Hilo Honpa Preschool - Hilo, Hawaii

A private preschool, run by a local Buddhist temple in Hilo, HI, requested a new playground adjacent to their brand new school building. The challenge with this particular project lay in the county’s average rainfall of 120” per year and the lack of underground drainage at the initial site. This was something we were able to remedy and create a safe solution through the collective experience of our design and installation teams and Forever Lawn’s superior products. This allowed for the best drainage and water diversion capabilities for the site.
Initially, the school had no idea about what they wanted the playground to look like or what types of activities they thought the kids would enjoy, other than a swing. With this in mind, our design team went to work and created several concepts for the school to view, including dynamic fly-by videos and wonderfully illustrated 3D renderings.
Eventually, the school administrators and board of directors selected a combination of two designs that we proposed. These designs included newer elements from Playworld’s collection, such as Play Cubes in a custom configuration - designed by our in-house team, a swing bay, and a custom-designed structure, also done by our in-house design team.
This is the largest private playground currently in the Hilo area, and we hope the children have fun playing on it for many, many years to come.