{"id":677,"date":"2018-10-23T07:57:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T06:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/?p=677"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:41:24","slug":"eco-nursery-at-tops-day-nursery-in-portsmouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/2018\/10\/23\/eco-nursery-at-tops-day-nursery-in-portsmouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Eco-Nursery at Tops Day Nursery in Portsmouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Following a successful tender for a new thirty-hour childcare facility, Tops Day needed to create a 32 place preschool building, within the grounds of their existing Lakeside Nursery in Portsmouth. They needed the new facility to fit with their corporate ethos of eco-sustainable childcare and education and to blend aesthetically with the lush, natural setting and the existing building. And they needed it quickly.<\/p>\n<p>The eco credentials of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tgescapes.co.uk\/education-eco-friendly-modular-classrooms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TG Escapes<\/a> were a natural fit with the natural world emphasis of Tops, as were the biophilic design features which effortlessly encourage a close connection with nature. TG Escapes bespoke design, project managed approach ensured that every need and requirement of the Tops Lakeside team was successfully achieved and their beautiful building was delivered on time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_&quot;4_4&quot; et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environmental-sustainability"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13716,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions\/13716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}