https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:11:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2557174 Thu, 26 May 2016 13:16:07 +0000 ShootingStar 2557174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@smocks: Ticks can only move across surfaces that are really dry. So if you have a playground that adjoins some woods in an area with ticks, a wood covered ground would not be ideal. If your playground is out in the open, not near an area with ticks, I think it's unlikely that it would harbor any regardless of the ground cover. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2557099 Thu, 26 May 2016 12:40:24 +0000 smocks 2557099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>*dumb question* Is mulch different from wood chips? Or is it interchangeable? I had never even considered that wood chips would harbor ticks. Now I'm paranoid :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2557068 Thu, 26 May 2016 12:20:10 +0000 ValentineMommy 2557068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mulch. I hate it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2557063 Thu, 26 May 2016 12:16:30 +0000 erinbaderin 2557063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sand. I hate it. It's sharp, it gets in everybody's shoes, and ends up all over our house. The next closest one is wood chips, which I much prefer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2557057 Thu, 26 May 2016 12:12:24 +0000 PinkElephant 2557057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All of our walkable playgrounds have those soft-ish, rubberized mats that look like asphalt but are squishy. There are some asphalt areas (in the water play area at the one closest to us, which makes no sense to me, but whatever!)</p> <p>There's one by DH's office that is sand. I'm actually glad we decided not to live in that neighborhood because it would have driven me bonkers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2556970 Thu, 26 May 2016 11:21:14 +0000 tofuwad 2556970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rubber and sand. My LO is only 10 months and she loves the park because she gets to eat sand! Ugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2556908 Thu, 26 May 2016 10:27:14 +0000 Meowkers 2556908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>all the city playgrounds in our area have rubber ground cover to make them wheelchair accessible. There are also areas with sand which are the designated sandboxes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2556897 Thu, 26 May 2016 10:12:45 +0000 littlebug 2556897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One is mulch, the other is rubber. I prefer the rubber. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2556895 Thu, 26 May 2016 10:08:46 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2556895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sand, grass, concrete, and that padded rubber asphalt material. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2556856 Thu, 26 May 2016 09:27:29 +0000 Truth Bombs 2556856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At the playground we can walk to from our house it's wood chips. At his school is the rubberized material (which is actually made from recycled tires) and this is my favorite. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2556855 Thu, 26 May 2016 09:27:16 +0000 Iced Tea 2556855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The playground down the block has mulch. It is not so bad now, but before she started walking well, I really hated it. Because it isn't an even surface, she would stumble on it and fall constantly. I had to pick wood splinters out of her skin, clothes, and diapers. </p> <p>Our favorite playground has a flat springy rubber surface. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2556853 Thu, 26 May 2016 09:24:51 +0000 jhd 2556853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mulch. I'm just glad it's not sand! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2556842 Thu, 26 May 2016 09:10:42 +0000 ShootingStar 2556842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have one park we really like that's rubber padding with mulch just under the swing. I wish they'd just put rubber all over though, as the mulch kind of migrates. Another park we end up at more often is just all mulch.</p> <p>His playground at daycare is sand and I HATE it. He comes home with loads of sand in his shoes every day. If we don't get to his shoes first, he'll take them off and make a huge mess with them. I actually just bought a certain type of sneaker for him that are made out of crocs-like material so that we can just shake them out and rinse them or wash them if we need to, because the sand is so horrendous and would never get out of his regular sneakers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2556840 Thu, 26 May 2016 09:07:47 +0000 Alba4 2556840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wood chips, grass, and sand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2556833 Thu, 26 May 2016 09:00:45 +0000 snowjewelz 2556833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Small pebbles/rocks at the one walkable from our house.</p> <p>The other one we usually drive to has the modern absorbent/soft-ish mats. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2556831 Thu, 26 May 2016 08:58:21 +0000 Madison43 2556831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mulch and I HATE it - it harbors insects and when LO1 was in diapers, it would get stuck in there. Pea gravel is my favorite! That's what we are putting under the play set in our yard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2556828 Thu, 26 May 2016 08:55:22 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2556828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sand.<br /> So messy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2556825 Thu, 26 May 2016 08:54:18 +0000 looch 2556825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mulch, which I loathe, because it harbors ticks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2556821 Thu, 26 May 2016 08:47:47 +0000 lamariniere 2556821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The closest one is wood chips. That's my favorite because it seems like the least dirty and it seems to absorb rain pretty quickly so it's not just a mud puddle. The second closest has a rubberized (?) surface. But there's a sandbox in the vicinity so the whole thing is coated in sand, which is extremely dirty and becomes slippery. I've never seen pea gravel here but I remember it from childhood! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-the-ground-cover-at-your-local-playgroundpark#post-2556812 Thu, 26 May 2016 08:38:50 +0000 regberadaisy 2556812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our closest one, 5 min walk, is the elementary playground. They have little tiny pea gravel. I hate it! It's so dusty and it gets in their shoes. </p>