Children’s Hour: The Ultimate Garden Playground

Let’s take turns pushing each other on the swings.

Suitable for children of all ages, London-based product designer Max Frommeld’s compact backyard playground offers as much fun as you’d find at a park, plus a sandbox with a tight-fitting lid to thwart the neighborhood cats:

Photography via Max Frommeld.

Above: The playground is constructed of wood, steel, and engineering plastic (plus a few lengths of rope).

Above: The slide is made of stainless steel, with rolled edges.

Above: The platform above the slide has a safety wall.

Above: Tucked beneath the slide is a lidded sandbox.

Above: A seven-rung ladder leads to the platform above the slide.

Above: In addition to the slide and sandbox, the playground has two swings, two bars, and a rope climbing net suspended from the wooden frame.