Celebrating the Positive Side of 2021

December 27, 2021 - Written by Laura Guscott - filed under Innovative Designs, Playgrounds.

Friends – With the end of the year just around the corner and we look back on 2021 it’s tempting to view it through a dark lens. No one can… Read more »

Our Crazy Maze Winners Had Fun

December 3, 2021 - Written by John Zappe - filed under Designer Spotlight, Random Topics.

Pat Stout went to the 2021 ASLA conference to earn CE credits and discover new and innovative products he might include in a project someday. He didn’t expect to also… Read more »

Our ASLA Contest Is Virtual This Year

November 2, 2021 - Written by John Zappe - filed under Random Topics, What's New.

Have you seen the crazy route Tom Mroz is taking to this year’s ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture? By the time he arrives in Nashville for the start of the… Read more »

Don’t Tell Your Secrets to a Whisper Dish

September 22, 2021 - Written by John Zappe - filed under Product Education.

Outside the Woodinville Library, in the wooded suburbs of Redmond and Seattle, Washington is an Exploring Garden with two parabolic dishes that could be mistaken for radio antennas. But watch… Read more »

Minnesotans Love Their New Zip Line Park

December 21, 2021 - Written by John Zappe - filed under Project Feature, Playgrounds.

When Minnesota’s Three Rivers Park District sketched out the plan for updating an aging playground, there was no question it would include a zip line. 600 kids and their parents… Read more »

The Griff Slides of Erie: Fast, Curvy and Transformational

August 17, 2021 - Written by John Zappe - filed under Project Feature, Playgrounds, Product Education.

Even before their official dedication last month, the Griff slides of Erie, Pennsylvania had taken on almost mythic proportions. “This is just huge for the Erie community,” said landscape architect… Read more »

An All-Abilities Park Opens In Wisconsin

August 2, 2021 - Written by John Zappe - filed under Project Feature, Design Ideas, Playgrounds.

“Everybody has the right to play.” It says that in large letters right on the wall at the entrance to Trane All-Abilities Park. It’s a declaration that the people of… Read more »

Goric’s Towering Pyramid Gives Garvies Point a Signature Playground

June 22, 2021 - Written by John Zappe - filed under Project Feature, Innovative Designs, Playgrounds.

Arising on the banks of Long Island’s Hempstead Bay, upon what once was an industrial wasteland, is a new neighborhood. Strung along an inlet and linked by a waterfront promenade,… Read more »

STREAMS Interactive: a Case for Child-Powered Water Play

June 15, 2021 - Written by Francesca Hernandez-Singer - filed under Natural Playgrounds, What's New.

If you’ve ever had to tear your mud-covered child away from a puddle or sopped up the aftermath of a particularly active bath session, then you know how irresistible water… Read more »

Jump Into Our Wormhole Slide at Area 15

March 12, 2021 - Written by John Zappe - filed under Project Feature, Innovative Designs.

100 miles from Nevada’s mysterious Area 51 is the mystifying Area 15 of Las Vegas. Inside an almost ordinary building of warehouse proportions is a supermarket like no other in… Read more »

Announcing Goric’s New President

January 26, 2021 - Written by John Zappe - filed under What's New.

This week we announced that Laura Guscott has been named president of the company. As Goric’s CEO, Laura has led the day to day operations since 2012. Now, with her… Read more »