20 Ways to Create

20 Ways to Create

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Nature Center

Nature Center

What better place to create a nature play area than right in the midst of nature, right? This design is for an accessible playscape on a wooded hill side at a favorite Ann Arbor, MI nature center. Education staff planned to have a space open to the public and also...
Large School Yard

Large School Yard

Wow. This is quite a place! The San Antonio Zoo, besides being an amazing zoo, is a true believer and promoter of nature-based play and playwork. They’d been doing it for years in their popular “Nature Spot” with loose parts, sculpture, hills and a...
Mini Park

Mini Park

I received an email out of the blue from a husband-wife team in Spain who want to do natural playscapes all over their region and could I help? YES! Working remotely from photos and video I came up with this design for a teeny nature play area behind a sports field at...
Preschool Plan

Preschool Plan

Here’s one of my favorite designs for a preschool in Atlanta, GA. It has quite a mix: hills and hill slides, stepping stone paths, orchards, loose parts messy areas, a looping trike track, playhouses, a boulder scramble, a water trickle creek and yes,...
Large Childcare Center

Large Childcare Center

This plan is for a large childcare center in Ithaca, NY that serves 200+ children infant thru school age—the full range! (One of the great things about natural playscapes is that nature offers something special for children of all abilities and ages.) This group...