Early Years - teens, children need more than just play equipment. They need beauty and landscaping to encourage healthy development, enhance play and learning to become all they can be. (and yes, teenagers do want and need to play!)
Giving children from 3 -19 years the opportunity to grow and harvest flowers, fruit and vegetables brings the curriculum to life. Building Schools for the Future (BSF) provides opportunities to design and develop sustainable playgrounds and through them teach sustainable education.
Public space playgrounds are community assets and so must reflect the needs of the whole community, keeping generations healthy, happy and fit for life! Playbuilder funding provides opportunities for communities to design their open space to benefit present and future generations .
Designer's Comment:
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Mounds are great and kids love them. If you get the slope right they are good for roly poly. In a recent job we put a drag rope up one end of the mound to allow kids with upper body strength but weak legs the chance to climb up too –we also incorporated a sunken sand pit and crawl tunnel within the mound, and a crow’s nest on top.
You will no doubt find wear marks in the grass. Some adults find this a problem. To me it just means the kids love it and are using it! It’s a bit like a well loved teddy bear with no fur on its ears – a sure sign it was the right bear for the child!!
If you curve the mound you can create a special area within the curve and a completely different feeling space behind the mound. Planted mounds are fun too – they don’t have to be stark, shadeless areas so consider planting an apple tree at one end."
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