Natural Playground Design

In a world that is increasingly digital and disconnected, nature playscapes offer young people opportunities to connect, decompress, and engage in self directed play and learning. The play experiences, sensory integration, and educational potential can’t be matched with equipment from a catalog. 

Natural playscape design fills the gap between allowing children to play in beautiful natural settings and the reality of our schools, parks, and neighborhoods. Our design approach coordinates planting, custom log and boulder elements, with deep sensory experiences like sand and water play and loose part. 

But, you can’t order nature play from a catalog. Learning Landscapes Design is the bridge between the desire for natural play and the the finished functional product. As landscape architects we have technical expertise in community engagement, permitting, grading and drainage, safety, maintenance, cost estimating, and licensing. Our skilled project manager will champion your project to make sure it meets your needs, specific site constraints, pedagogy, maintenance approach and risk tolerance. 

We deeply believe child led play in natural settings is a highly valuable experience for any child, tween and teen. We excel with clients that are driven to provide the same to the young people in their care.