Parks & Trails
Lawn Games
December 6, 2007
Lawn games, such as Croquet, Golf, and Slinky Ball (the image below illustrates the game, as it was played in the Mt. Hood Wilderness area) have fascinated competitive and recreational players for centuries.
Croquet - tracing its origins to France in the Middle Ages - requires a level playing field and set boundary conditions. The game inspires images of quaint cocktail parties and wickets proudly adorning an impeccable lawn.
Golf - Scotland’s gift to the world, with the first recorded game taking place at Musselburgh Links in 1672, places a set of strict demands upon the gardener: perfect grooming of fairways, tee boxes, and greens are a key subset to any successful course.
Slinky Ball - a game spotted on campsites, backyards, large lawns, and beaches - is a great way to spend an afternoon on a field with an unobstructed throwing line. Deriving its rules from Horseshoes and Shuffle Board, this game is a great addition to a lawn party.
So what do these great games have in common with the South Waterfront? The answer is that we have our own very large lawn between Bond and Moody.
Another, equally important opportunity, is the one to participate in the process of planning the park’s layout. The South Waterfront Nature & Greenspace Committee is engaging Portland Parks and the City of Portland in the planning and design process. Now is the time to let the us know what features are important to you as the SWF Community resident!
On a more general note, I am very excited to make this first post on behalf of the Nature & Greenspace Committe. I will keep you updated both on the outdoor activities in the neighborhood and on the committee’s participation in the planning and development processes of both the Neighborhood Park and the Willamette River Greenway projects. I look forward to your dialogue!
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Anatoliy (Toliy) Ioffe is a long-time Pacific Northwest resident with a love for the outdoors. He is thrilled to live next to the river, whose valley has been described as Oregon's Garden of Eden.
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January 10th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
I’m all for some croquet. Anyone else interested?