The playground at Lake County Intermediate School in Leadville, Colo., was in desperate need of a makeover. The schoolyard didn’t offer much — just a few swings, some rusty climbing equipment, a ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

Play has always been essential to childhood. But playgrounds didn’t exist until the 1880’s when “sand gardens” appeared in Germany, finally making their way to Boston in 1886. Built in poor ...

Did you ever dream as a child of having an expansive backyard wooded playground that flowed into the natural elements and was almost like an adventure land? Well, that is now available at Knoxville’s ...

Kids at Play, an indoor playground and therapy center that gives children opportunities to learn and grow while having fun, is moving to a larger space. The organization, which has been operating in ...