Site Completion
Aug 2025
Client
Joaquin Miller Elementary School
Landscape Architect
JDD Landscape Architecture and Design
Partners and Funding
Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation
KABOOM!
Oakland Unified School District
Elementary School Playground
Oakland, CA
This playground project at Joaquin Miller Elementary School is a great example of community investing in youth education and well-being. After receiving funding and support from the Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation and KABOOM!, JDD Landscape Architecture proceeded to transform the brutally hot and empty blacktop into a natural playground using the materials we supplied. The design intent was to be inspired by the surrounding Oakland Hills, forests, and creeks and bring nature back to the playground while also honoring the legacy of what used to be a Boy Scout campground.
Services
Materials Supply
Material Delivery
Products
20 Logs of Various Sizes and Lengths
30 Stumps from Various Wood Species
Wood Species
Eucalyptus
Oak