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# Fiona Robbé Landscape Architects

Playspace and Landscape Design

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- [‘Diverse, complex and messy’: 2021 Old School New School Conference](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/diverse-complex-and-messy-2021-old-school-new-school-conference/) - Fiona had the honour of being invited to speak at this year's 'Old School New School' Conference hosted by the team at Design Speaks, which was held virtually from 31 August - 1 October 2021. Topics and ideas ranged from agile learning spaces, to luminous manta rays, the social agency of pre-schoolers and sustainable university
- [Actionable Principles for Inclusive Play Space Design - The Ultimate Guide?!](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/inclusive-play-study-abridged/) - Over the last couple years we've worked closely with Waverley Council on an Inclusive Play Space Study Report. This report is a supplement to their overarching Play Space Strategy, with the idea being to provide an extra level of detail on the inclusive aspects of play provision in the LGA. One of the key outcomes
- [National Awards of Excellence](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/national-awards-excellence/) - Halvorsen Park Playground has received the National Playspace Award (
- [Awards of Excellence](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/awards-excellence-2/) - Our office is so excited and proud to be the recipient of the Regional (NSW/ACT) Playspace Award (
- [The Year Ahead](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/the-year-ahead/) - HAPPY NEW YEAR! As our office gears up for 2018, we begin by celebrating our achievements for 2017: • Lady Gowrie Child Care Centre, Erskineville. Gowrie NSW CEO Lynne Harwood joined the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Sarah Mitchell, to officially open the recently refurbished Centre and outdoor learning area. We are proud to be
- [Congratulations to NSW AILA Awards Winners!](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/nsw-aila-awards/) - While we were gutted to miss out on winning an award under our own name at this year's state AILA Awards night, we were still thrilled to see Sydney Park Bike Track take the top honours in the play space category! Our office worked closely on this project as the resident play experts alongside head
- [PLA Award of Excellence for Kelso Community Hub!](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/parks-and-leisure-australia-nsw-act-awards/) - It was a very exciting day in the office for us last week when we all gathered round the computer for the virtual PLA NSW/ACT Awards presentation! We were thrilled to see our beloved Kelso Outdoor Recreation Area win an Award of Excellence in the playground under $500,000 category!! A special project for us, and
- [New Playground Standards in Effect Immediately](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/playground-sports-and-recreational-equipment-standards/) - New Playground, Sports and Recreational Equipment Standards are out NOW!
- [Amazing Transformation of Brand New Regional Inclusive Playground](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/st-ives-showground-regional-inclusive-playground/) - So excited to see this playground open at long last - we started working on this project five years ago!!
- [Successful Translation of Design Theory into Practice](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/translating-theory-into-practice/) - As a designer, there are countless theories and principles you learn throughout your career. Putting those theories into practice is a whole other problem - so often, budget, site constraints, politics, design trends, and a myriad other issues mean that the ideals in your head cannot actually be achieved. That's why we were thrilled to
- [Quantifying the Value of Inclusive Equipment](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/quantifying-the-value-of-inclusive-equipment/) - A virtually impossible task, you might say! But when we're fighting to justify the choice of a $3500 inclusive swing, compared to a $60 traditional strap seat, it becomes necessary to prove why the extra money is worth spending. Inclusive boat seat (left) and a traditional strap seat (right) There are a few different ways
- [Waverley Inclusive Play Space Study](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/waverley-inclusive-play-space-study/) - The Waverley Inclusive Play Space Study is not only complete, but has been officially adopted by Waverley Council ! We busted our brains on this document and are incredibly proud of the outcome. Thanks to all our collaborators and industry friends who gave us feedback along the way Read more on Council's website!
- [2014 in Review](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/2014-review/) - 2014 has been an exciting and very productive year for Fiona Robbé Landscape Architects! Our practice has been involved in a myriad of multi-disciplinary activities which are a hallmark of our specialisation in design for children. We give talks, run playground tours, attend industry events, are involved with playground standards, write articles, participate in interviews; you name
- [Australia Day](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/australia-day/) - On Australia Day we are considering what being proudly Australian means to our practice. Our approach is that our projects are inspired by Australian culture: theming, planting, materials and equipment celebrate the Australian spirit! Our aim is that anyone anywhere in the world would look at our work and say "How Australian" Some examples that
- [Playground Tour: The Exercise Edition!](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/playground-tour/) - 24th February 2015 Our latest Playground Tour focused on the co-location of fitness equipment near playgrounds (and other park facilities). We visited 4 parks in the Penrith Area, each with differing fitness offers. There were approximately 40 attendees (fully booked) from all over NSW, a great turnout, showing again how people appreciate the opportunity for informal learning
- [Heroes of Nature Play](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/heros-nature-play/) - Check out these playgrounds in Adelaide! All of these playgrounds are great examples of nature play, using successful elements in their design. Burnside Adventure Playground Belair National Park Bonython Park Kensington Park
- [Nature Play conference illustrations](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/nature-play-conference-illustrations/) - This illustration depicts the perceived dangers of children interacting with nature. While the risks are real, the risks of staying indoors are much higher!! See following: This illustration demonstrates some of the risks of children spending too much time indoors.
- [KIDSCAPE 2016](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/kidscape/) - It's all been happening in Canberra! The 2016 International Festival of Landscape Architecture was hosted in Canberra from 27-30th October; aiming to connect the public with landscape architects. Amongst the exciting program was KIDSCAPE on Saturday 29th October in Haig Park- a free event of endless fun! 1000 people supported the event, with both kids and
- [World Forum](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/world-forum/) - Fiona will be attending the World Forum on Early Care and Education in Auckland this May, presenting with fellow academics on the "Journey Into Nature" - discussing current issues in design for children and the future of outdoor/nature play. This forum is a unique opportunity for our office to connect with the international play industry,
- [New Jo Wheatley All Abilities Playspace Open!](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/jo-wheatley-abilities-playspace-open/) - The team from Fiona Robbé Landscape Architects travelled to Dalkeith, Perth last week for the official opening of the Jo Wheatley All Abilities Playspace (Phase One). This project has been close to our heats since 2012 and has involved many people’s hard work and dedication. We would like to thank all of those who were
- [Gowrie Community Planting Day](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/gowrie-community-planting-day/) - On Saturday was a community planting day at Gowrie Childcare Centre (Erskinville). Fiona and Matt delivered a full carload of plants from Planters Patch, Overland Nursery and Valley View Nursery - all wonderful nurseries in Arcadia. We love to proactively give back to our projects in every way we can think of, and a morning
- [Landscape News!](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/landscape-news/) - Plant choice in playgrounds is a complicated process – we have to take into account child safety, durability, aesthetics and many other factors! Fiona was interviewed by Ozbreed for this month's Landscape News - click HERE to read more about some of our favourite “Playground-Friendly Plants”!
- [KIDSCAPE 2017](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/kidscape-2017/) - KIDSCAPE is part of the International Festival of Landscape Architecture and is aimed at making sure kids understand the importance of open space in our communities. On Sunday 15th October, KIDSCAPE will offer FREE fun outdoor activities for all kids, from 3 to 13yo. Come and play at First Fleet Park in The Rocks for a day
- [New publication](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/publication/) - Yay (at last) it is here! Designing cities with children and young people: beyond playgrounds and skate parks / edited by Kate Bishop and Linda Corkery. Fiona is so proud to be a contributor in this book, with her chapter Designing with children: a practitioner's perspective. Designing Cities with Children and Young People focuses on
- [Australia's Best Playground - winner!](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/australias-playground-winner/) - Yesterday AILA announced the top 5 entries per region with the most public votes for Australia's Best Playground - and we made it!! Our own entry, the Skywalker Plaground at Kellyville Public School, came in at the top of the ACT/NSW region, with 15,481 votes - thank you to everyone who voted!! Amazing effort! Other projects
- [Landscape Australia publication](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/landscape-australia-publication/) - It was an honour to to be able to write about Clive's contribution to the playground industry and have it published in the latest issue of Landscape Australia. This is our third time being published in the Magazine!
- [Awards](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/australias-playground-final-results/) - AILA has announced the winner of Australia's Best Playground, and the regional winners: Congratulations to the City of Melbourne - with Nature Play at Royal Park. The title of Best Playground is well deserved! Our own Lizard Log Plaground and Yokine Regional Inclusive Playspace won for the ACT/NSW and WA/NT/SA/QLD regions! At the end of
- [Goodstart Childcare Centre opened by Malcolm Turnbull](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/goodstart-malcolm-turnbull/) - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and State Attorney-General and Vaucluse MP Gabrielle Upton visited and officially opened our Goodstart Childcare Centre in Double Bay in December! Recognition from these dignitaries means A LOT to us! “This is the most amazing early learning centre I have ever seen in my life, I’ve seen quite a few,” said
- [Beat the heat at Nurragingy!](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/beat-heat-nurragingy/) - Our Nurragingy water park (at Doonside reserve) has been included in The Daily Telegraph's list of twelve fun waterparks in Sydney for this summer! "The free water play area ... is a magnet for kids and features a large windmill, a water wall spray fountain, jets, cannons and bucket dumpers" This project was fun to design and
- [Goodstart Opening](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/goodstart-opening/) - Goodstart Double Bay childcare centre recently opened and is unusual in that the outdoor play is indoors! An unusual innovation for us is the use of carpet as a landscape element - exciting! We have worked hard to create an imaginative and natural setting.
- [Make over complete!](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/complete/) - Jamison Park, Penrith. An exercise, sport and recreation space for ALL ages and abilities! Immensely pleased with the outcome of this park and the public's positive uptake of it!
- [Talking about play...](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/level-up/) - The last couple of months have been extremely busy in the office of Fiona Robbé Landscape Architects! Projects are being designed, finalised, constructed and opened left, right and centre! We are so excited by the new projects and their design challenges, and so proud of the progress and completion of playgrounds all over Sydney - delivering
- [Playgrounds advocates say kids need more risk](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/playgrounds-advocates-kids-risk/) - Article published in the Waikato Times: April 29: "...kids are being wrapped in cotton wool and need to learn how to deal with risk. That's the message from play advocates at a national conference in Hamilton this week, who think playgrounds need to have space for youngsters to climb trees, get grubby and learn how
- [Nature Play Mantra](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/nature-play-mantra/) - The combination of these 10 nature play elements in a design will create a gorgeous play space that children will love and benefit from! Use this framework to write nature play briefs or as the basis of concept plans. This diagram was presented in the 2015 PLA SA/NT State Conference by Fiona in her keynote talk "It's In

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- [Home](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/) - Play is a means of learning to live, an interactive exploration of the possibilities of this world and our place in it. Fiona Robbé Landscape Architects create unique playful experiences for all ages and abilities.
- [People](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/about/people/) - Fiona Robbé - Director Bachelor of Landscape Architecture – First Class Honours, University of New South Wales, 1985Advanced Certificate of Urban Horticulture – Distinction, Ryde TAFE, 1998 Fiona Robbé is a Landscape Architect and Horticulturist who has specialised in the design of outdoor children’s environments, and has worked as a Landscape Architect for over 30
- [Schools & Childcare](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/projects/schools-childcare/) - Full List of Schools Frensham School Gib Gate, Mittagong – 2023 Cammeray Public School, Cammeray – 2022 (ongoing) Emmaus Christian School, Canberra – 2021 (ongoing) Galston Public School, Galston – 2021 Castle Cove Public School, Castle Cove – 2020 Samuel Gilbert Public School, Castle Hill – 2020 Mater Dei Catholic Primary School, Blakehurst – 2020
- [Parks](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/projects/parks/) - Full List of Parks Plough and Harrow Playground, Western Sydney Parklands Trust – 2023 (ongoing) Yirran Muru Aboriginal Interpretive Play Space, Shellharbour – 2023 Wildflower Gardens Playspace Upgrade, St Ives – 2023 (ongoing) Blackheath Soldiers Memorial Park, Blackheath – 2022 (ongoing) Warrina St Playground, Berowra – 2022 Lyne Park Playground, Rose Bay, Woollhara Municipal Council
- [Conference Presentations](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/about/conferences/) - Fiona is wholly committed to the playground industry, and is involved in pro bono research and advocacy. 2021 2nd International Symposium on Planning and Design of Contemporary Early Learning Facilities & Playgrounds - topic: Bringing Nature to Childcare - Design of Outdoor Spaces PLA NSW - topic: Waverley Inclusive Play Space Study: the Journey So
- [Commercial](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/projects/commercial/) - Full List of Commercial Projects Children’s Hospital Westmead: Forecourt Playground, Westmead – 2023 (ongoing) Children’s Hospital Westmead: Dog Park, Westmead – 2023 (ongoing) Children’s Hospital Westmead: Level 3 Café Playground, Westmead – 2022 (ongoing) Children’s Hospital Westmead: Kidspark & Carpark Playground, Westmead – 2022 (ongoing) Children’s Hospital Randwick, Randwick – 2022 (ongoing) Children’s Hospital Westmead:
- [Contact](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/contact/) - Fiona Robbé Landscape Architects acknowledges the Dharug people as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, and respectfully acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first inhabitants of this nation and Traditional Custodians of these lands. Always was,
- [Feature Project: Kelso Community Hub](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/feature-project-kelso-community-hub/) - We were thrilled in 2020 to receive a Parks and Leisure Australia NSW/ACT Award of Excellence, as well as a Kidsafe National Playspace Design Award, for the Outdoor Recreation Area at Kelso Community Hub. This was an exciting and rewarding project for us, so we thought we'd take you through a bit of the background
- [Testimonials](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/testimonials/) - St Ives Showground, St Ives NSW See this article from Ku-ring-gai Council, and comments from the local community on these Facebook posts: Ku-ring-gai Council"Well done everyone that was involved in building this great park. You should be very proud!!" - Karen St Ives Showground"Thank you so much Ku-ring-gai Council. Went there today, it's magnificent" -
- [Clients and Partners](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/clientspartners/) - Consultants Touched By Olivia Andrew Smith Timber Creations Ozbreed The Hills Bark Blower Acoustoscan Synthetic Grass & Rubber Surfaces 2Barrows Polished Concrete Resources and Guidelines Play England Kidsafe Enrique Peñalosa NSW Commission for Chidren and Young People Childs Rights Australia Playground Finder Government Clients Blacktown City Council Botanic Gardens Trust Sydney Centennial Park and Moore
- [Feature Project: Samuel Gilbert Public School](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/feature-project-samuel-gilbert-public-school/)
- [Projects](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/projects/) - FRLA is involved in many ongoing projects, including parks, schools and childcare centres, and commercial designs. Follow the links below to see examples of our work, and complete lists of the projects we have worked on!
- [Slide Anything Popup Preview](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/slide-anything-popup-preview/)
- [Blog: Get Centered](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/) - From Fiona Robbé Landscape Architects comes your guide to Childcare Centres - items and ideas that will create fun spaces for children aged 0-5. Continue the conversation on Facebook and Pinterest! Check in regularly for new topics! Pages so far Post boxes Chimes Native bees Fireplaces Cubbies Weaving panels Sandpit sieves Make space Outdoor beanbags Micro
- [Patterned Synthetic Grass](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/patterned-synthetic-grass/) - 31/07/2018 AT LAST! DESIGN TUFTED SYNTHETIC GRASS We have waited years for this product and here it is!Synthetic grass is a favoured surface for portable equipment in child care centres. But, the problem has been: How to demarcate the safe zone to place equipment over 600mm in height. Up to now there was no way
- [Post Boxes](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/post-boxes/) - 21 / 2 / 17 Why are post boxes soooo wonderful, and why should your centre have one? There is nothing so satisfying as the act of sliding a long thin envelope into a dark slot in a bright red box, and hearing the soft 'thunk' of it dropping beyond your sight! Into the box!
- [Projects](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/projects-2/)
- [Public Play](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/resources/publications/public-play/) - July, 2012 Children, Young People and the Public Realm Fiona Robbé As published in Landscape Architecture Australia February 2010 No/125 under the title Public Play Children compel us to think of our collective future. They provide us with a powerful reason to expand our sustainable values and design ethics to include a double vision: to
- [Awards](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/about/awards/) - Our team have won national awards for innovative outdoor design and advocacy for play as follows: 2025 – Parks and Leisure Australia (PLA National Award of Excellence – Play Space
- [About](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/about/) - We are a specialised team of playspace and landscape design experts based in Arcadia, Sydney. Our team consists of a dedicated group that brings together a range of relevant skills & experience. Our projects range from the very large and complex to the small and simple, from working with government bodies to parent groups. We
- [Feature Project: Arcadia Public School](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/feature-project-arcadia-public-school/) - Ahhh beloved Arcadia Public School! Our office is based in Arcadia - half our staff either went to this school or have children who did - so of course this school holds a special place in our hearts. We have worked with Arcadia PS for over 15 years on various projects, with the most recent
- [Ready Reckoner](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/ccc-ready-reckoner/) - Outdoor Play Areas: The cost for the construction of an outdoor play area changes depending on the size of the space (and any existing features). Each child requires 7m² of unencumbered outdoor space. This table provides a rough guide for calculating firstly the children:outdoor space ratio your centre requires, and secondly the approximate cost of the total outdoor
- [Resources](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/resources/) - CONSULTANTS AND PARTNERS Touched By Olivia Andrew Smith Timber Creations Ozbreed The Hills Bark Blower Acoustoscan Synthetic Grass & Rubber Surfaces 2Barrows Polished Concrete BLOGS Tim Gill PlayGroundology Playscapes The Architecture of Early Childhood RESOURCES/GUIDELINES Play England Kidsafe Enrique Peñalosa NSW Commission for Chidren and Young People Childs Rights Australia Playground Finder
- [Sandpit Sieves](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/sandpit_sieves/) - 27 / 4 / 17 Kellyvlle Public School: fixed sieve Werrington Childcare Centre: portable sieve Providing fun coloured buckets and spades will encourage children to carry greater amounts of sand to the sieve. Another bucket or bin near the sandpit can be a collection point for the 'treasure' they have sieved out from the sand,
- [Feature Project: Jo Wheatley All Abilities Playspace](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/jo-wheatley-all-abilities-playspace/) - Our office has been working on the Jo Wheatley All Abilities Playspace (formerly Beaton Park) for the past 7 years. Located on the Swan River foreshore in Dalkeith in Perth, it is a quintessential inclusive playground: it takes the whole community to build a playground for everyone to enjoy! This playground is an exemplar for
- [Sunray Stick Mirror](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/sunray-stick-mirror/) - 6 / 3 / 18 Young children love mirrors - but why are all mirrors rectangles? (It's probably easier to cut glass in a straight line, right?) We propose a different sort of mirror for outdoor play: a round one! A mirror which deliberately focuses on the child in the middle. This mirror uses natural
- [Horizontal Blackboard](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/horizontal-blackboard/) - 27 / 03 / 18 Why do we always think children want to draw on a fixed vertical blackboard? Here is an idea: a horizontal blackboard on castors (which lock)! This blackboard can move to where play is taking place, and children can integrate their chalk drawings with an activity. Drawing on a horizontal plane
- [Colourful canopies](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/colourful-canopies/) - 18 / 7 / 17 We have recently discovered these glorious canopies as roofing ideas for outdoor spaces in childcare centres or primary schools. Rather than having standard shade sails or veranda roofing, your students can be bathed in colourful shadow that could spark imagination and laughter. A stained cover could also encapsulate a theme
- [Street Library](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/street-library/) - 5 / 7 / 17 Street Libraries are a growing phenomenon in Australia, with over 300 in the country, and 142 in NSW. They are little homes for books which are installed in the front yard of a home, community centre, school or other publicly accessible place. Books can be borrowed, exchanged or given to
- [D.I.Y. Succulent Turtle](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/d-i-y-succulent-turtle/) - 31 / 1 / 18 Young children will love making this adorable character! Click on the image for instructions, pictures and a detailed video tutorial from Gardening In The Shade Placing this planter-turtle near your waterplay creek in your childcare centre will extend imaginative play outcomes, embedding knowledge of turtles through curiosity and play. Watering
- [Deep Soil](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/deep-soil-2/) - 26 / 7 / 17 "Deep soil zones enable planting of significant vegetation, which has the ability to grow to a mature size and provide a permeable ground surface alternative to paving or other hard surface treatments, which allows infiltration of surface water into the soil. " (Tweed Shire Council, 2012, p. 7) As our cities
- [Wind vanes](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/wind-vanes/) - 12 / 7 / 17 As a small addition to your childcare centre or school's outdoor space, a wind vane can be an excellent prop for an outdoor lesson! Children can begin to explore and encounter the concepts of weather and what wind is, as well as the directions of North, East, South and West.
- [Micro Pets](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/micro-pets/) - 6 / 6 / 17 We're always trying to find interesting and unusual animals for children; here's one of them! Native to Australia, the Giant Burrowing Cockroach is a great micro pet for children, whether in a school, childcare centre or home. The Burrowing Cockroach is a low maintenance pet that can be kept in
- [Outdoor Beanbags](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/outdoor-beanbags/) - 23 / 5 / 17 Bean bags are ideal items for those magical indoor/outdoor spaces in your childcare centre. They have a flexibility of use which can range from a cushion for reading, a definition for space making, or something fun to mould and play with! These bean bags from Beanbags & Beyond (New Zealand) can
- [Make Space](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/space/) - 16 / 5 / 17 Children can exercise focus, problem solving and both fine and gross motor skills when entering the 'make space', under close supervision (maximum ratio of 1:3). Conceptualising a 3D project and then making it is a very complex process, which at 4 or 5 years old some children are starting to comprehend. A
- [Weaving Panels](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/weaving-panels/) - 11 / 4 / 17 As seen in this photograph from hobbycraft, the panel can be set up using a tree, or any handy post e.g. a shade structure pole. The horizontal outer frame can be made with stout branches with all twigs trimmed off, lashed to the trees/poles. Create the verticals using inexpensive weatherproof baling
- [Cubbies pt1](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/cubbies-pt1/) - 4 / 4 / 17 WHAT TO DO WITH A TREE IN YOUR CHILDCARE CENTRE THAT IS CONDEMNED In recent years regulations for large, ageing trees in public areas have become very safety conscious: particularly in school and childcare centres trees have to be regularly inspected. As a result mature trees can be deemed as
- [Fireplaces](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/fireplaces/) - 21 / 3 / 17 Children are eternally fascinated by fire; it is a deep instinct that drives children to want to know more about it; to stare fixedly at it, to guess its power. It is part magic! A fireplace should be part of every young child's outdoor experience, and just a small circle
- [Native Bees](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/native-bees/) - 13 / 3 / 17 With international concern over the decline of bees due to various poests and diseases, it's more important than ever before to teach young children about the incredible place of bees in our natural ecosystems. Native bees provide the perfect opportunity to do this. The benefits are: they do not sting,
- [Chimes](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/centered/chimes/) - 7 / 3 / 17 There should be a set of wind chimes in every outdoor learning area in a child care centre. Why wind chimes, you ask? Wind chimes provide the perfect sensory awareness moment to a very young child. When a breeze blows, the chimes provide a wonderful result: a melody! The child
- [Artificial Turf Checklist](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/childcare-centres/artificial-turf-checklist/) - How do I know if I can use Artificial Turf in my child care centre? There is a growing trend to provide outdoor areas inside buildings, and the question arises - is artificial turf a suitable product in this application? Your artificial turf should: Pass the slip test Pass the 3 part fire resistance rating
- [Mulch Trial](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/resources/mulch-trial/) - Planting in Fall Zones What are we trying to do? We are trying to determine the best growth conditions for non-woody plants (e.g. small shrubs and grasses) in playground mulch. Who is doing this? This trial has been made possible through a collaboration between: Landscape architects (Fiona Robbé Landscape Architecture) Landscape suppliers (The Hills Bark
- [Philosophy](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/about/philosophy/) - Our Philosophy on Playground Design Play is a means of learning to live, an interactive exploration of the possibilities of this world and our place in it. Instinctive, voluntary, spontaneous play is vital to develop the potential of all children. My practice firmly commits to the notion that investment in quality play environments is one
- [Publications](https://www.architectsofarcadia.com.au/resources/publications/) - Published articles: Robbé, F. (2003). Learning landscapes. Landscape Australia, 25(4), 26-29. Robbé, F. (2010). Public play. Landscape Australia, 125, 49-51. Robbé, F. (2015). Vale Clive Dodd. Landscape Australia, 148, 70. Review and contributions to publications, guidelines, standards and strategies: Review of “Play Space Design Guidelines” prepared by Mary Jeavons Landscape Architects for City of Sydney

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