They love to explore, build, and pretend.
The envy of your child’s peers.
Whether your space is on 2 acres or is an urban courtyard, make it a family project.
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Kids love to be a part of something and feel special when their ideas are considered and executed.
Enjoy these 15 fun and imaginative play spaces that will keep kids happy no matter where they live.
Filled with tall-bloomingannuals and perennials, the whimsical touches are the oak-log stools.
Helen Rose Wilson Garden Design
About one-third of each log was buried into the ground for stability.
After five years, Wilson says the children still enjoy their stumpery.
Ferns and hostas fill in the additional greenery.
Shades of Green
Creating privacy walls are raised garden beds filled with succulents, ornamental grasses, anddrought-tolerant fauna.
A horizontal-slat fence at the entry also adds privacy and gives the space a courtyard aesthetic.
Smaller river rocks suggest a dry creek bed or arroyo.
Haswell Landscaping
The playground-grade sand that fills the box is available at big-box stores and supply yards.
Other environmental mulches for play areas include cocoa hulls and pine needles.
Branches feature limbs for hanging or accessing three levels of swings and a slide.
Falling Waters Landscape
Surrounding the tree is an assortment of play equipment and activities incorporated in a custommyWall system.
What’s there to do?
Draw and write on the chalkboard, test the water toys, or play on the ball wall.
The Urban Garden Project
Organization pockets store projects and toys.
There’s also a swinging bridge with rope railings that goes between both treehouses.
There’s even added lighting for summer sleepovers.
Thinkterior
The design is imperfect, whimsical, and looks like something that Christopher Robin and Pooh would enjoy.
When kids reach the top, they feel like they are in the crow’s nest of a ship.
“The problem with adults is that we forget to play,” says landscape architect Teresa Rosano.
Dabah Landscape Designs
But play is more about imagination and soaring in the contemplation of possibilities."
Tree stumps placed in the ground provide fun balancing play leading to a lawn and larger swing set.
A new wine red clematis adds dramatic color to the house wall.
GRG Playscapes
The subtle lighting makes the garden look dramatic at night and encourages guests to stay outdoors longer.
Ultimate Playhouse
Everything about Texas is big, including this extra-big playset created byGrossman Design Build.
The playhouse features a front porch, so you canwatch the chickenswhile sipping lemonade in a rocking chair.
Dabah Landscape Designs
Inside the playhouse is a toadstool dining set with windows and doors that open and close.
Best of all, it’s for boys and girls of all ages and interests.
Bill Timmerman
Kristen Rudger Landscape Design
Pippa Schofield
Todd Kamp
Todd Kamp
Astrid Gaiser Garden Design
