The Playhouse Garden encourages creative dramatic play and provides a welcome respite from higher energy zones in the Children’s Garden. The Playhouse Garden offers a whimsical playhouse, puppet stage and plenty of opportunities for dress up and role playing as well as flexible lawn areas and moveable furniture and a secret path to the Nature Play Zone.
The Spotted Salamander
The curving stone walls transform into the subtle outline of the salamander’s body. The mosaic paving becomes her tail, and the mystical circles in the lawn, her yellow spots that run from head to toes.
The Playhouse
Built of stacked straw bales and wrapped in mud and clay, the organic forms, rounded corners, deep windows and living, green roof of this 16-foot diameter artisan playhouse result in a space that feels as though it was transported directly from the Shire.