PlayGarden – A Place for Non-Robust Children

Seattle Children’s PlayGarden has opened in south Seattle. I didn’t read all the details, but it looks like it’s a joint project between a non-profit organization and the Seattle parks department. The play areas and gardens are designed to accommodate children of all abilities, with disabled children being the target population.

Since it’s pretty far from where I live and I don’t have kids, I won’t be doing a preview. But I figured some of my readers might be looking for something like this. The park is open to the public during daylight hours all year long, except when their summer daycamps are in session.

PlayGarden website

YouTube Video about PlayGarden

Seattle Parks Rank 9th

ParkScore recently released their annual rankings and Seattle came in at number nine. Seattle’s score is 71.5 out of 100, which looks low until you see that Minneapolis as the #1 ranked city has a score of only 84. We received four out of a possible five park benches. There’s some room for improvement, but still, not bad for the 20th largest city in the country!

ParkScore is a project of The Trust for Public Land, and the ParkScore index measures how well the 75 largest U.S. cities are meeting the need for parks.

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It’s Outdoor Movie Season in Seattle!

July means the start of outdoor movie season in the Seattle area. I’ve collected a list of locations, many of them at public parks. Prices are reasonable, ranging from free to $10 for some of the Fremont special charity events. To see the movie schedules and details about each venue click on the links below.

If you know of any others I missed, let us know about them in the comments. Thanks!

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