Play and Park Structures - NatureGrounds
Play & Park Structures is pleased to
announce the first-of-its-kind
NatureGrounds® program, which
enables children, families, and
communities to experience the many
benefits of playing in nature.
The program was developed as a
PlayCore partnership with the
Natural Learning Initiative (NLI,
www.naturalearning.org), a design
and assistance program of the
College of Design at North Carolina
State University.
NatureGrounds®: Putting Nature Into Play™ provides best practice guidelines for creating and retrofitting play
environments that integrate manufactured play equipment and the living landscape. These naturalization strategies
offer a new, alternative paradigm for the playground industry, responding directly to the need for children to be
outdoors engaging with nature.
The purpose of NatureGrounds is to create a dramatic shift in the standard
playground development process by deliberately designing nature back into
children’s lives, not only to benefit children’s play but also to engage
communities in working together to create richer play experience for all users.
environments that integrate manufactured play equipment and the living landscape. These naturalization strategies
offer a new, alternative paradigm for the playground industry, responding directly to the need for children to be
outdoors engaging with nature.
The purpose of NatureGrounds is to create a dramatic shift in the standard
playground development process by deliberately designing nature back into
children’s lives, not only to benefit children’s play but also to engage
communities in working together to create richer play experience for all users.