Doug Fountain of F.D. Fountain Landscape Architecture worked with the PlayPower representative Maryanne Swinimer of Playground Planners to create an award-winning park in Optimist Park, Ottawa. Little Tikes Commercial Nu-Edge structures were designed to complement the park’s community center, and the Landscape Architect pulled the site together with pathways, hardscape and plantings. When the judges […]
Help your community fund their playground projects with Canadian Tire Jumpstart Inclusive Playground Project and Community Accessibility Grants. If you know of a community looking for help to fund playground projects, be sure to share the news of the following grants from Jumpstart Charities, made possible by a $50-million/five-year commitment from Canadian Tire Corporation: Jumpstart […]
“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” — Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. This quote is from her book Bluebeard’s Egg.
Fergus, Ontario, Canada, has a fun, beautiful Accessible Playground that has attracted the attention of the Ontario Parks Association (OPA). The OPA offers seminars on Accessibility Training and has produced a 30 minute video review of this playground to use in the seminars to explain how to make a play area inclusive. The video features […]
Ontario is the first province in Canada to develop an outdoor charter for children and youth to help them develop life-long connection with nature. The Charter features a passport for kids to help direct them to exciting outdoor activities including: Follow a trail Explore a park Harvest something to eat Swim in a lake Paddle […]
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