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plants for natural playground

jeanine_student

16 years ago

I am a UL student designing a natural playground and kids community garden. Any ideas on native and tropical plants that will help to create a play environment? I also need a good fast growing tree species to experiment with pleaching and grafting to build a play structure.

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don_licuala
16 years ago
Sabal minor is native to LA and MS. As for grafting trees, I'm not sure what you're looking for.
visforveg
16 years ago
The Longue Vue House and Gardens has a children's garden that may give you ideas. They have a terrific planting of lamb's ears, sensitive plant and chenille plant for the kids to explore. They also have bamboo or willow plantings that create a tunnel. I think I had more fun exploring the kids area than the formal gardens.
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vancleaveterry
16 years ago
A live oak can be pruned in such a way as to have low branches for climbing.

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