Incorporating nature play along a pathway creates play opportunities for the whole family to explore, learn, and enjoy.

Fairgrounds Park is Awarded Three National Demonstration Site Designations for Fitness, Play On!, and Pathways for Play.

Guidelines developed with the Natural Learning Initiative, College of Design, NC State University resulted in two programs that design nature back into lives.

Naturalized play environments not only add play value, but increase physical activity, social interactions, and environmental sustainability.

Nature supports the development of all children, regardless of their level of ability, and helps them discover themselves, physically, socially, and emotionally

Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park is a real opportunity to support the health of the community by installing fitness equipment that would appeal to all.

Every play and recreation setting can help uniquely tell a community’s story and provide the critical benefits of play.

Each play environment can have its own unique way of infusing play opportunities into surfacing options through a combination of the highlighted examples below.

Play and nature together are powerful tools for creating a fondness for the outdoors.

By promoting green schoolyards best practices, we can provide exciting, vibrant recreation spaces that integrate the built and living landscape.