Take a look at this fabulous natural playscape, freshly built at the Dillon Nature Center in Hutchinson, Kansas. I worked on the Master Plan with director extraordinaire Jim Smith and his creative staff (and ate some good homemade pies in the process), then they were off and running! This spring and summer they teamed up with local builders, plant people and a herd of volunteers to create this fabulous, lively space for all ages and abilities. Good stuff!

You gotta love International MUD DAY (June 29th) and you gotta love it where we got to spend it: at one of Claire Warden’s fabulous Nature Kindergartens In Crieff, Scotland. While Mud Day is everyday at the nature kindergarten we had extra fun by the little creek in their wild woods. (the day before we visited the creek for a silent sacred gentle visit) On Mud Day: not so silent! It started with mud face painting. Then progressed to mud sculpture. Then an all out Mud Slide down a slick bank to the creek. What a blast! What a mess! But lo and behold: mud washes right off. Could we make every day Mud Day?

Rusty Keeler at: www.planetearthplayscapes.com

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Here is our first volunteer build of the year in Huntington, WV.  I had the pleasure of working with Susan Miller and the spirited folks at the Child Development Academy at Marshall University www.marshall.edu/cda who planned and organized an amazing one-day natural play space community build. Teams of staff, family members, and university students poured in to help with the various construction and landscaping jobs. What a blast!