Hit the decking
Heather Gillies
Wednesday, March 27, 2002
Decking has enabled us to transform a former muddy swamp - a child magnet! - into one of the best used areas in the outdoors. The problem area was in a corner, hidden from the main courtyard by the outdoor toy storage and shaded by trees and a nursery playroom. It was also next to a fence, which was, unfortunately, too easily scaled by vandals. So we were restricted in what we could put there. Benches and equipment not cemented into the ground just gave an easy exit to intruders.
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