Recess Playground Design Company Dallas, Texas specializing in Residential - Commercial Playground Designs using Soft Rubber Playground Mulch, Playground Equipment, Shade Canopies and Landscape Rubber Mulch.

Safer Playgrounds start from the ground up … Make your playground and play areas safer by providing head impact protection with ADA-qualified wheelchair accessibility using GroundSmart Playground Rubber Mulch.

Keep in mind that children playing will Fall and have accidents on the safest playgrounds. It’s part of having fun, however as parent and care giver we cannot always be there to catch our children, this is why it is so important to create the safest possible playground safety surface.  GroundSmart Rubber Mulch is IPEMA certified and when properly installed and maintained to a six inch depth, will provide up to 16 feet of critical fall height protection per ASTMF1292-04.  You are probably wondering what this means, the risk of a critical brain injury from falling from as high as 16 feet is minimal when landing on rubber mulch.

Try this experiment at home with a watermelon, from the height of let's say 12 ft. Drop a watermelon on your current play area and stand clear.  Now try dropping a watermelon on our Soft Rubber Playground Mulch, chances are the watermelon bounced.  This could be your children’s falling and landing on a very hard surfaces causes injuries that in some cases they never recover from.

When comparing with other playground safety surfaces, the same depth of recycled rubber mulch will cushion a child’s fall better from 8 to 12 feet than grass, engineered wood fiber (wood mulch),  dirt, rubber tiles or poured in place surfaces. Soft Rubber Mulch is the best choice for safety surface for your school playground, home playground, municipal (public) playground or private playground.

Did you know that if you are responsible for the upkeep of the playground and you ignore the safety and the fact that the playground is not up to code and an injury happens that you could be named responsible even if you do not own the playground yourself.

The 12 year Color Lock Guarantee that GroundSmart Rubber Mulch will look fresh year after year.  The Rubber Mulch for Playgrounds is nontoxic and non-staining – the color will not rub off on children or pets, even in the rain. Plus, it is clean, particles and minimizes airborne dust, and will not result in painful splinters like wood mulch.

With wood mulch have you ever tried brushing the mulch off your children’s behinds and got a splinter?    

GroundSmart Rubber Mulch is always ready to play when your children are, providing all-season head impact protection while suppressing weeds and discouraging pests.
GroundSmartTM Playground Safety Surface Mulch

Step 1- Measure out a minimum 6 foot safety fall zone.

Step 2- Spread 6 inches of Rubber Mulch within the safety fall zone and all other areas of play and maintained to a level of 6 inches minimum at all times.

Step 3- Play

Periodically check and re-distribute the rubber mulch as the mulch gets moved around by the children when they play.  The Rubber Mulch will not settle like wood mulch does and will not compact.

Always keep ensure a minimum 6 foot safety zone around all play structures.

Do Not Use: On Playground equipment. Use as playground safety surface only.

Why to Use:

• IPEMA certified to provide up to 16’ of fall height protection per ASTM F1292-09 at a 6” compacted depth

• Wheel chair accessible per ASTM F1951-99

• Resists rodent infestation

• Does not float or blow away

• Will not rot

• No mold, fungus or mildew

• Saves time and money by eliminating annual mulching

• Prevents weeds

• 12 year color-lock guarantee

• Up to 2X coverage per cu ft. vs. wood mulch