Live Oak Hobbit Hill Renovation

The Problem

The Hobbit Hill is one of the main elements of Live Oak’s Kindergarten/Elementary play space. Unfortunately, time has taken its toll on the hill and it is need of a tune-up. In the winter the hill is too muddy to be played on and must be roped off. By summer it is choked with Foxtails and other weeds. Erosion has worn away soil around the Live Oak tree and around the culvert crawling tubes.

The Solution

Live Oak’s garden coordinators in conjunction with parent volunteers have put together a plan to restore the Hobbit Hill and resolve the issues that limit it from being fun year round.
The plan improves the area with the following elements:

Fieldstone Edging: to control erosion and improve definition and maintenance
Mow-Free Sod: to re-vegetate the hill, with less downtime for grow in
New Fill Soil: to prep for sod and repair and backfill erosion
Playground bark: to reduce mud at the entry and exit of the crawling tubes