07/25/2022
Today's project was assembling a sand pit from donated posts and posts from Rebuilding Exchange. This baby is almost done and ready for sand!
Humboldt Park Play Garden
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A nature-based area to play and refresh in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago.
Developed in partnership with Humboldt Park Montessori, Neighborspace, and the Chicago Department of Transportation.
07/25/2022
07/13/2022
A little bit happening every day. Today's project was putting in some metal edging for w**d prevention in the future. We are battling a lot of bindw**d as we work to establish our native prairie areas.
05/26/2022
Massive updates in the garden!
Christy Webber donated some great stones for climbing and sitting. We are in the middle of constructing a mud kichen, tree house, and sand pit.
Just a note, the play garden is a public space, open to everyone. Humboldt Park Montessori uses the space during the day, and outside of school hours we would love to have visitors! Come check out all that is happening.
12/18/2021
Stump delivery on Wednesday! And more mulch! The mulch piles have become mountains to roll down, and the stumps immediately became a ninja course.
12/13/2021
Fence construction round two. We are so grateful for the collaboration the city has offered us in the development of this play garden. The project requires a temporary fence rather than a permanent, cemented one, so we had to get creative.
Our first attempt kept blowing down in the wind! Not so great for safety....so....the next version utilized steel t-posts used for fencing in livestock. We are pounding the 2 1/2 feet into the ground.
We also tested metal wire fencing and that has successfully withstood the winds. While we wait the delivery of the rest of the wire fencing, we've spent hours this weekend getting more posts in and fixing the blown down plastic fencing. Looking much better!
10/01/2021
It doesn't take much for kids' imaginations to take flight. The children from Humboldt Park Montessori have been initiating the trees with hours of climbing. We are excited to have more folks enjoy this space with us as it develops!
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3000 W Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL
60622