1st October 2024
Variations of SUDs and rain gardens can -and are being – used in schools to promote biodiversity (more and varied planting) and creating more exciting play areas to stimulate awareness of the environment.
“We designed, built, and installed 564 SuDS Rain Planters in 72 of London’s schools most vulnerable to flooding. Through this project, we aimed to create sustainable, climate-resilient environments while educating children on the importance of nature in combatting global warming.” (1)
Playgrounds can be designed to be rain-playgrounds which use rain to add to the diversity of play opportunities. In Gothenburg they have purposely built rain-play grounds that have “been designed to be particularly fun when it’s wet. There are dips in the ground to make the puddles deeper and more satisfyingly splashy, and water gushes down channels from lilypad-shaped rain shelters into a sandpit where children can make pools, rivers and dams. “The kids love to go on their bicycles through the puddles, and my son likes to dig the sands, so some parts of the playground are really nice when it rains,”” (2)
(1) https://www.meristemdesign.co.uk/blog/rain-gardens-vs-suds-planters-differences
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