Adventure playground
An Adventure Playground (originally known as a "junk playground") is a specific type of playground for children. The first opened in Emdrup, Denmark in 1943. One also opened in Camberwell, England in 1948.
List of Adventure Playgrounds
United States
- Mercer Island, Washington
- Adventure Playground in Berkeley, California
- Adventure Playground in Huntington Beach, California
- Adventure Playground in Irvine, California
- Ithaca Children's Garden, Ithaca, NY
Europe
- Emdrup, Denmark
- The Land -- Wrexham, UK
- Camberwell, England
- KiB -- A federation of adventure playgrounds and children's farms in Berlin, Germany
- Robi-Spiel Aktionen -- An organization of adventure playgrounds in Basel, Switzerland
Related Movements
- Sudbury School
- Tinkering School
- Makerspaces
- Free-range parenting
- Forest kindergarten
See also
- "Playborhoods" -- Making neighborhoods playable
- "Imagination Playground" -- A company selling a set of giant blue blocks. Used at some school playgrounds and museum playspaces.