Manja Schreiner (CDU) is enthusiastic about the playground equipment: “You can see the attention to detail!” Photo: Peter Mueller
By Pia Fredebeul
A sustainable paradise for little explorers: The new playground in Blankenfelde makes children’s hearts beat faster. The kids can let off steam on seesaws, swings and the like and learn something about nature at the same time.
The forest is calling! On Monday, Environment Senator Manja Schreiner (45, CDU) opened the new, sustainable Blankenfelde forest playground in the Pankow forestry office. Also present: several children from the forest kindergarten in Pankow.
As a thank you for the new play area, the kids gave a small singing concert Photo: Peter Mueller
Schreiner praises: “Forest playgrounds are particularly important for the little ones to explore the environment in a playful way and to awaken an interest in nature. The new playground shows the children how important the forest is for the city and for us Berliners.”
Every year one of the 14 playgrounds is renewed by the Berlin Forests Photo: Peter Mueller
The Blankenfelde playground has been around for twelve years. It is one of 14 forest playgrounds run by the State Forestry Administration of Berlin Forests. In just two weeks, a 15-strong team from Berlin Forestry renovated the green space. All play equipment was designed and creatively designed by the foresters themselves.
At the opening, the children actively support the environmental senator Photo: Peter Mueller
The forest playground now offers twelve elements, some of which are new, others have been refurbished. Each of the playground equipment is unique and is made from ruby and oak wood from the surrounding forest.
The little ones can test their skills by balancing on the wooden beams Photo: Peter Mueller
A special eye-catcher: An insect hotel, which will be looked after by the forest kindergarten after the opening and offers a home for bumblebees, parasitic wasps and the like.
The next project of the Berliner Forsten is already being planned: In the coming year the team would like to prepare the forest playground Tegel.