Overview

Wentworth Garden Centre approached Timberplay to create an added-value play area at a small family farm on the site.

Challenge

This destination garden centre, situated in 16 acres of historic walled and landscaped gardens, has been established for over 30 years. The management was keen to offer visitors to the farm area some added value and, after seeing what Timberplay had created at William’s Den, contacted the company to see how it was able to transform the play potential of the site.

Solution

Sand and water play are ideal for the family farm visitors, so Timberplay worked with Wentworth Garden Centre on the designs for a large concrete boulderscape. Large glacial boulders were positioned within concrete foundations to create a waterway with two pumps at its source; Playground Pump and Mushroom Pump. The water then meanders through various channels and gates, and children can also discover a secret tunnel when one of the switches is positioned correctly.

A Building Site is featured, enabling children to work together to transport sand around the space. In order to ensure that play area offers fun for all, Timberplay also designed and constructed a wheelchair-accessible ramp which enabled wheelchair users to come down to the edge of the sand area. From here they can access a turning crane, sand tipper and mud table.

Wentworth Garden Centre created additional seating and also a decked area running around the perimeter of the site.