Industry News
- The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) recently announced the finalists for the Gold Medal Awards, which honors communities throughout the U.S. that demonstrate excellence in long-range planning, resource management and agency recognition.
- The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently released an updated version of the Public Playground Safety Handbook. See the modifications here.
New Products
- Greet playground visitors with a two-sided Welcome Sign, free with your purchase of any Evos®, Weevos®, PlayBooster®, PlayShaper® or PlaySense® playsystem.The sign welcomes visitors and contains age-appropriate safety information to keep kids safe and supervisors informed.
- Check out our new PlaySense designs that are easy on the wallet and fresh on play value, Design 60 for Ages 2 to 5 and Design 600 and Design 601 for Ages 5 to 12
- Landscape Structures has introduced a kaleidoscope of color on the playground. Working together with inspirations from nature, urban settings and playful atmospheres, the colors will help you form a complete playground environment.
- Add a modern twist to your playground and park environment! The new PlayBooster® Vibe™ has unique triangular shapes, cool textures and upbeat new colors to take your playground design to new heights.
- Combining design, technology and safety. Keep your kids safe while providing equal access to the playground with PebbleFlex®, the new revolutionary surfacing solution from Landscape Structures.
- Bring the best of the gym to the great outdoors. With the addition of the HealthBeat® Mobility and Stretch stations, you're able to create a total outdoor fitness environment for ages 13+.
- Check out more of our new products, request your copy of the 2012 Park & Play Equipment Catalog or browse our Virtual Catalog.
Special Events
- Landscape Structures, in partnership with the National Association of Elementary School Principals Foundation (NAESPF), have introduced the School Grounds. Playgrounds. Common Ground.™ essay contest in an effort to bring inclusive playgrounds to schools throughout North America. Enter for your chance to win the grand prize, $50,000 in inclusive playground equipment, or be one of five runners-up for $15,000 in inclusive playground equipment! The contest, which runs March 21, 2012, to June 30, 2012, is open to practicing elementary and middle school principals and related educators in the U.S. and Canada (except Quebec). Go here to learn more about the school playground contest.
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- The 19th annual EPCOT® International Flower & Garden Festival in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., ran March 7 through May 20, 2012. Landscape Structures products was featured again at the festival in two gardens. Read more.
Play for Life Symposium
- The 2011 Play for Life Symposium, held Sept. 22-23, in Minneapolis, attracted park and recreation professionals, landscape architects, individuals working for nonprofit organizations and many more. manufacturing facility, and then were . The Symposium kicked off focusing on the many dimensions of inclusive play including traveling with a disability, music, inclusive playground design and playground programming. In addition to valuable classroom time, the attendees were given ample time to network and share ideas with their peers. Day two of the Symposium concentrated on inclusive play and the natural outdoors. Attendees heard from Bethe Almeras, Head Start Body Start; Carol A. Krawczyk, ASLA; and Hedda Sharapan, The Fred Rogers Company. Each of the day’s speakers discussed play in the outdoors, engagement in any environment and how it affects our lives as grownups. Read a full recap of the Symposium.
Landscape Structures in the News
- Need a refresh for your workout? Try going out to the local playground like Fitness Expert Chris Freyteg. She and her 19-year-old son stay active on the Landscape Structures' playground at Oakwood School in Plymouth, Minn. while she discusses the physical benefits of various products. Check out this great video from out NBC affiliate, KARE 11.
- The St. Louis Rams partnered with the Landscape Structures playground consultant in Missouri, NuToys Leisure Products, Inc., to complete the team's third annual playground build project. This year, the Rams installed a Landscape Structures play structure at Giant Steps of St. Louis, a school for children with autism. Watch a video of the playground build.
- Morgan's Wonderland, a 25-acre oasis of fun for children and adults with special needs in San Antonio, Texas, opened Saturday, April 10. In addition to an accessible carousel, Sensory Village and locomotive, there is a fully inclusive playground by Landscape Structures installed. Watch a video about the theme park from Good Morning America.
- Today's playgrounds are helping develop motor skills and smart-decision making all while ensuring safety. Kids get more innovative play experiences with innovative playsystems like Evos® and Weevos®. Watch a video about playground safety from 5 News in Arkansas.
What's Happening at Landscape Structures
- Landscape Structures has been named one of the Top Workplaces 2011 in Minnesota for the second consecutive year by Star Tribune.
- Springboard Consulting, LLC® recently announced the Disability Matters honorees for 2011. Of 16 honorees in five categories, Landscape Structures was honored with the Marketplace Award for its commitment to providing inclusive playgrounds to children and families of all abilities.
- Landscape Structures became a corporate sponsor of Autism Speaks, the nation's leading advocacy organization for people with autism spectrum disorders. We aim to be the voice of children on the autism spectrum wherever playgrounds are discussed or designed.
Get Going…Green!
- The King Pavilion addition to the ISU College of Design has been awarded LEED® Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). It is the first higher-education building in Iowa to achieve LEED Platinum status. Learn more.
- We are also taking another big step toward sustainability with the launch of our new recycled Permalene® panels created from recycled, colored plastic household containers - waste materials that would otherwise end up in landfills - and offer a post-consumer recycled content of 73%. Learn how you can select the recycled color choices on any Permalene panel.
- Landscape Structures has a decades-long history of environmental awareness. For 40 years, we’ve helped create healthier children, families and sustainable communities, and have worked hard to create a healthier future for all of us. Long before it was fashionable, Landscape Structures built a culture of sustainability, designing commercial playground equipment that keep kids active, while going far beyond what was required to protect the environment during manufacturing processes. We’ve created a great video that tells our green story. Take a minute, take a look, and then go green!