Container Garden Guide

Every home that has children should have a designated place outside for the them to play in. There are a lot of rewards for creating an outdoor play area for the children: they are happy, parents are happy knowing the children are safe, and the rest of the garden is usually left undisturbed. In fact, it may turn out that if you create a nice enough place, It could become a favorite hangout of all the kids in the neighborhood, which might or might not be something you want. It is usually reasonably easy to adapt  landscape plans so that at least a small play area can be provided for the younger members of the family.

Homes with small children should place play areas close to the house. The kids will be close within sight but not feel locked up or restrained. An area that can be seen from the kitchen window is ideal. There are a lot of toys that you can go out and buy for play areas. However, young kids can often have as much fun creating their own games using nothing more than rocks, dirt, and other natural objects. A basic simple sandbox, with cover when not being used to keep neighborhood critters out, will keep small children busy for hours. Equip the sandbox with some common elements like small rocks and sea shells. (When the kids are grown, you can change the sandbox into a raised garden bed.) Along with a small tree with strong branches close to the ground, an old log makes a good climbing frame.

Older kids like to play a little more away from the house. However, the play area should still be a highly visible safe spot that is intentionally designed into the front yard or backyard landscaping plans. Older kids love to use their imaginations so don’t give them a treehouse right away. Start simply, possibly with some board steps nailed to a tree or a rope ladder up into the branches of a tree. The tree can then become anything that the imagination demands. A plane, ship, castle, or anything at all.

A grassy area in your garden can be good for playing in. It could be soft enough to fall down on and often even thick enough to be a hiding spot. If this ideas doesn’t suit your overall landscape plan, you might consider bark chips as a good surface beneath play equipment, especially the trampoline, as a shock absorber for inevitable tumbles.

An area of concrete will also be a well used spot as the kids grow up. Learning to ride a bike, rollerblade, play jacks, jump rope, and many other childhood games will happen right here. And the kids may even discover gardening if you let them have a sunny area of their own.

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