Trees, rocks, logs, and bushes make for a great playground. An
elementary school in Vancouver, Canada, installed a lovely
garden of playtime delights for under $9,000. The children seem
to enjoy it as well: As the garden has grown over the last two
years, its play value has increased. Kids play hide and seek
inside mature native shrubs, dig holes to compost their recess
snacks and use the boulders and logs to play games. One of the
wonderful things that has been observed in the garden is that
kids of all ages play together and often choose to play in this
space rather than on nearby equipment. Open-world videogames
rarely have swings and slides, but rather, trees, rocks, and
bushes. Perhaps these games tap into the joy of traversing a
natural space, as this playscape certainly does.