natural play design

JCPS Adaptive Sports Team Visits Playcosystem as Designers

When designing anything, including playgrounds, it’s important to get input from the various groups who will be using the space ...
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75 cubic yards of playground much delivered to Bernheim for Playcosystem.

Mulch Ado About Nothing – The Details on Playground Mulch

Mulch: it seems like a simple thing. You might already put it around your trees and landscaping each year. Maybe ...
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Kentucky Country Day School – First CAPN Project of Excellence

Kentucky Country Day School opened their new nature play area on Tuesday, September 26th. They are the very first CAPN ...
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Participatory Design – Working with Children to Design Play

One of the core beliefs of the Children at Play Network is – children have a right to be included ...
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Children Help Design Future Play Areas for Portland Museum

Bernheim’s Children at Play Network was invited to help host an opportunity for children to weigh in on the design ...
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New Water Mud and Wheelchair Adventure Area Coming to Playcosystem

The big picture for Playcosystem has always been a seventeen-acre natural play environment that serves as inspiration and a touch ...
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UofL Volunteers Rock Out on the Playcosystem Stream

A group of wonderful volunteers from the Office of Student Engagement at the University of Louisville recently helped add stone ...
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New Nature Play Area Opens at Shawnee Park

The Olmsted Parks Conservancy is opening a NEW NATURE PLAY area at Shawnee Park on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 at ...
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Rocks in Our Pockets

Building natural playgrounds is, in part, an exercise in logistics. Gathering all the bits and pieces, some of which can ...
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Building Natural Playgrounds – Collecting and Arranging Large Loose Parts

We know how valuable it is for children to explore their creative expressions by manipulating lots of varied loose parts ...
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Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill – Plans for Play

After a staff and board field trip to Bernheim in March of 2022, the Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill team ...
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Children Have a Right to be Included in the Design of Play Environments

Children are the professionals when it comes to play and what makes a great playground. Design efforts that don’t include ...
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Common Earth Gardens visits Playcosystem for Deisgn Inspiration

The Children at Play Network team was delighted to host a team from Common Earth Gardens and St. Ignatius Martyr ...
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VIPS Visits Playcosystem

In early August the Playcosystem team had a very productive first meeting with Paige Maynard and Staci Maynard who work ...
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The Outdoors Takes Front Seat at Second Presbyterian Weekday School

In March and April of 2020, as Covid was forcing all of us to rethink the ways we get along ...
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Place Making with the Outdoor Collaborative – Treehouse Design

The Outdoor Collaborative made their way back out to Bernheim’s Playcosystem to help us dream up great ideas for a ...
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Playcosystem Pole Scramble Gets Installed

One of the last major elements of Playcosystem was installed recently. We have know all along that this play experience ...
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Kentucky Country Day School visits Playcosystem

With a global resurgence in the work of valuing outdoor play in nature, many schools are thinking about adding new ...
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Children Have a Right to be Included in the Design of Play Spaces

One of the core beliefs of the Children at Play Network is that children should have agency over their play ...
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Backside Learning Center Tests Out Playcosystem

The Backside Learning Center at Churchill Downs recently brought out 30 children to help us test out the new Playcosystem ...
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