The Playscape
The Playscape is a product of a year-long design process that included students, teachers, and families. The goal was to create a natural play space with opportunities for open-ended play that grows with students as they age. Children wanted places to perch, hide, be upside down, climb, interact with nature, be alone, and together. The Playscape achieves all of these things into one, multi-age, immersive natural environment.
The outdoor area is referred to as a Playscape instead of a playground because it’s not just about play structures and activity. The space highlights the instructional value of landscape architecture and the desire for children to engage with and learn from nature.
View Playscape Elements
Clamshell
Climber
Onion Pod
Rain Garden
Parkour
Pendulum Swing
Plant photography citations in video:
Acer rubrum – Red Maple Is licensed under Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Acer saccharum – Sugar Maple Is licensed under Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Cornus florida – Flowering Dogwood Is licensed under Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Amelanchier arborea – Serviceberry Is licensed under Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Cornus alba “Bailhalo” – Ivory Halo Dogwood Is licensed under Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Cornus sericea – Red-osier Dogwood Is licensed under Sulfur at the English-language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Hydrangea quercifolia – Oakleaf Hydrangea Is licensed under Anne Norman, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ilex verticillata – Winterberry Is licensed under Photo by and (c)2016 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Achillea millefolium – “White” Yarrow Is licensed under Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Allium stipitatum – “White Giant” Ornamental Onion Is licensed under I, KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Deschampsia cespitosa – Tufted Hair Grass Is licensed under Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Echinops bannaticus – “Star Frost” Globe Thistle Is licensed under Foto: Jonn Leffmann, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Echinacea purpurea – Purple Coneflower Is licensed under Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Helleborus x hybridus – Hellebore Is licensed under Wildfeuer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Heuchera – “White Spires” Coral Bells Is licensed under User:Geographer, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Liatris spicata – “White” Blazing Star Is licensed under I, MJJR, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Monarda didyma – Red Beebalm Is licensed under Smartbyte, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sporobolus heterolepis – Prairie Dropseed Is licensed under Daderot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Asclepius incarnata – Common Milkweed Is licensed under Photo by and (c)2009 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons
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