Natural playscapes

Prescott Farm strongly believes in the importance of getting kids outside for their healthy development and well-being. Consider this: Fact #1: Childhood play time in the outdoors has been in steady decline since the 1950’s. Not only are today’s kids over-scheduled, but they are increasingly disconnected from the natural world spending as much as 8 hours PER DAY inside in front of some sort of screen. This was new reality was coined “nature deficit disorder” by author Richard Louv in his…

Looking for some ways to create a fun area that will keep your kids outdoors? Here's some ideas I'm loving for creating outdoor playscapes on the cheap!

Have any budding Jack Sparrows or Swiss Family Robinsons out there? You might enjoy this natural playscape playground with pond we created.

Last month I had the fun pleasure of building a mini “River” with volunteers during a great natural playscape community build at The Butterfly House on the campus of the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, VA. I thought y’all might be interested in the process. Take a peek! Here we are starting out on a […]

Recent project from Natural Playscapes - Back To The Garden. Read the full case study here.

Natural playground idea: oversized nests. Even better if kids can help make them.

I made a "worm farm" in 4th grade for a school project. How fun to have a permanent one in the backyard!

Looking for some ways to create a fun area that will keep your kids outdoors? Here's some ideas I'm loving for creating outdoor playscapes on the cheap!

Natural playscape ideas for home. Here's how we incorporate nature play in our urban yard in our Montessori home including climbing rocks and river.