Designing Inter-generational Playgrounds for an Aging Population
“Who wants to go to the playground?” Most people would hear that question and imagine asking it to a child. But the reality is that it’s a question that should be posed to people from all generations and walks of life. For the first time in US history older adults…
Pipelines: A Colorful Art Installation About Conservation
The Dynamic Duo The right partner can often be hard to find…professionally speaking. When searching for the right collaborator there are many options, but there are few who share the same vision, sensibilities, values and approach. When it does happen, it can be like capturing lightning in a bottle….
KRAIBURG: Leading the Way in Sustainability
Today we are giving our readers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to create some of our portfolio-worthy, sustainable, and accessible playscapes. Without the people who help us produce our playground equipment, we wouldn’t be able to do what we do! KRAIBURG Manufactures Sustainable Rubber Solutions that Meet the…
A Place for Play, Artistic Expression and Community in Savannah
DCIM100MEDIADJI_0099.JPG Community-Led Change The term “creative placemaking” might not be part of most people’s everyday vocabulary, but for Erin Wessling, it is an essential component of her work. Erin serves as the founder and creative director of W Projects in Savannah, GA., a full-service marketing agency that also specializes and…
Montreal’s Parc St. Joseph Inspires Play for All Ages
default Valérie Bouré, a landscape architect for the city of Montreal and part of the three-person team behind the design of Parc St. Joseph, is riding high from two recent awards. The space (which features Goric’s dynamic playground equipment) has been recognized for its accessible, inclusive design and also won an…
Sustainability and Custom Playground Design Highlights Goric’s New Catalog
Play is essential to our physical and mental health at all stages of life. For children, playgrounds are an integral part of their early development. Physical, emotional, social, and imaginative skills are learned on the playground, helping kids gain confidence and coordination and enhance decision-making capabilities. As makers and…
Celebrating the Positive Side of 2021
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 be blamed for seeing 2021 as another year of hardship, when Covid continued to reign over our lives, constricting us…
Our Crazy Maze Winners Had Fun
Crazy Maze – Fun for all ages! 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 be going home with a Goric Crazy Maze. Not, he joked, with his time playing our virtual maze game. It…
Our ASLA Contest Is Virtual This Year
Crazy Maze – Fun for all ages! 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 conference on November 19, Tom, president of ASLA, will have run more than 1,000 miles. He’s zigzagged from his home…
Don’t Tell Your Secrets to a Whisper Dish
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 the children. By now, years after the dishes were first installed, the kids know what to do. One runs to…
Minnesotans Love Their New Zip Line Park
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Photo courtesy Damon Farber 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 made that clear when they were asked for suggestions. Describing the old zip line as a “beloved element of the…
The Griff Slides of Erie: Fast, Curvy and Transformational
LEAF Double slide with waves 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 Alex Luddy. “That’s shown by all the community involvement we had.” From a gleam in the eye of Erie developer…
