See also <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/may/10/perfect-childrens-playground-the-land-plas-madoc-wales" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/may/10/perfect...</a> on a similar yard in Wales. See <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHKrH51ygok" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHKrH51ygok</a> .<p>This is more derived from the Lady Marjory Allen pedagogy (mentioned in the The Atlantic article as a distinct heritage from the kibbutz approach).<p>She got the idea from the Dutch skrammellegepladsen - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emdrup_Junk_Playground" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emdrup_Junk_Playground</a> .<p>I recall watching a video from the mid-20th century about one of them, but can't find it.<p>For a recent US/NYC example, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZxjZfpK8Qo" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZxjZfpK8Qo</a> .<p>For a more outdoors/forest approach in Denmark - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkiij9dJfcw" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkiij9dJfcw</a> .<p>> "Who lets kids play with oleanders?"<p>I do? I have no idea what an oleander is (beyond "plant"), so don't know why they are a problem. :)
"Nerium contains several toxic compounds, and it has historically been considered a poisonous plant."<p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerium" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerium</a>