Interested in multi-generational, nature-based landscapes? Join One Nature founder Bryan Quinn for a tour of the Wee Woods playground in Beacon, NY. Using wood, rock, stone, and water, Wee Woods is a plastic free play space that also works for teens and grown ups.

This tour will highlight: 1.) the artistic design/build sculptural process One Nature uses to build site-specific environments; 2.) new paradigms in play spaces that reach beyond the status quo, especially as it relates to child development; 3.) the importance of public/private partnerships; and 4.) compare and contrast long term stewardship requirements against more traditional plastic/metal kid play spaces. Participants may be inspired to put some of the concepts at Wee Woods into practice in their own homes and community spaces.

Wee Woods is a public playground created in parnership with Wee Play Community Project and the Parks and Recreation Department and the City of Beacon. The mission of the Wee Play Community Project is to advocate for the City of Beacon’s playgrounds, to promote excellence in children’s and youth programming, and to build an organized coalition of community parents. You can learn more and support Wee Play at weeplayproject.org.

Led by Bryan Quinn, One Nature Principal and Founder

Bryan Quinn is an artist who has worked for over two decades directly with land, plants, animals and people to create earthworks that engage viewers with the wonder of ecological systems. Quinn, who is also a respected applied ecologist, considers mountains, rivers, ecosystems, and other types of living landscapes to have inherent rights independent of human use. Technically trained in restoration ecology, environmental philosophy and ecological design, his vision is a world where our development activities improve the environment, rather than destroy it. He is the founder and principal of One Nature (since 2005) and co-founder of O.N. Engineering (2018).

FREE

Tour is held outdoors, so please dress accordingly.