Natural Playgrounds

Got kids at home? Looking to make your outdoor space more fun for them? Check out these great ideas on creating natural play areas at home.

So Long, Playground Equipment! Hello, Dirt, Rocks and Sticks! Growing up, many of us have fond memories of endless summer days roaming around the wild places and vacant lots that often surrounded our homes. We made up games or dreamed up adventures that involved far-off lands, imaginary creatures and all the kids in the neighborhood. …

A natural play area for adults and children immersed within a beautiful woodland. This area is great for interaction with nature, educational activities and for stimulating the senses and our imagination, as well as having fun and releasing energy. This hidden gem at Wakehurst Gardens was a wonderful unintentional find during our visit. Wakehurst gardens, located in the heart of Sussex includes 500 acres of gardens, wetlands, birdlife, forests to explore and the Millenium Seed Bank. As a…

Head to this special themed playground in Vermont If you're looking for a fun way to spend some outdoors with the kids in your life.

Prescott Farm strongly believes in the importance of getting kids outside for their healthy development and well-being. Consider this: Fact #1: Childhood play time in the outdoors has been in steady decline since the 1950’s. Not only are today’s kids over-scheduled, but they are increasingly disconnected from the natural world spending as much as 8 hours PER DAY inside in front of some sort of screen. This was new reality was coined “nature deficit disorder” by author Richard Louv in his…

Be it hidden fairy gardens, giant snakes or physical challenges the play space successfully embeds itself into the Botanic Gardens providing opportunity to interact with water, nature and learn through creative play.

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We have built these Tree Decks around trees on several playgrounds. This main photo shows one around a new tree (the dark green canopy) that will grow out to make a large shade leafy “roof” over the deck. The neat thing about them, is that they put children essentially "in the tree” so they get to see the tree canopy up close, and to see the different insects that live in the bark above the ground, and the birds that fly into and nest in the canopy. If your tree is large, and has a large…

Natural play at Kew Gardens including play boulders, natural logs, tree trunks and mounds. Duncan & Grove are experts in the design and build of natural play.

Got kids at home? Looking to make your outdoor space more fun for them? Check out these great ideas on creating natural play areas at home.