The Natural Playgrounds Beginner package has everything you need to start your natural playground, start your transition to a natural playground, or augment your existing playground with our top-selling natural play elements. This package is a great mix of natural play elements including a variety of outdoor natural seating, musical and sound instruments, exercise and balance items, and loose parts items that promote creative play. These natural play elements require no tools or installation, so they are available for immediate play. If you are truly interested in introducing your children to more natural play, this package is the best, overall value. A phone consultation is included for assistance with use, learning, and placement of your natural elements, and a digital image of your site showing recommended placement of these items is provided once we get site information from you. Shipping is included.

The Natural Playgrounds Relax package, a combination of elements designed to add seating and calming elements to your playground, includes natural log stump seats, two child-sized hammocks that can be hung very low between trees or posts (perfect substitutes for swings for 3-5 year olds!), a low arched bridge to go over real or make-believe streams, a template for a 3-circuit labyrinth (labyrinths have an amazing ability to calm children), slab, log, and tree benches made from tree parts, and child-sized picnic tables for activities. This package is a self-install requiring minimal, common tools. A phone consultation is included for assistance with use, learning, and placement of your natural elements, and a digital image of your site showing recommended placement of these items is provided once we get site information from you. Shipping is included.

The Natural Playgrounds Music package has everything you need to add music and sound to your existing natural or traditional playground. The Natural Playgrounds Music package is an attractive assortment of outdoor musical elements including tongue drums, wind chimes, wooden xylophone, and a rainstick (that children decorate!) that provide learning and creative play using sound. No tools are needed for installation. A phone consultation is included for assistance with use, learning, and placement of your natural elements, and a digital image of your site showing recommended placement of these items is provided once we get site information from you. Shipping is included.

The Natural Playgrounds Loose Parts Play package incorporates a variety of free play elements for your Natural Playground that encourage creative, discovery-oriented play. The package includes movable sitting stumps and exercise elements like stepping stumps and natural balance log. Wooden blocks and sapling loose parts are excellent for stacking, building, and fairy villages. This package requires no tools or installation. A phone consultation is included for assistance with use, learning, and placement of your natural elements, and a digital image of your site showing recommended placement of these items is provided once we get site information from you. Shipping is included.

The Natural Playgrounds Design package provides a comprehensive design for either your new Natural Playground or for the parts of your play area that begin your transition to a Natural Playground (maximum size 3000 square feet). The Natural Playgrounds Company design team will visit visit your site, use survey equipment to complete a land survey showing 3” elevation increments and existing conditions, and administer comprehensive Natural Playgrounds questionnaires to your teachers and administrators. The information gathered will be used to develop a photorealistic design plan for your new playground. The custom design will incorporate play elements that optimize the use of your space with a variety of play elements that encourage movement and discovery-oriented play. The photorealistic design is an excellent construction guideline and is a great tool for fundraising. Design only: no play items are included. 

This package is not available to non-HSBS grant recipients.