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PORTFOLIO Custom Playgrounds
WE BUILD SERIOUS FUN & bring brilliant playground themes to life Every new playground presents the opportunity to tell a story. It is a chance to create a sense of place and to build a beloved community gathering space. We design collaboratively and build sustainably to realize our clients’ vision. Our wood playgrounds are handcrafted, healthy and extraordinarily versatile.
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HIDEAWAY PARK Winter Park, CO Collaborators: Kimley-Horn, DHM Design, Star Playgrounds Designed to mirror the “mountain world,” Hideaway Park turns alpine elements like via ferrate, suspension bridges, and climbing walls into play experiences.
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JOIE PLAY YARD AT AMFAM FIELD Milwaukee, WI Collaborators: The Kubala Washatko Architects (TKWA), Midwest Playscapes The Joie Play Yard at Milwaukee’s American Family Field is a home-run celebration of Wisconsin pride and ballpark magic blending iconic regional identity with high-energy team spirit.
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HAWRELAK PARK Edmonton, AB Collaborators: PFS Studio, Park N Play Design Nestled in the heart of Edmonton’s river valley, the new playground at the historic 68-hectare Hawrelak Park offers a unique mix of nature and interactive play.
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PIER 58 Seattle, WA Collaborators: Field Operations, Waterfront Seattle, Northwest Playground Equipment At night, Pier 58 transforms into a glowing signature feature through integrated LED lighting, becoming a sculptural art piece that extends hours of use and attracts users of all ages.
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WAGNER PARK Aspen, CO Collaborator: City of Aspen Inspired by the city’s namesake tree, custom play structures at Wagner Park evoke the forms of leaves and trees. Themed ground-level activities invite users with different abilities to interact.
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GATTON PARK ON THE TOWN BRANCH Lexington, KY Collaborators: Sasaki, Agency Landscape + Planning This new signature park is inspired by the richness and interplay between Lexington’s culture and natural resources, and the Town Branch watershed.
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BIIDAASIGE PARK Toronto, ON Collaborator: MVVA The Reaching Raccoon, aka Toronto's Trash Panda, is a playful sculptural playground structure in The Uplands, part of the 40-hectare Biidaasige Park on Toronto’s waterfront.
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THEODORA FAMILY HOTEL Denver, CO Collaborators: Shopworks Architecture, Flow Design Collaborative, Star Playgrounds At the heart of the new Theodora Family Hotel in Denver, a butterfly playground becomes a beacon of hope, growth, and transformation for families transitioning out of homelessness.
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FINLAY PARK Columbia, SC Collaborators: Stantec, Great Southern Recreation Built on a hillside in Columbia’s Finlay Park, the Cola Summit Playscape is a destination playground that blends architecture and play into an immersive play experience.
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ANNISTON PARK Katy, TX Collaborators: KW Landscape Architects, Parkscapes Texas The master design vision for the Anniston community draws inspiration from Texas's diverse ecoregions; this park celebrates the coastal ecosystem with a blue crab feature.
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DENARGO MARKET Denver, CO Collaborators: Sasaki, Star Playgrounds In the Denargo Market development, the colors and design of this 40 foot timber playground tower match the nearby Rhingo the Rhino landmark.
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HOLLIDAY PARK
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Indianapolis, IN Collaborators: Rundell Ernstberger Associates, Midstates Recreation Inspired by the 94 acres of surrounding green space, this natural wood playground is part of the massive revitalization of Holliday Park, one of Indianapolis’ oldest and most recognized parks.
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BULLIS SCHOOL Potomac, MD Collaborator: Playground Specialists Designed with early learners at the school in mind, this playground helps to foster physical, social, imaginative, and cognitive development through open-ended, dynamic play.
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CARDINAL CHILD CARE CENTER
San Bernadino, CA Collaborators: LPA, Dave Bang Associates As a part of this 14,000 square foot nature-based outdoor learning environment, the cardinal builds its nest and opens its wings to embrace children at play.
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BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK - PIER 5
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Brooklyn, NY Collaborator: Division 32
Situated at the Picnic Peninsula in the Brooklyn Bridge Park, this newly renovated playground invites children to gather and play with the New York City skyline as the backdrop.
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FATHER DAVID BAUER PLAYGROUND Waterloo, ON Collaborator: PlayOn Inspired by the nearby Earth Sciences Museum, the Ribbon Tower and Coliseum interpret and reflect the shape of fossils and their role in natural history.
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GLACIER RIDGE AMENITY CENTRE Calgary, AB Collaborator: Park N Play Design One of several animal-themed Earthscape playgrounds in the Glacier Ridge development, the grizzly bear with leaping salmon, is a focal point for play at this private amenity center.
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DESIGN PROCESS
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Phase One ▶
CONCEPT SKETCHES
SCHEMATIC DESIGN
Discovery is an early, open conversation to build mutual understanding before design begins. We start by talking through your vision, project goals, scope, site, intended use, target budget, maintenance considerations, and timeline.
Schematic Design is where concepts start to take shape, turning vision into form, scale, and story. Designers develop early concepts and schematic sketches that fuse imagination, play value, and accessibility, inviting your feedback throughout the process.
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT Design Development is about refinement and feasibility. Through 3D models, the playground's form and function are further developed. Inclusive design, accessibility, and safety are centre-stage, while Designers simultaneously maximize play value by thinking through the user's play experience.
DESIGN DOCUMENTATION Design Documentation prepares the approved design for tendering and engineering. Certified Playground Safety Inspectors and Engineers complete a final design to confirm it meets or exceeds safety and build standards.
TECHNICAL DESIGN In Technical Design, our engineering team creates detailed Shop, Fabrication and Installation Drawings. They document the specifications we commit to build while preserving the design intent from earlier stages.
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FABRICATION
SITE INSTALLATION
POST INSTALLATION
Detailed technical drawings guide our highly-skilled fabrication teams, who ensure exceptional attention to detail and safety. Their thoughtful planning and construction set up installation for success.
After meticulous and thorough pre-planning, our technical advisors oversee the installation of each custom piece, ensuring the finished space is installed with exacting precision for safety and accessibility.
After the playground has opened, we perform postoccupancy evaluations to understand how the space is being experienced. These insights help us learn and improve. We also provide ongoing service and support through our warranty program, ensuring every project performs as beautifully as it was imagined.
SUSTAINABILITY As playground design builders, we think a lot about kids and the kind of world we’re building for them. That’s why we prioritize our impact on the environment, on our team, and our communities – near and far.
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HABITAT RESORATION
WOOD SOURCING
SINCE 2020, WE HAVE PLANTED OVER 30,000 TREES.
Locally and in partnership with a global non-profit, Earthscape plants a minimum of one tree for every tree used in our production process.
Timber used in Earthscape playgrounds is from: FSC certified sources, areas with extremely progressive forest practice codes, or small local timber suppliers.
Earthscape provides technical leadership for local habitat and reforestation projects that return former waste lands to forest and wetland.
Partners, Ben Schwarz and Alex Waffle at Earthscape's Earth Day 2026 tree planting event 55
COLLECTIONS
Earthscape Collections offers ready-to-specify playground solutions. These high quality wood structures are more cost-efficient with faster lead times than custom pieces and are available through representatives across Canada and the United States. 2D and 3D models of all Collections structures are available for download from our website.
▲ JUNIOR CRITTER FISH
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▼ RIBBON ROPE CLIMBER
▼ RIBBON TOWER
▼ RIBBON COLISEUM
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GRAND PARK Ontario, CA Collaborators: SWA Group, Dave Bang Associates
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Earthscape is your partner for designing and building custom wood play sculptures and structures. We work with Landscape Architecture firms, municipalities, developers, aquariums and zoos around the world to bring brilliant playground concepts to life.
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earthscapeplay.com info@earthscapeplay.com Published: Fall 2026