With our playgrounds, we have created a "hybrid" or balance between the innocent, natural adventure of playing in the forest and the structure and safety required by today’s standards for children’s spaces. We have been building natural playgrounds since long before it was trendy. And we have always understood that natural, renewable materials are far greener than powder coated steel and plastics. Our expertise in creating children’s outdoor spaces, and experience in log construction, is what makes Bears the perfect choice for transforming your existing space or creating a new space into a Bears Natural Playground. We use Natural Materials, like our beautiful, whole, round Northern White Cedar logs with all their natural features. Our cedar logs have a fat end and a skinny end like a tree (instead of a manufactured dowel), they have gorgeous wood grain, checking, knots, crooks, curves, etc. Our Bold, Strong and Built to last architecture beautifies children's spaces, while capturing a child’s imagination. Our nature inspired products and natural materials help stimulate a child’s enthusiasm for nature. In short, our products facilitate learning, create opportunities for exercise, help build social skills and help provide a unique connection to the great outdoors. “The Process” begins with a phone call or e-mail from you. We then produce a rough "concept drawing". There is no cost or obligation for the drawing. Our concept drawing will include information like the size of the areas, itemized costs of the various components and events, shipping and / or delivery and installation cost. Drawings usually undergo revisions as more information becomes available to us, such as space available, budget, ages of the children, and your preferences. The process continues until we've designed the perfect, customized, natural playground for your needs. Finally the drawing becomes our shop manufacturing and installation blue print. Manufacturing through installation , all processes possible are controlled “in-house” at our facility in the Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York. Yes that's right, we still believe that great thing can be created right here in the USA. We are largely "Manufacture Direct" to keep your costs down, the process streamlined and your overall experience exceptional because it is under our direct control and direction.