Earthscape Collections 2023 (US)

WHO IS EARTHSCAPE?

Earthscape is a leader in the renaissance of custom playgrounds, incorporating natural materials, creative site-based design and the highest quality construction. Inspired by children and play around the world, we are passionate about building serious fun.

We design playgrounds that stimulate children’s imaginations, offer physical challenge and beneficial risk, foster social interaction and creative play. Our earliest playground work began with a focus on natural playgrounds for local schools and child care centres, but quickly evolved into the creation of epic, bespoke playscapes.

Our design team is based in Wallenstein, Ontario, Canada and Amsterdam, Netherlands. All of our structures are hand-crafted at our workshop in Wallenstein.

WHAT IS COLLECTIONS?

Earthscape Collections is designed to give you access to high quality, wood playground structures that are more cost-efficient than custom pieces. These aren’t pieces that LOOK like wood, these ARE wood. For all ages. For all abilities. Natural. Organic. Real.

Each piece is built on-demand using incredibly robust and longlasting materials by skilled carpenters in our Canadian fabrication shop. Collections gives you access to exceptionally designed, highplay value and hand-crafted playground structures.

Playground pieces can be used on their own or combined with the one-of-a-kind custom structures for which Earthscape is renowned.

In our plastic filled world, we believe children need more nature, not less, especially in urban environments. Hand-crafted timber construction gives your playground a sense of personalization and care that does not exist with mass-produced plastic and steel play pieces.

We are very selective about the species of wood that we use.

• different types of wood are used in different components to accomodate for all climatic regions

• designed for a 25+ year lifespan

• very high resistance to rot, insects, and wear

• easy to maintain

JUNIOR CRITTERS

Junior Critters are adorable sculptures that fit both traditional and non-traditional play spaces. Designed for younger children but attractive to all ages, they create beautiful opportunities for social interaction while also offering climbing for adventurous thrill seekers!

Each Critter has been designed with accessible features. Many colour themes are available.

HEDGEHOG

Age: 4+

Fall Height: 5’11” / 1.8m

Area Required: 23’10” x 18’ / 7.2m x 5.4m

SNAIL

Age: 4+

Fall Height: 6’ / 1.8m

Area Required: 24’2” x 17’11” / 7.3m x 5.4m

SONGBIRD

Age: 4+

Fall Height: 5’11” / 1.8m

Area Required: 24’3” x 17’11” / 7.3m x 5.4m

JUNIOR FORMS

The playful shapes of the Junior Forms are immediately recognizable and simultaneously flexible! With pre-designed color options to suit different landscapes or themes and thoughtful handcrafted details, the Forms can be playable public art or a playground centerpiece. Designed for active, passive, and social play, they create a whimsical playscape. Many colour themes are available.

CLOUD

Age: 4+

Fall Height: (S) 4’2” / 1.3m (L) 5’1” / 1.6m

Area Required: (S) 20’9” x 16’3” / 6.3m x 4.9m

(L) 22’5” x 16’3” / 6.8m x 4.9m

PINE

Age: 4+

Fall Height: (S) 4’6” / 1.4m (L) 5’2” / 1.6m

Area Required: (S) 17’4” x 16’3” / 5.2m x 4.9m

(L) 20’ x 16’3” / 6.0m x 4.9m

ROUND

Age: 4+

Fall Height: (S) 4’2” / 1.3m (L) 5’2” / 1.6m

Area Required: (S) 18’5” x 16’3” / 5.6m x 4.9m (L) 20’6” x 16’3” / 6.2m x 4.9m

HUTS

Imagine having a house that is exactly your size! It is the perfect place just for you, or a small group of friends. Grown-ups don’t really fit very well in your hut so it truly feels like a magical hide-away. Play Huts are a must-have playground feature for young children.

MOUNTAIN CABIN

Age: 2-5y / 18m-5y

Area Required: 6’10” x 5’10”

x 1.8m

ALPINE HUT

Age: 2-5y / 18m-5y

Area Required: 6’8” x 5’7” 2.1m x 1.7m

Ground level, no fall zone required

Customize by adding stain!

JUNIOR TOWER

FOREST TOWERS

The Forest Towers are an elegant and organic collection of structures that blend with the natural environment.

Each of the tower’s gathering spaces have unique interior play features. They are designed for continuous, graduated and non-prescriptive play. When designed in a trio, they provide play in all directions with choices to go up, down, sliding or climbing.

FOREST DUO

Age: 5-12y

Fall Height: 9’9” / 3.0m

Area Required: 46’5” x 41’ / 15.6m x 14.2m

bench into the hut

FOREST HUT

Age: 2-5y / 18m-5y

Fall Height: 3’11” / 1.9m

Area Required: 23’9” x 30’ / 7.2m x 10.9m

LOG TANGLES

Log Tangles offer an opportunity for challenging play and provide way points for social connection. They are a playground interpretation of a highropes course, where elevated triangular platforms connect via different obstacles.

Log Tangles are an ideal natural play feature that come in various sizes and are designed to challenge different age groups.

PLATFORM

PLATFORM

LOG TANGLE 2.1

Age: 2-5y / 18m-5y

Height: 4’7” / 1.7m

LOG TANGLE 2.2

Age: 2-5y / 18m-5y

Height: 3’ / 1.7m

x 33’2”

x 10.1m

LOG TANGLE

LOG TANGLE

Age:

Fall

11.5m

LOG TANGLE 3.1

Age:

Fall Height:6’ / 2.8m

Required: 48’4” x 41’1”

x 14.3m

LOG TANGLE 4.1

Age:

Fall Height: 6’ / 2.8m

Required: 53’8” x 48’1”

x 16.4m

LOG PILES

Log Piles are a magnificent open-ended play opportunity. Some children may begin by climbing on the logs or laying on their back or front - finding a sense of balance while stretched along the tree trunk. Others may want to crawl along, sit atop or climb over the logs, moving toward the ultimate challenge of balancing across the tops and navigating from beam to beam.

LOG PILE 3.1

Fall Height: 3’10” / 1.2m

Area Required: 28’11” x 22’10” / 8.8m x 7m

LOG PILE 3.2

Fall Height: 3’3” / 970mm

Area Required: 27’ x 27’6” / 8.2m x 8m

LOG PILE 4.1

Fall Height: 3’ / 920mm

Area Required: 31’3” x 24’3” / 9.6m x 7.4m

LOG PILE 6.1

Fall Height: 4’8” / 1.5m

Area Required: 35’1” x 29’5” / 10.7m x 9m

LOG PILE 8.1

Fall Height: 4’10” / 1.5m

Area Required: 40’2” x 29’1” / 12.2m x 9m

LOG PILE 8.2

Fall Height: 4’6” / 1.4m

Area Required: 39’7” x 29’6” / 12.1m x 9m

LOG TOWERS

The Log Tower has a rustic aesthetic. The hand-sanded, imperfectly straight Robinia logs give it an authentic tree-climbing feel! It is a great fit for a natural playground theme and offers strong play value as children navigate levels, nets and slides. The tower is transparent, ensuring supervision is easy for caregivers. Exterior no-climb netting keeps children within appropriate safety heights on the tower exterior.

LOG TOWER 3

Age: 5-12y

Fall Height: 10’1”

3.1m

Structure Height: 23’11”

7.3m

Post and rope access into the tower!

LOG TOWER 5

Age: 5-12y

Fall Height: 10’1”

3.1m

Structure Height: 23’11” / 7.3m

Option for

stainless steel slide

TIMBER TOWERS

Timber towers offer enormous flexibility and customization, making them amazing and versatile additions to any playground. Whether used alone or in combination with other towers via bridges or accessible ramps, these structures introduce height and higher-challenge climbing opportunities to a playground.

TIMBER TOWER

6’8”

21’3” / 6.5m

TIMBER

POST AND ROPE

Post and Rope is a collection of versatile natural play equipment that can be used alone or in combination to create endless play circuits for kids of all ages.

Structures that have wobble movement and challenging climbing routes foster the development of both gross and fine motor skills. Gripping ropes and finding your footing takes coordination and focus. Movement can be lateral and vertical and scaled for different age groups.

POST AND NETS

Age: 5-12y

Fall Height: 9’2” / 2.8m

Area Required: 25’ x 15’6” / 7.6m x 4.7m

*Nets available: Grid, Offset Grid, Spiderweb, and Vertical Ropes

TRAVERSE RINGS

Age: 5-12y

Fall Height: 9’2” / 2.8m

Area Required: 25’ x 15’6” / 7.6m x 4.7m

ROPES AND LOG

Age: 5-12y

Fall Height: 1’8” / 510mm

Area Required: 25’ x 15’6” / 7.6m x 4.7m

LOG SPIN

Age: 5-12y

Fall Height: 1’ / 300mm

Area Required: 19’11” x 13’10” / 6m x 4.2m

NOTCHED POST

Age: 5-12y

Max Fall Height: 6’ /1.8m

Area Required: 13’10” x 13’10” / 4.2m x 4.2m

BOG STILT STEPPER

Age: 2-5y / 18m-5y

Fall Height: 1’6” - 2’6” / 450mm - 750mm

Area Required: 14’10” x 13’8” / 4.5m x 4.2m

*

LOG STEPPER

Age: 2-5y / 18m-5y

Fall Height: 6” - 2’ / 150mm - 600mm

Area Required: 13’10” x 13’10” / 4.2m x 4.2m

STEPPER CLUSTER JUNIOR*

Age: 2-5y / 18m-5y

Fall Height: 2’ / 600mm

Area Required: 17’ x 17’ / 5.2m x 5.2m

available

STEPPER CLUSTER SENIOR*

Age: 5-12y

Fall Height: 4’ / 1.2m

Area Required: 24’9” x 22’7” / 7.6m x 6.8m

*

KINETIC

Swinging and moving - creating motion by moving your own body - that is the essence of kinetic play. Balance, strength, coordination and gross motor skills are all advanced through kinetic play.

Swings and wobble boards are ideal natural playground elements that complement other Collections pieces or custom timber play equipment.

HEXY WOBBLE BOARD

Age: 5-12y

Fall Height: 1’3” / 370mm

Area Required: (S) 16’ x 15’7” / 5.4m x 5.3m

(L) 16’11” x 16’5” / 5.7m x 5.5m

ROUND WOBBLE BOARD

Age: 5-12y

Fall Height: 1’3” / 370mm

Area Required: (S) 15’11” x 15’11” / 5.4m x 5.4m

(L) 16’11” x 16’11” / 5.7m x 5.7m

LEAF WOBBLE BOARD

Age: 5-12y

Fall Height: 1’3” / 370mm

Area Required: 15’10” x 15’4” / 5.3m x 5.2m

Swap for a tot or

SINGLE BAY - BASKET SWING

Age: 5-12y

Fall Height: 8’9” / 2.7m

Area Required: 24’4” x 35’10” / 7.4m x 13.1m

SINGLE BAY SWING

Age: 5-12y

Fall Height: 8’9” / 2.7m

Area Required: 26’3” x 35’10” / 8m x 13.1m

DOUBLE BAY - SINGLE USER + BASKET

Age: 5-12y

Fall Height: 9’5” / 2.9m

Area Required: 36’6” x 38’8” / 11.1m x 14m

DOUBLE BAY - SINGLE USER

Age: 5-12y

Fall Height: 9’5” / 2.9m

Area Required: 38’5” x 38’8” / 11.6m x 14m

Tot swings also available!

DOUBLE BAY - BASKETS

Age: 5-12y

Fall Height: 9’5” / 2.9m

Area Required: 34’7” x 38’8” / 10.5m x 14m

GIANT ROPE SWING

Age: 5-12y

Fall Height: 9’7” / 3m

Area Required: 45’8” x 27’ / 15.2m x 6.8m

MAINTENANCE & WARRANTY

Earthscape stands behind the high-quality construction of all of our playground structures. Most structural components, including our primary wood species, are covered by a minimum 10 year warranty.

If any playground component requires repair or replacement, Earthscape’s robust warranty and service team will efficiently respond to your playground’s needs.

SAFETY & ACCESSIBILITY

Every Earthscape playground structure is rigorously evaluated to ensure compliance to safety standards; CSA-Z614 in Canada and ASTM F1487 in the United States.

Internal and third-party safety and accessibility consultants review each piece of equipment to ensure there are no hazards while also maintaining opportunities for risk, challenge and reward.

Accessibility compliance requirements are always met and additional measures are taken to ensure inclusive play for all. Our playgrounds are designed to be fun and usable for everyone.

SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability matters to our clients and to us. With a focus on children’s play spaces, we feel a heightened awareness of the importance of daily practices that minimize our environmental footprint.

Renewable Building Material

As the only significant renewable building material, wood is the best sustainable choice for a playground. Using wood reduces the carbon footprint, both in terms of carbon storage and by avoiding greenhouse gas emissions. As compared to the production of plastic or metal playground equipment, wood processing uses far less fossil fuel.

Sustainably Sourced Wood

Wood is an even more sustainable choice for playgrounds when it comes from a well-managed forest. Timber used in Earthscape playgrounds is from: FSC certified sources, areas with extremely progressive forest practice codes, or small local timber suppliers.

Small suppliers do not operate at a scale that allows certification with large organizations but they are often more conscientious about caring for their land than certified suppliers. Each one operates under strict US and Canadian federal or state regulations requiring them to protect water quality, wildlife and soil.

Habitat Restoration

Earthscape provides technical leadership for local habitat and reforestation projects that return former waste lands to forest and wetland.

One-for-One

Through local initiatives and in partnership with One Tree Planted, Earthscape plants one tree for every tree used in our production process. In the past year, we planted more than 4500 trees.