They are designed to inspire creative free play. In natural areas, kids are encouraged to walk or hop across stumps and logs, race up a cluster of boulders or play tag with friends in a log forest.

He went to graduate school to study recreational use of natural areas. Then he heard about “nature play areas” in Europe: set-aside areas where kids could go off trail, climb trees ...

The playgrounds are made using timber from the surrounding arboretum An arboretum has built two new play areas to help children "connect with nature". The "natural playgrounds" at the Westonbirt ...

An arboretum has built two new play areas to help children "connect with nature". The "natural playgrounds" at the Westonbirt Arboretum, near Tetbury in Gloucestershire, include walkways ...