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  • Wheelchair Accessible Planting Bed

  • Children can engage in imaginative, messy play by 'cooking' and experimenting with mud, sand, water and materials found within the playground. Motor skills, roleplay confidence, exploration and teambuilding skills will be amplified with the Mud Kitchen - it hosts an immense level of play value and provides children with creative freedom.

    Rustic Mud Kitchen

  • Mini Rustic Mud Kitchen

  • Our compact Potting Shed is fantastic for introducing children to the joys of planting and growing herbs, vegetables, flowers and plants. The partial skylight roof with polycarbonate window enables propagation; it is easily accessible and provides children with an exciting learning space. This can also be used as additional storage space in the playground.

    Potting Shed

  • Willow Wigwams make an excellent addition to Mini Beast nature areas, or atop of existing areas within Natural Play zones and Forest Schools. Hand woven in a traditional fashion from hardy willow branches, they’re perfectly themed for natural settings. Willow Wigwams help transform playgrounds and Natural Play areas/Forest Schools into magical retreats for young imaginations to develop. Children will love crawling in and out of them as they play, providing them with an enchanting hideaway for little ones to explore. These items can also be used indoors, proving their versatility!

    Willow Wigwam

  • Bug World Totems with Planter

  • Investigation Posts come in three different heights, allowing children of all ages to explore insects, mini beasts and plants found within the playground. Investigation Posts Benefits These posts provide Natural Play areas with a great learning opportunity, influencing children to develop an interest and understanding of nature. Due to the variety of heights that we offer, children of all ages can make use out of these items. 

    Investigation Posts

  • Take the science lesson outside with Vegetable Planting Beds. These raised planting beds enable children to develop their green fingers. Grow vegetables, plants, herbs, flowers and more with these planters. Equipped with an optional chalkboard and accessories to complete the lesson.

    Vegetable Planting Bed

  • Cross streams, paths, or imaginary worlds using the Timber Arched Bridge. It can also feature within a Roadway/Track, providing additional play value to an already enticing route through the playground! The Benefits of a Timber Arched Bridge Develop motor skills and balance while roaming across the Timber Arched Bridge. This item can bring a once-dull area to life, as children will venture into new worlds whilst crossing the bridge from one space, into another! The Timber Arched Bridge is also quaint in appearance, a complimentary focal point for any playground or Natural Play area. The Timber Arched Bridge is equipped with a Safadeck footbridge, providing you with peace of mind due to the anti-slip properties. This surfacing is far more durable than typical decking and the unit is built to last with robust timber, allowing children to enjoy the equipment for years to come.

    Timber Arched Bridge

  • Our Raised Dipping Ponds offer children an exciting way to investigate habitats, observe creatures and develop an interest in biology. Children can use the provided bowls to scoop up pond water and keep a log of their discoveries, identifying new species as they grow in the pond and following their lifecycle. Pond dipping is a hands-on approach to teaching children about ecosystems, observing lifecycles in person and learning how to identify common pond habitants. This will prepare children for potential future fieldwork, and spur their determination to take care of the environment. 

    Raised Dipping Pond

  • Mini Beast Areas are a fun yet enigmatic addition to the playground, allowing children to discover new creatures, play amongst nature and develop their interest in the great outdoors that one step further. Choose from a whole host of items to equip your Mini Beast Area with, such as Totem Poles, Wigwams, Plants, Herbs, Vegetables, Flowers, Construction Items, Stools, Reading Corners and more! A great way to enhance tranquillity in the playground and provide children with a quiet corner for reflection during breaktimes and lunchtimes.

    Mini Beast Area

  • Invite bugs, insects and small world guests to your very own Bug Hotel! This structure can be packed with suitable materials to entice creepy crawlies into your playground, providing children with inhabitants to spectate and admire as they make themselves at home. This item is ideal for Natural Play areas, or areas of abundant vegetation in the playground - allowing you to bring the lesson outside where children can enjoy science up close. 

    Bug Hotel

  • A child’s fascination with creepy crawlies is inevitable! Our Insects Totem Pole is a simple way to help them to identify the species in your area. Providing your playground with a valuable teaching aid, children can easily identify common insects. These engravings can be customised to suit your requirements and surroundings. Totem poles are a great way to enhance imaginative, social, sensory and tactile play, as children can touch the individual engravings to figure out the creatures.

    Insects Totem Pole

  • Inspire children's understanding of Plants with our engraved Totem Pole. Providing your playground with a valuable teaching aid, children can easily identify plants and wildlife. This is great for schools in rural areas, allowing children to engage with their surroundings, as well as metropolitan areas, where children may not see as much greenery. These engravings can be customised to suit your requirements and surroundings. Totem poles are a great way to enhance imaginative, social, sensory and tactile play, as children can touch the individual engravings to figure out the plants.

    Plants Totem Pole

  • Inspire children's understanding of Pond with our engraved Totem Pole. Providing your playground with a valuable teaching aid, children can easily identify plants and wildlife. This is great for schools in rural areas, allowing children to engage with their surroundings, as well as metropolitan areas, where children may not see as much nature. These engravings can be customised to suit your requirements and surroundings. Totem poles are a great way to enhance imaginative, social, sensory and tactile play, as children can touch the individual engravings to figure out the plants/insects.

    Pond Totem Pole

  • Our Bespoke Totem Pole is a great way to add a unique feature to your school, and especially your Natural Play area. We can make these Bespoke Totem poles in all shapes and sizes, depicting anything you wish! From your school emblem or motto, to a scenic picture, we can turn your vision into a reality. These engravings can be customised to suit your requirements and surroundings. Totem poles are a great way to enhance imaginative, social, sensory and tactile play.

    Bespoke Totem Pole

  • The Native American Totem Pole is an impressive structure that can be made bespoke for your school. Each section represents an idea or belief that your school strives to represent, or even a part of its cultural history. Definitely a strong talking point - it can play a large role during the imaginative play. We can make these Native American Totem Poles in all shapes and sizes, depicting anything you wish! From your school emblem or motto, to a scenic picture, we can turn your vision into a reality. These engravings can be customised to suit your requirements and surroundings. Totem poles are a great way to enhance imaginative, social, sensory and tactile play.

    Native American Totem Pole

  • Encourage wildlife in the playground with a Pond Dipping Area - a perfect addition to any playground, especially those with Natural Play areas. Children can identify new species and keep a record of their findings, noting down the new and old visitors as the weeks pass by. Science lessons can be brought outside and an element of play can be injected into the curriculum with a Pond Dipping Area. Combined with Seating, this area can also act as a tranquil space children to enjoy during breaktimes and lunchtime. 

    Pond Dipping Area

  • Offer children a valuable learning experience by demonstrating the cycle of natural waste. The Wormery features a large polycarbonate window so that children can view the creepy crawlies manoeuvring within the soil, and a colourful HDPE surround that can be customised to your liking. The children can add biological waste, such as food scraps and plant matter to the panel. Over time, they can then watch as the worms turn it into fresh compost. This compost can then be used for planting pots and beds - a great way to educate children on the life cycle of worms during science lessons. 

    Wormery

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  • Our water fountains are fantastic additions to any Pond Dipping area! This is also a great way to ensure that the water remains oxygenated, preventing stagnation and encouraging pond-life to flourish. Fountains also provide children with a wonderful sensory feature. Where possible, these fountains can be installed to the mains. Or, for a greener alternative, we can power them with a solar panel.

    Solar or Mains Water Fountain

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