Trentham Gardens: Part 1 The Playground

We traveled to Stoke-On-Trent (about 22 miles from our home and an hour by car) to visit one of a well-known gardens in the area on the restored Trentham Estate.  Click here if you want to visit their website.  Normally, this would be something we would try to go to in the spring because the winter doesn't provide much of an opportunity to see all the flowers, but several people have told us how pretty it is decorated for Christmas.

We entered the gardens, and the kids found out there was a playground.  That's where we headed first!  One of the things that Zach and I both love about the playgrounds here is they are all made out of reclaimed wood.  It is also designed like obstacle courses with each obstacle coming after the next and creating a path for the kids to follow.  It gives you the feel like you are at an adventure ropes course. We are often amazed at how well Sierra does.  She is fearless!

This playground even had a built in zipline. It is hard to tell from the picture below, but you start on a platform and jump off.  Both kids rode it with a little help from dad.



Sullivan and Desi's favorite part of the playground were the swings and the cars.  The cars had their own race track that the boys could drive on.

 Daddy got the kids laughing hilariously on the British version of the tire swing.   Although, the kids loved being outside.  This was their favorite place we went to all day.