Earthartist
Schoolyard and Natural Playground Planning and Design
A Collaborative Approach
The most successful playground designs result from a collaborative effort involving school administration and teaching staff, parents, the local community, and advice and direction from the school board.
We work collaboratively with the stakeholders of each project, often engaging in visioning exercises with the teachers and children to help develop excitement and to help identify opportunities and possible constraints that only the existing users of the space are aware of.
Our expertise stems from our ability to combine this ‘vision’ with our knowledge, experience, and understanding of creative play, the natural environment, the art of design, landscape construction, and playground safety regulations.
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Significant Landscape Architects and landscape architecture firms that have dedicated themselves to natural playground design and Schoolyard planning including earthartist. Natural playground designers have created distinctive natural playground and schoolyard designs across North America. Mike Salisbury of earthartist is a Landscape Architect from Guelph Ontario, Canada specializing in Natural playgrounds and outdoor classrooms for K-12 schools, communities, and childcare centres. Natural playgrounds are outdoor learning environments and outdoor classrooms, K-12, schools, community, childcare centres, early childhood education, all encourage gross motor, fine motor, cognitive, creative, social, and fantasy play. Our unique playground designs use natural features and materials to create fun, challenging, and safe natural playgrounds and outdoor classrooms. Natural play environments offer maximum and sustaining play value for far less money than manufactured playgrounds and beautify their surroundings at the same time. Natural playgrounds teach children how to re-connect with the natural environment, and to take pleasure in all that nature has to offer. Natural playgrounds can be considered part of the beautification and/or the green schools program. Living willow structures present a range of options. Our designs meet the guidelines and standards for playground safety established by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and American Standards for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Playground Safety Inspectors ensure that natural playgrounds meet or exceed accessibility standards, provide access by ramp, transfer, and groundcover systems that conform to ASTM and proposed ADA playground accessibility standards.
For more information or to inquire about our services please
Contact naturalplayground@earthartist.com for more information.
Contact naturalplayground@earthartist.com for more information.