Ponderosa Park - Sunnyvale

The City of Sunnyvale hired SSA to provide landscape architectural and engineering services for seven existing City Parks in need of rehabilitation. The parks included Washington Park, Victory Village Park, Encinal Park, De Anza Park, Ponderosa Park, Baylands Park, and Greenwood Manor Park. SSA was tasked with redesigning the playgrounds at each of these parks and replacing outdated play equipment based on the unique needs and budget of each playground.

The toddler area of this playground contained resilient surfacing installed in 1970 with sand in the upper part of the playground. SSA replaced these worn surfaces with a combination of poured-in-place rubber surfacing and engineered wood fiber. The outdated toddler equipment was replaced with traditional age-appropriate play equipment. Grading and drainage improvements were also incorporated into the design as well.