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<br /> Natural woods allow for the creation of lean-to's and stick forts as well as hide-n-seek games or self-guided
<br /> exploration of these shady enclaves. In other neighborhood parks, it may even be appropriate to simply
<br /> leave areas open, and available to make bicycle tracks in the soil with shovels and hand tools another rite
<br /> of passage for many children.
<br /> At parks where the landscape is be to converted from playgrounds (or turf), there should be a plan for both
<br /> the conversion,but also the appropriate care and management which can be simple and less costly than some
<br /> maintenance intensive formal playgrounds. Regardless of the type of alternative landscape, these areas are
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<br /> park or adjoining private lands.
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