New playgrounds in the United States are very sophisticated as can be seen here – our own levelof design is decidedly more organic and at a much lower cost as a future post of the new Green Point Park will illustrate. By Damian Holmes at World Landscape Architecture

“The Woodland Discovery Playground was designed by Shelby Farm Park Conservatory’s Master Plan design firm, James Corner Field Operations (JCFO), and the design process was anything but ordinary. To create the next great 21st century play landscape, SFPC and JCFO went straight to experts—local kids. The site for the Woodland Discovery Playground is situated on an existing twenty-year-old play area and edged by woodland that has been overtaken by Chinese Privet. The design of the playground capitalizes on its location with a woodland restoration project and significant new native plantings that enmesh the play space with its surroundings.”