gardens -- Ancient Persian Gardens (539-331 BC) -- Ancient Greek Gardens (700-136 BC) -- Ancient Roman Gardens (510 BC-AD 476) -- Ancient Chinese Gardens (1600 BC-AD 1279) -- Japanese Gardens (AD 575-1600) -- Medieval European Gardens (AD 476-1350) -- Islamic (Moorish) Gardens, Spain (AD 700s-1400s) -- Italian Renaissance Gardens (AD 1350-1765) -- French Grand-Style Gardens (AD 1495-1750) -- English Romantic Gardens (AD 1715-1840) -- Spanish Colonial Gardens (AD 1492-mid-1700s) -- Colonial and Early American Gardens (AD 1630-1840) -- American Romantic Gardens (AD 1830-1930) -- Victorian Gardens (AD 1820-1900) -- Classical Beaux-Arts Gardens (AD 1893-1930) -- Modern Gardens (AD 1930-late 1970s) -- Postmodern and Contemporary Gardens (AD mid-1970s-present) -- Design Fundamentals -- Design Principles -- Design Elements -- Chapter 3: Beginning the Design Process -- Introduction.

A Design Process for Planning Outdoor Classrooms, Wildlife Habitats, and Gardens -- Identify Participants -- Write a Design Program -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Site Research and Design Synthesis -- Review and Evaluate Previous Steps -- Site Research -- Site Selection -- Site Inventory -- Site Analysis -- Design Synthesis -- Conceptual Design -- Zones, Spaces, Design Features, and Spatial Sequencing -- Circulation Patterns -- Testing Design Concepts -- Preliminary Design -- Final Design -- Chapter 5: Design Essentials -- Introduction -- Project Funding -- Grants and Cash Donations -- In-kind Donations -- Organization of the Fund-raising Process -- Design Features -- Earthworks -- Ponds -- Plants -- Shade Structures -- Storage Areas -- Pathways -- Seating -- Walls -- Signs -- Maintenance -- Weeding -- Fertilization -- Pruning -- Bird Feeders and Birdbaths -- Accessibility -- Requirements -- Safety -- Project Evaluation and Revision -- Outdoor Classroom and Schoolyard Habitat Assessment Criteria -- Chapter 6: Ecological Principles and Wildlife -- Introduction to Wildlife Ecology -- Elements for Survival -- Food Resources -- Water Availability -- Providing Shelter -- Space to Survive -- Pollinator Gardens and Wild Visitors -- Introduction -- Hummingbird Gardens -- Butterfly Gardens -- Bee Gardens -- Moth Gardens -- Bat Gardens -- Fly Gardens -- Wildlife Gardens -- Completing the Web -- Pest Control -- Decomposition -- Unwanted Visitors -- Seeds for Thought -- Words of Inspiration -- Appendix: Regional Plant Tables -- References and Additional Reading.