Fireflies Play Environments, Inc.

Fireflies Play Environments, Inc. Fireflies Play Environments, Inc. Fireflies Play Environments, Inc.
  • HOME
  • EQUIPMENT
    • GORIC
    • ELEPHANTPLAY
    • PLAYCORE
    • FREENOTES
    • THEMED CONCEPTS
    • NORWELL OUTDOOR
    • PLAYWOOD VENTURES
  • BAKER PARK
  • TRANE All-ABILITIES PARK
  • ENVIRONMENTS
    • JOY PARK
    • FRASER SCHOOL
    • MN FRIENDS SCHOOL
    • "WE ARE WATER"
    • WIRTH BEACH
    • CANNON RIVER STEM SCHOOL
    • UM INSTITUTE OF CHILD DEV
    • GATEWOOD ELEMENTARY
    • SEWARD CHILDCARE
    • HARLEY HOPKINS ECFE
  • MUSIC PARKS
    • BUFFALO MUSIC TRAIL
    • MAPLE GROVE MUSIC PLAZA
    • NORTHFIELD MUSIC PLAZA
  • MN STATE FAIR
  • ADVENTURE PLAY YARD
  • More
    • HOME
    • EQUIPMENT
      • GORIC
      • ELEPHANTPLAY
      • PLAYCORE
      • FREENOTES
      • THEMED CONCEPTS
      • NORWELL OUTDOOR
      • PLAYWOOD VENTURES
    • BAKER PARK
    • TRANE All-ABILITIES PARK
    • ENVIRONMENTS
      • JOY PARK
      • FRASER SCHOOL
      • MN FRIENDS SCHOOL
      • "WE ARE WATER"
      • WIRTH BEACH
      • CANNON RIVER STEM SCHOOL
      • UM INSTITUTE OF CHILD DEV
      • GATEWOOD ELEMENTARY
      • SEWARD CHILDCARE
      • HARLEY HOPKINS ECFE
    • MUSIC PARKS
      • BUFFALO MUSIC TRAIL
      • MAPLE GROVE MUSIC PLAZA
      • NORTHFIELD MUSIC PLAZA
    • MN STATE FAIR
    • ADVENTURE PLAY YARD

Fireflies Play Environments, Inc.

Fireflies Play Environments, Inc. Fireflies Play Environments, Inc. Fireflies Play Environments, Inc.
  • HOME
  • EQUIPMENT
    • GORIC
    • ELEPHANTPLAY
    • PLAYCORE
    • FREENOTES
    • THEMED CONCEPTS
    • NORWELL OUTDOOR
    • PLAYWOOD VENTURES
  • BAKER PARK
  • TRANE All-ABILITIES PARK
  • ENVIRONMENTS
    • JOY PARK
    • FRASER SCHOOL
    • MN FRIENDS SCHOOL
    • "WE ARE WATER"
    • WIRTH BEACH
    • CANNON RIVER STEM SCHOOL
    • UM INSTITUTE OF CHILD DEV
    • GATEWOOD ELEMENTARY
    • SEWARD CHILDCARE
    • HARLEY HOPKINS ECFE
  • MUSIC PARKS
    • BUFFALO MUSIC TRAIL
    • MAPLE GROVE MUSIC PLAZA
    • NORTHFIELD MUSIC PLAZA
  • MN STATE FAIR
  • ADVENTURE PLAY YARD

"We are Water"

Eisenhower Elementary, Hopkins, MN.

 

The primary goal of “We Are Water” is to optimize the existing drainage basin and storm water retention pond to educate children and families about stewardship and ecology of water. The play yard concept is centered on original public art in the form of a large interactive watershed map.


The watershed map tells the story of the interconnections of water from the student’s neighborhood to Lake Minnetonka, Minnehaha Creek and the Mississippi River to the oceans of the world. A river pathway flows through the site from the map to the sand and water play, a farm pump and streambed and rain garden.

 Mural by T. Cox 


Click here to see more on this presentation board

Funding provided by Hopkins School Distric and grants from the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, Cynthia Krieg Watershed Stewardship Grant  

Next: WIRTH BEACH

"We are Water', The Conversation

BACK TO HOME PAGE

Fireflies Play Environments, Inc

firefliesplayenvironments@gmail.com

(612) 990-2969

Copyright © 2021 Fireflies Play Environments, Inc