Crathes Castle, near Banchory in Aberdeenshire lays a strong claim to being one of the more unusual castles in Scotland. Built in 1596 and later extended, it looks almost ‘polished’ in its finish as it has a ‘harled’ exterior. harling is a process similar to plastering that protects the stone structure from the weather by […]
Last year we wrote about the work we did at Poringland Primary School in Norfolk. They have a philosophy that ensures their kids don’t just come to school to learn, they come to grow too. Their vision statement is just five words long and makes it all very clear indeed. The vision for our school […]
Paul Travers has joined CAP.Co to strengthen the design and project management team. He’s someone many of us have worked with for quite a few years, being part of the awesomely talented Treehouse Company team, based in Kilmarnock back in 2005. They were the company that designed and built BeWILDerwood as well as many other […]
If you’re not an avid watcher of Cbeebies, then there is a chance you may have missed Justin Fletcher and his ‘Something Special’ team at Culzean Castle Adventure Cove, filming their Super Heroes episode. The programme is all about teaching children to communicate and improve their language skills using a sign language Makaton. This fits […]
The team who design, build and create adventurous places for others also live their own adventures too. On the whole we’re quite an adventurous bunch, so over the next few weeks and months, we’re going to be featuring some of the team’s adventures. First up is Freddie Egan, our Play Space Cadet. He’s building a […]
Our Project Development Fella, Simon Egan, has been doing a lot of traveling lately and has just come back from Canada (via New York and Bermuda). The trip was longer than usual as we are looking at projects all over Canada and about to go live on our project in Bermuda. There’ll be lots more […]
Joanna Trollope OBE is a British Author and Patron of The Mulberry Bush School. She grew up in the Cotswolds and this early life experience influenced much of her work. Whilst being very open about the fact that she was not someone who loved her time at school, she went on to win a scholarship […]
The Arborealists Artist group was formed in 2013, by curator and artist Tim Craven after the popularity and critical success of his exhibition: Under the Green Wood : Picturing the British. He co-curated the show with Steve Marshall and Professor Anne Anderson at St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery, Lymington, Hampshire. Since then the group has […]
There’s an element of risk all around us, present in everything we do. From the moment we wake up, whether we’re off to the shops or off to climb a tree, risk is a part of our everyday life. And despite our fears being increasingly hyped up in the mainstream press, life in modern times […]
Another great little film from our very own master builder and budding filmmaker Jack, who has put together another flyover film. This time, it’s of the completed project for the Mulberry Bush School. The build consisted of five separate and individual play areas with one for each of the ‘houses’. There’s one more post to […]
