Play Equipment
Many clients want their children to be able to play in the garden and we have great fun creating exciting spaces for them. Safety is always a high priority and we take special care to exclude plants that are poisonous or irritant from our planting schemes where there are very small children.
Purpose-built structures like this one, which combine climbing, sliding and swinging with a playhouse are highly popular at the moment. We installed this earlier this summer on a bed of sterilised wood bark to ensure a soft landing. It has been heavily used from day one…
The play equipment was sited at the bottom of the garden. The remainder of the plot was also completely redesigned so that the children could have a lawn for games while adults could sit and relax amongst attractive shrub and perennial planting.
The ‘before’ picture shows a garden laid out very much for adults; now it has a good-sized lawn for football and other games.
The planting has been designed to be robust and child-tolerant!
Another garden designed with children in mind: here the lawn provides a child-friendly surface. In this case the client was keen for the play area to be clearly visible from the house.
