Outdoor Event Flooring: Tips and Tricks
Outdoor Event Flooring: Tips and Tricks Are you putting on an event for your community in your local park, playground, or sports field? Then you need the right outdoor event flooring to protect your surfaces and attendees. Excessive mud, uneven ground, and inaccessible surfaces can ruin an event and even put people at the risk […]
Outdoor Surface Design: Guide to Non-Traditional Materials
Outdoor Surface Design: Guide to Non-Traditional Materials Experiment with outdoor design for a unique park, playground, or leisure space. Your visitors are looking to enjoy an inventive, specialised space this Summer. Embrace unconventional play design with exclusive surface materials and expert installation from PlaySmart. In this blog, our experts introduce you to some of our […]
How to Improve your Inclusive Playground with Accessible Surfacing
How to Improve your Inclusive Playground with Accessible Surfacing Outdoor spaces in public parks, housing developments, schools, and leisure sites should make space for everyone, and increasing accessibility for those with disabilities is essential. At PlaySmart we recognise the critical importance of outdoor areas also having accessible pathways and wheelchair accessible, inclusive playground surfacing. How […]
How We Embrace Sustainable Development and Why You Should To
How We Embrace Sustainable Play Design and Why You Should Too When planning your next outdoor development or playground project, sustainability may not be one of your first concerns, but it should be! Having worked with developers for over 20 years, we know that your top priorities are safety, cost, and lifespan. Luckily for you, […]
Development Guide for Local Council Playgrounds
Development Guide for Local Council Playgrounds There are around 30,000 council playgrounds in the UK. Each one serves a unique community with different needs. However, there are some unifying requirements that local councils, from small Parishes to large Cities or County Councils, need to consider when designing or upgrading their playgrounds. These requirements are: Staying […]
Contemporary Cork Flooring Garden Design Ideas
Contemporary Cork Flooring Garden Design Ideas Corkeen is an incredibly versatile surface material used in playgrounds, patios, pathways, and more. Building this unique and contemporary cork flooring in your project can help transform and modernise the development. Housing developers and landscape architects often look for a cost-effective, useful, and unique approach to garden design. Corkeen […]
What are Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)?
What are Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)? You may have heard of SuDS or Sustainable Drainage Systems as a term used in urban and semi-urban building projects, or even in the sustainability criteria for accessing public funding for developments. If you are unsure of what the term means and how you can follow SuDS principles in […]
Cork Flooring Materials – Carbon Negative, Unique Surface Design
5 Reasons to Choose Playsmart for Your Playground Project Cork flooring materials are truly unique. A naturally shock-absorbent, durable, and hypoallergenic substance suitable for a wide range of uses. Here at PlaySmart we are always on the lookout for new sustainable surface innovations. Therefore, we are enthusiastic about using cork as a sustainable material for […]
Bonded or Bound Surfacing- The Science, Uses, and Benefits
Bonded or Bound Surfacing- The Science, Uses, and Benefits Embrace modernity and creative design with a smart choice for all-round flooring for your outdoor space. Water absorbent, non-slip, and long-lasting, a bonded or bound surfacing fits seamlessly into any playground design. These surfaces are ideal for improving safety, aesthetics, and even sustainability. Bonded or Bound […]
Your Guide to Corkeen Play Surfacing
How We Embrace Sustainable Play Design and Why You Should To If you are unfamiliar with this surfacing option, let PlaySmart guide you through our wonderful playground safety flooring: Corkeen. What is Corkeen? Corkeen is the all-natural cork playground surface exclusively provided by PlaySmart. It could also become the newest addition to your playground project. Natural […]
