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Nature Inspired Commercial Playgrounds ® Nature Inspired Commercial Playgrounds © 2016 BEARS PLAYGROUNDS Table of Contents Nature Inspired ... Construction Features: Risk and Bold, Strong and Built to Last 4-5 Why Wood: Beautiful Style 6-7 Reward Learn! Grow! : Early Childhood 8-9 The picture at right says a lot to Resorts, Campgrounds, Hospitality 10-11 me. It is of my wife Marcye and my Commercial Playground Models 12-17 daughter Cayla. It represents what we offer as parents and caregivers Special Products for our Youngest Customers 18-19 and it represents what it means to be a child. We teach, we coach, we Ways Up 20-21 love, we encourage, we prepare in every way we possibly can . but Ways Down 22-23 in the end we need to just let go. Ultimately, it is the child that needs Ways Across, Overhead Events 24-25 to strive, to learn, to make choices, Roofs, Rails and Barriers 26 take chances and to risk in order to achieve and grow as a healthy little Other Playground Accessories 27 person. Active Independent Play 28-29 We are Social Entrepreneurs; providing opportunities that help Tree Cowboys (Nature + Art + Play) 30-31 children achieve and grow in Quiet Independent Play, Musical Instruments 32-33 healthy ways is what we do here at Bears Playgrounds . our mission Swing Sets 34 is inspired and focused: “to create fantastic How to Buy a Bears Playground 35 Nature Inspired Playgrounds Shipping and Installation 36-37 and other products which enhance children’s The Making of a Bears Playground 38 environments.” Maintenance Instructions 39 Sincerely, Operating Instructions/Warranty 40-41 About Us 42 Danny BearsPresident © 2016 BEARS PLAYGROUNDS • BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM 3 Construction Features: Bold, Strong and Built to Last Construction Our Log Construction is not just beautiful, it is strong too. Our posts are made from sturdy whole logs, approx 5” in diameter. Our cedar logs have a fat end and a skinny end like a tree (instead of a manufactured dowel), they have gorgeous wood grain, NatureWith our playgrounds we have created aInspired checking, knots, crooks, curves, etc. Those “hybrid” or balance between the innocent, who are familiar with log construction know natural adventure of playing in the forest and that it is subject to the natural process of the structure and safety required by today’s “checking.” Checking, or cracks, occur across safety standards. We have been building or through the growth rings as they release “Nature Inspired Playgrounds” since long moisture. This is not a defect in the wood before it was trendy, because we just knew as it does not affect the structural integrity. it was the right thing to do. We have always Instead, it is considered a part of the log’s understood that renewable, natural materials rustic natural look and adds to the uniqueness (i.e. TREES) are far greener than powder of each piece. coated steel and melted plastic milk jugs. “Checking” To make our nature inspired playgrounds Mortise and Tenon we use Natural Materials, like our beautiful, (old school joinery) This classic joinery whole, round Northern White Cedar logs with style is timeless and super strong. Rarely, all their natural features. Our Bold, Strong and if ever, used by the competition because it Built to Last architecture beautifies children’s requires old school craftsmanship. spaces, while capturing their imagination. As a general rule, when you see triangles used in construction you are looking at extra Our Nature Inspired products strength. Bears Cedar Log Playgrounds are and natural materials help loaded with lots and lots of overbuilt structural stimulate a child’s imagination knee braces for a bold look and Gorgeous wood grain! Natural taper to each log and enthusiasm for nature. In extra strength. Many of short, our products facilitate our structures and learning, help build social events are built skills, create opportunities for for surface exercise and by virtue of our mount unique designs and materials installation we provide children with a with in- unique connection to the great ground outdoors. anchoring to meet ASTM. Mortise and tenon joinery Structural knee brace Anchoring 4 © 2016 BEARS PLAYGROUNDS • BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM © 2016 BEARS PLAYGROUNDS • BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM 5 Construction features, design philosophy RoundUnlike square milled is lumber, Good our round cedar is beautiful and baby smooth. Round logs have no sharp corners like milled lumber, just rub a dub-dub soft cedar; perfect for Beautiful Style playgrounds. Logs are peeled, planed and Why Wood: Furniture, boats, structures and sanded. Our Cedar is naturally beautiful, and art of all types have been made from wood does not contain any arsenic. Unlike other since humans have had opposable thumbs. wood species, the qualities of our round In America, wood is the default material for cedar logs make it very difficult to splinter and the houses in which we live. Wood is literally penetrate human skin. alive in our landscape. It defines the meaning and spirit of the word “renewable.” Someday, at the end its useful life, many products made from wood will return to mother earth in a natural way that is non-polluting, self sustaining, organic and truly green because it represents the natural cycle of life. Powder coated steel and plastic products simply can’t make this claim. When used to make our beautiful log playgrounds wood is enormously bold, strong and built to last. In fact, we back it with a 10 year guarantee. Our nature inspired log play events add visual harmony to most landscapes regardless of the architectural style of the surrounding structures. Nature and natural products are never out of style. When it comes to natural weather resistance, our cedar is about the Beyond physical properties, the emotional best you can do in natural products. To top it all off, we have chosen power that our wood possesses in its history, to add additional protection by staining your playground. The color is its organic qualities, and ability to create a beautiful, natural, semi-transparent, brown stain. It enhances the peaceful beautiful spaces, make it one of the beauty of the wood and highlights the wood grain. The stain is water most adoring materials in the universe. The based and the brown pigment color helps protect against harmful UV tactile and sensory properties of the materials rays in the sunniest of climates. The penetrating qualities of the stain used in our unique playgrounds help suggest also help to protect against snow and moisture. play themes and re-connects children with Nature in ways other materials cannot. Like you will find on the best built decks in America, we use modern Composite Decking materials on most of our floors, rock climb walls That’s why wood! and other high wear areas so that even a bare-footed or bare bottom baby is safe as can be. 6 © 2016 BEARS PLAYGROUNDS • BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM © 2016 BEARS PLAYGROUNDS • BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM 7 Early Childhood Little Lumberjack Village, ages 6-23 months Children's Treehouse, KS Whispering Pines Preschool, Cobleskill, NY CIFC Early Learning Center, CT University Village Montessori, Chicago, IL Sherwood Forest Touch, feel, crawl Annapolis, MD Spartanburg Preschool, NC on nature 8 © 2016 BEARS PLAYGROUNDS • BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM © 2016 BEARS PLAYGROUNDS • BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM 9 Resorts, Campgrounds, Hospitality Spanish Peaks, Big Sky, MT and school age focus Mullen Park, McAlester, OK Snow Basin Ski Resort, UT Davis Farmland, MA Gunstock Ski Resort, NH Fish Creek Pond, NY Hampden Park and Rec, MA Salvation Army, Canandaigua, NY Warren Willis Summer Camp, Driving Park, Avon, NY Fruitland Park, FL Dollywood's Woods Pond, ME Dreammore Resort, TN Yogi Bear Kozy Rest Campground, PA 10 © 2016 BEARS PLAYGROUNDS • BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM © 2016 BEARS PLAYGROUNDS • BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM 11 Commercial Playground Models DREAMIN’ REALLY BIG Gate Hill Day Camp, Adirondack Extreme, Stony Point, NY Lake George, NY THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD DREAMIN’ BIG Watoga State Park, WV Pumpkinfarm, Gustock Ski Resort, NH Homer Glen, IL Vala's Pumpkin Farm, NE Heavenly Valley Ski Resort, Lake Tahoe, CA 12 © 2016 BEARS PLAYGROUNDS • BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM © © 2016 2016 BEARS BEARS PLAYGROUNDS PLAYGROUNDS • •BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM 13 Commercial Playground Models PONDEROSA SWISS TREE FORT VILLAGE Montessori Foundation, FL Fairport, NY ClubLiko Family Entertainment Center, Cairo, Egypt WISP Ski Resort, MD Heritage Christian Services, Rochester, NY Avon Driving Park, NY Bates Rich School Age program, Fairport, NY Ocoee Development, FL For a complete look at our gallery of work, go to . www.bearsplaygrounds.com 14 © 2016 BEARS PLAYGROUNDS • BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM © 2016 BEARS PLAYGROUNDS • BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM 15 Commercial Playground Models PROUDEST MONKEY TREE FORT VILLAGE PROUDEST MONKEY TREE FORT Ronald McDonald House, Rochester, NY Dover Town Park, VT Jimmy Changas, Pasadena, TX Media Children's House Head Start, Clyde, NY Letchworth State Park, NY Montessouri, PA Amazing Magic Beans Day Care, Whispering Pines Preschool, New York, NY Cobleskill, NY Sherwood Forest, MD Head Start, Lyons, NY For a complete look at our gallery of work, go to . www.bearsplaygrounds.com 16 © 2016 BEARS PLAYGROUNDS • BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM © 2016 BEARS PLAYGROUNDS • BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM 17 Commercial Playground Models PLAYHOUSE PLAYHOUSE with SLIDE Optional add-on tower for our youngest customers! with choices of: Special Products a. straight or right turn slide; b. easy stairs; c. ADA transfer station; d. can be for 6-12 month and/or 2-5 years age groups LITTLE LUMBERJACK VILLAGE …designed Options: for ages a. umbrella shade; b. access component and bridge with 6 to 23 months flat floors or optional bumpy log floors; c. wooden or rope hand support; d. add-on play components; e. can be for 6-12 month and/or 2-5 years age groups Touch, feel, crawl on nature HILL SLIDE 18 © 2016 BEARS PLAYGROUNDS • BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM © 2016 BEARS PLAYGROUNDS • BEARSPLAYGROUNDS.COM 19 Green Circle = easiest Blue Square = intermediate Ways up .
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