Partnerships & Memberships

Landscape Structures is proud to partner with like-minded organizations. We work with these organizations because we support their mission to improve the lives of children through play. Giving children access to safe and fun outdoor playground equipment gives them an opportunity to be more active and healthy.

American Forests

Since January 2007, Landscape Structures has partnered with American Forests to directly offset the carbon dioxide (CO2) produced in our manufacturing processes. We make donations that are used to purchase enough trees to offset the total amount of CO2 generated for each play system produced in our Delano, Minn., production facilities.

Our partnership with American Forests has supported the planting of more than 35,000 trees per year, on average. In total, we have planted nearly 500,000 trees!

American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)

Landscape Structures proudly collaborates with landscape architects to design innovative, inclusive, and aesthetically integrated playground environments. Our shared commitment to thoughtful design, celebration of outdoor spaces and community involvement drives both of us. As an ASLA sponsor, we’re honored to support the profession that shapes the spaces where children and families connect through play. Our co-founder, Steve King, FASLA, is a licensed landscape architect and member of the ASLA Council of Fellows, and in 2015, our Chairman of the Board, Pat Faust, received Honorary ASLA Membership—recognitions that highlight our deep-rooted partnership with ASLA and dedication to design excellence.

City Parks Alliance

As proud members of the City Parks Alliance, Landscape Structures joins a national network dedicated to strengthening urban parks and green spaces that support the health, equity, and sustainability of our cities. Through this collaboration, we connect with civic leaders, park professionals, and community advocates to advance understanding of how parks enhance social, economic, and environmental well-being. The City Parks Alliance also hosts the Greater & Greener conference—an international gathering of urban park leaders, planners, and designers. This event fosters collaboration and highlights innovative approaches to keeping cities vibrant, resilient, and connected through the power of parks and play.

FitLot®

FitLot® is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping communities find the resources they need to plan, build and activate outdoor fitness parks. FitLot believes that strong neighbors make strong neighborhoods and that everyone deserves to enjoy the benefits of a healthy, active lifestyle. Landscape Structures is thrilled to be FitLot’s primary equipment provider and support FitLot in their work to create outdoor fitness parks for communities throughout the country. Learn about our HealthBeat Circuit® Activated by FitLot®. 

Jumpstart Bon départ

Jumpstart is a national Canadian charity dedicated to helping kids access sports, play, and recreation, which they believe better connects children to their communities and gives every child the chance to thrive. Jumpstart's goal is to create inclusive playgrounds in every province and territory, ensuring children of all abilities can play together in safe, imaginative spaces. Together, Landscape Structures and Jumpstart bring this vision to life, designing playgrounds that become vibrant community hubs.

With Canadian Tire Corporation supporting the charity, 100% of donations to directly to improving the lives of children, helping Jumpstart and Landscape Structures turn inclusive play into a national standard.

KABOOM!

KABOOM! is dedicated to ensuring that all kids in America get a childhood filled with the balanced and active play needed to thrive. Celebrating more than 20+ years of service, the national nonprofit organization rallies communities to fund, plan and build playgrounds throughout the nation. Landscape Structures is proud to partner with KABOOM! as their primary supplier of playground equipment.

KABOOM! inspires communities to make play the easy choice and works to drive the national discussion about the importance of PLAYces. Since their inception, KABOOM! has collaborated to build or improve more than 17,000 playspaces, engaging more than 1.5 million volunteers and serving over twelve million kids. Learn more.

Kanics Inclusive Design Services

Kanics Inclusive Design Services, LLC, founded by Ingrid Kanics, focuses on the creation and operation of inclusive indoor and outdoor play spaces. Ingrid is an occupational therapist with a Masters in Interior Architecture with an emphasis on inclusive, sustainable design who strives to help communities create and run amazing places where people of all abilities can play together.

Ingrid's personal journey began when she acquired a spinal cord injury while in the U.S. Army, resulting in spinal surgery and 18 months of rehab. Despite her recovery, Ingrid still experiences deficits from her injury. To reduce fatigue, she alternates her mobility between walking and rolling (in a wheelchair). When walking, she depends upon her right side for sensory information, and upon her left side for stability. This daily mental dance, her bi-mobility and other experiences related to her injury deeply influence her work of helping communities expand their understanding of inclusion for all.

Ingrid presents at local, state and national conferences on the topics of play, sensory processing and Universal Design. We're proud to have partnered with Kanics Inclusive Design since 2010.

Kiwanis International

​Landscape Structures is proud to be a Vision Partner of Kiwanis® International to bring play and playgrounds to communities across the globe. We're honored to provide high-quality commercial playground equipment and services that reflect the high degree of integrity that Kiwanis demands. Learn more.

Since 2013, in partnership with Kiwanis, Landscape Structures has held the Legacy of Play contest to award playground equipment to a deserving Kiwanis playground project. Kiwanis Clubs that plan to have a playground installed within the year are eligible for the award. 

National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)

Landscape Structures and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) share a mission to support the healthy development of all children through inclusive play. Since 2009, our partnership has come to life each year during NAESP’s Community Service Day, when principals, educators, and volunteers unite to build an inclusive playground at a deserving school using equipment donated by Landscape Structures.

Beyond the playground, we proudly sponsor NAESP programs like the National Outstanding Assistant Principals and State Executive Directors’ Development Conference—celebrating educational leadership and advancing opportunities for every child. Our collaboration showcases how play and leadership work hand in hand to build stronger schools, healthier students, and more connected communities.

National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA)

We value the dedicated work of NRPA and believe that by working together, we can help create healthy children and sustainable communities now and in the future. We're proud to support parks and recreation professionals through our Parks and Recreation State Association Speaker Scholarships, which fund the appearances of keynote speakers at annual or regional conferences. The 2025-2026 State Park and Recreation Association Speaker Scholarship program is now accepting applications; apply here!

STAR Institute for Sensory Processing

STAR Institute for Sensory Processing (STAR Institute) was formed in 2016 from two merged organizations–the Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) Foundation and the STAR Center. The STAR Institute provides premier treatment, education and research for children, adolescents, and adults with SPD. We have collaborated to create a sensory playground at the STAR Institute in Greenwood Village, Colo, which is helping move SPD therapy outdoors. We're honored to have Dr. Lucy Jane Miller, the founder of these organizations on as our Inclusive Play Partner to learn more about how therapy in natural settings—especially playgrounds—helps treat children touched by the disorder. Learn more.

Inclusion Matters® by Shane’s Inspiration

Landscape Structures is pleased to partner with Inclusion Matters® by Shane's Inspiration toward a common goal of promoting play for children of all abilities. Together, we've created nearly 50 Universally Accessible Playgrounds including the first in Mexico and Ecuador. Plus, we're excited to have collaborated with Shane's Inspiration on playground projects for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Shane's Inspiration has taken accessible playgrounds to a whole new level, not only helping communities build these beautiful play environments from conception to completion, but also ensuring that they are utilized through inclusive play programming. Learn more.

Sustainable Sites Initiative™ (SITES™)

Landscape Structures is proud to support the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES), which provides professionals and individuals information for making environmentally preferable choices in their landscape and outdoor projects. The SITES program is a collaboration between the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the United States Botanic Garden and ASLA among others to develop guidelines and standards for landscape sustainability.

Too Small to Fail

Too Small to Fail, the early childhood initiative of the Clinton Foundation, promotes the importance of early brain and language development and supports parents with tools to talk, read, and sing with their young children from birth. Today, 60 percent of children in the United States start kindergarten unprepared, lagging behind their peers in critical language and reading skills. Through partnerships with pediatricians, hospitals, faith-based leaders, community based organizations, businesses, entertainment industry leaders, and others,

Too Small to Fail is meeting parents where they are to help them prepare their children for success in school and beyond. Whether at the pediatrician’s office or the playground, Too Small to Fail aims to make small moments big by creating opportunities for meaningful interactions anytime, anywhere. Too Small to Fail works at the national and local levels to reach parents and caregivers through strategically using media, building national partnerships and implementing the “Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing” community campaign in localities across the country.

Too Small to Fail partners with Landscape Structures to reach parents of young children across the country. Joint efforts would leverage each organization’s reach into local communities across the country to promote children’s early brain and vocabulary development through play. Learn more.

The Miracle League

The Miracle League® offers opportunities for children with mental and/or physical challenges to play baseball through custom baseball fields. We are honored to be the official playground partner of The Miracle League. With more than 240 organizations across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Venezuela and Australia, The Miracle League gives more than 200,000 children and young adults with disabilities the opportunity to enjoy America's favorite pastime. Learn more.