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ClearWater Farm is a not-for-profit farm on the shores of Lake Simcoe in Willow Beach, Ont. The farm focuses on place-based education, hands-on farming, water conservation and local economic development. It’s a place where kids get their hands dirty in the garden, their boots muddy exploring nature, and their curiosity sparked by fresh food and water. A new kids play area is being developed, called The Wild Place.
The mission at ClearWater farms is to deepen young people and their families’ connection with the natural environment, marrying the arts, science and technology to cultivate a more sustainable future. While ClearWater Farm offers a welcoming public space with plenty for families to explore, While the farm is full of opportunities for families to explore and learn together, ClearWater identified a need for a dedicated space designed especially with children in mind — a place where young visitors can engage, play and connect with nature in their own way.
To bring this vision to life, ClearWater Farm is partnering with Evergreen, ReCreate Place and Lakeview Public School to co-create a new nature play area called The Wild Place. Local students took part in hands-on design sessions that explored empathy, habitats and shared space with other creatures. Their ideas — from imaginative play zones to structures inspired by nature — helped shape the early concepts. The process centres kids not just as users of the space, but as its designers.
ClearWater Farm is partnering with Evergreen, ReCreate Place and Lakeview Public School to co-create The Wild Place.
