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Tide Pool Sand Box, Planter Bench with
Built-in Car Ramp
(2 yr Old Garden)
Design by: Betsy Kopshina Schulz
Built by: Schulz, Mario Guillian & Hans Tegebo
Mosaic by: Schulz and Volunteers
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Case Study (PDF Format 5.9MB)
Betsy Schulz worked with Becky Candra, the Director of the Jolla United
Methodist Preschool to realize the landscape plan of Rusty Keeler, a
playground designer from New York. Schulz used Keeler’s description
to create a dream-like nature-inspired play sculptures and a mural for
the children to enjoy. This area took two months to complete and cost
approximately $12,000. Private donations covered the costs.
(1) Before the project began the play area was
dull & surfaces hard & flat. The area needed a new design
appropriate for two to three year olds.
(2, 3) The base of the planter bench & sand box are concrete block & brick
covered with concrete. The back wall was cleaned & prepped for a
mosaic.
(4) The stiff concrete was sculpted by Schulz & Tegebo.
A car/marble ramp was created & all edges were rounded.
(5) Once the benches were completed the wall mural was started.
(6) Schulz & volunteers mosaiced small insets in the planter bench & sand
box to create the effect of water rolling off.
(7) Volunteers used thin set to apply the collected
broken tile. All broken tile was donated or recycled from other projects.
A lot of gloves were needed for the rough work.
(8,9) Once all the tiles were applied & set, different colors of
grout were used to enhance the color separation. A magical underwater
scene was created with areas in between the children can use as a chalk
board.
(10) Tot Turf was used on the ground around the
bench & sand box. The area now has a warm comfortable, natural & whimsical
feel.
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