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NatureGrounds Guidebook
Providing guidelines to implement best practice principles
for retrofitting or creating play spaces that integrate the
living landscape with manufactured play equipment.
Creating & Retrofitting
Play Environments
BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES
Reconnect
Your local Play & Park Structures representative
can provide the NatureGrounds Guidebook
where you will find…
Research-describing the benefits of
integrating nature into the play environment
Research supports
that integrating nature
improves:
Health
The Natural Learning Initiative
Co lege of Design, NC State University
Designing Play Environments that
Integrate Manufactured Play Equipment
with the Living Landscape
Guidance - on naturalization best
practices for new and existing play spaces
Tips - for selection, preserving, and
integrating live plant materials on your
playground
Social Interaction
Learning/Cognitive Experiences
Environmental Stewardship
Physical Activity
The NatureGrounds program was developed with the
technical assistance of the Natural Learning Initiative, a
research and design assistance program of the College of
Design, North Carolina State University.
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