PORTFOLIO
Custom Playgrounds
WE BUILD SERIOUS FUN
& bring brilliant playground themes to life
Every new playground presents the opportunity to tell a story. It is a chance to create a sense of place and to build a beloved community gathering space. We design collaboratively and build sustainably to realize our clients’ vision. Our wood playgrounds are handcrafted, healthy and extraordinarily versatile.
Gatton Park on the Town Branch
Lexington, KY
Collaboration: Sasaki, Agency L + P
Triton Marbe
Carcans, France
Collaboration: Playgones, Interland Urbanistes
Sharon Centre Outdoor Playground
Sharonville, OH
Collaboration: MKSK, Midstates Recreation
Edelman Fossil Park & Museum
Mantua Township, NJ
Collaboration: Gallagher & Associates LLC
Rowan University
Nature Play at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Denver, CO
Collaboration: Dig Studio
Sue McGraw Friendship Playground
Stamford, CT
Collaboration: Agency Landscape + Planning
Greenwood Park and Zoo Playground
Baton Rouge, LA
Collaboration: Sasaki
Pier 58 Waterfront Park
Seattle, WA
Collaboration: Field Operations, City of Seattle
Riverside Park
Indianapolis, IN
Collaboration: Midstates Recreation
Sunshine Park
Richmond, TX
Collaboration: KW Landscape Architects
Gateway Crossing
Santa Clara, CA
Collaboration: Petersen Studio
Assembly Park
Plano, TX
Collaboration: PSTXI
Norwood School Playground
Bethesda, MD
Collaboration: Campion Hruby Landscape Architects
Bridgestone MUD Community Park
Spring, TX
Collaboration: 4&1 Design
SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability matters to our clients and to us. With a focus on children’s play spaces, we feel a heightened awareness of the importance of daily practices that minimize our environmental footprint.
Renewable Building Material
As the only significant renewable building material, wood is the best sustainable choice for a playground. Using wood reduces the carbon footprint, both in terms of carbon storage and by avoiding greenhouse gas emissions. As compared to the production of plastic or metal playground equipment, wood processing uses far less fossil fuel.
Sustainably Sourced Wood
Wood is an even more sustainable choice for playgrounds when it comes from a well-managed forest. Timber used in Earthscape playgrounds is from: FSC certified sources, areas with extremely progressive forest practice codes, or small local timber suppliers.
Small suppliers do not operate at a scale that allows certification with large organizations but they are often more conscientious about caring for their land than certified suppliers. Each one operates under strict US and Canadian federal or state regulations requiring them to protect water quality, wildlife and soil.
Habitat Restoration
Earthscape provides technical leadership for local habitat and reforestation projects that return former waste lands to forest and wetland.
One-for-One
Through local initiatives and in partnership with One Tree Planted, Earthscape plants a minimum of one tree for every tree used in our production process.
We planted over 13,000 trees this past year.
DESIGN PROCESS
CONCEPT SKETCHES
Earthscape playground designers develop concepts based on site context, budget, project goals, and client needs. Generating ideas through hand sketching quickly produces viable options that are improved with each iteration.
3D MODELS
Computer-generated 3D models allow our designers and engineers to manipulate playground elements according to site conditions to further refine concepts. The models enable our designers to test ideas and communicate design intentions.
CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION
Once the design is finalized, construction documentation is generated for safety standards, approvals, and construction. These drawings provide the blueprint for Earthscape technicians.
CRAFTSMANSHIP
Our shop technicians make our ideas tangible. Plank by plank and bolt by bolt, what began as concept sketches becomes reality.
COLLECTIONS
Earthscape Collections offers ready-to-specify playground solutions. These high quality wood structures are more costefficient than Custom pieces and are available through representatives across Canada and the United States.
Hideaway Park
Winter Park, CO
Collaboration: DHM Design
Client: Town of Winter Park
