An artist-rendered composition of the Ryan Gray playground with the added shade structures. Right now, when the sun beats down on Hillcrest Elementary’s Ryan Gray Playground, there’s no shade where ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Lovewell Fencing & Deck shares practical information for homeowners who want to add a shade structure to a home. Talking points include: What are the benefits of a shade ...

A shade structure. Decking. Rain gardens. Tool sheds and a bike rack. A rollercoaster bench and other hang-out spaces. Juniors majoring in landscape architecture at UC Davis have designed and built ...

This year, just like last year, the nearly 200,000 kids in Chicago’s public elementary schools spent recess indoors during the first week of school, when the heat index hit 114 degrees. In the past ...

HUNTINGTON — Dr. Amy Vaughan, owner of Amy Vaughan Dermatology in Barboursville, recently helped Our Lady of Fatima Parish School in Huntington secure an $8,000 grant from the American Academy of ...

What is a shade garden? Simply put, a shade garden doesn’t need lots of sunshine to survive. A shade garden might be plants sitting under a collection of trees in a corner of your property getting ...

In a city that more than 150,000 veterans call home, the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Wall is hallowed ground, but it's location in a sea of asphalt parking lots also makes it an uncomfortably hot ...

A new structure to provide more outdoor shade at the Mandel Recreation Center was approved by the Town Council at its meeting last month. Council members voted unanimously June 13 to approve in ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A city ordinance passed in 2022 focusing on park shade structures in Austin has spent $760,000 on shade installations and other projects, according to a city memo. In that city of ...