Plus, the team included a ground play trail with balance beams and log hop paths alongside the accessible pathway, as well as Harmony Bells, a simple outdoor acoustic instrument that children enjoy, and that produces a pleasing sound. It also links to a second accessible mushroom via a timber-slatted crawl bridge. The mushroom includes a climbing wall inside that goes up through the stem and an interactive pairs game.
RAINBOW PLAY STRUCTURES WINDOWS
The Fairy Dell’s enormous wooden mushroom has multiple levels of platforms to climb inside, with a doorway and windows that guests can peek out of at various heights. There is also a stainless steel embankment slide with platforms for launch and landing. There is a wheelchair-accessible walkway which has painted components to make it colourful and appealing, as well as a humpback bridge feature and themed rope work. The firm’s goal was to design the most magical play environment, where visitors are shrunk to the size of fairies and invited to explore their world. The main access path cuts through the area in a ‘U shape’ creating a central space of grass, making a perfect spot for the development.
After consulting with the client, Co decided that this would be the best location for the new adventure play area. The attraction’s Fairy Dell area benefits from an undulating pathway and sloping land. Here, the firm created something that introduced a whole new level of accessibility, meaning that kids and adults of all abilities could play together. Its previous work includes the design and build of the Boundless Playground in Bermuda for Windreach, a charity whose mission is to enrich the quality of life for people with special needs. As the company says: “When families can play together, whatever their abilities, everyone has more fun.” Nick and Nicola Laister of Fairytale Farmįor CAP.Co, accessible play is the best play. It is a fun combination of traditional fairy tales, animals, and adventure play. Since there was nothing out there, they made their own attraction, bringing Fairytale Farm to life. Their daughter Olivia has cerebral palsy, and they had always wanted to take her to a place that is enjoyable for both kids with disabilities and their other kids as well. The benefits of accessible play for allįairytale Farm is the brainchild of Nicola and Nick Laister. It features an accessible walkway with a humpback bridge feature and themed rope work, giant mushroom structures, and a stainless steel embankment slide with launch and landing platforms. The result is Fairy Dell, a magical play area where guests feel they have been shrunk to the size of fairies. The team also wanted to include some climbing to height, to introduce an element of risk, and to play with the topography where possible. CAP.Co’s brief was to create something that was inclusive and accessible, with both physical challenges and sensory play.
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