Annie's Playground

Right side of the playground - view from the front

Right side - rear view

Annie's castle
Sign reads "Welcome to Annie's Playground Garden. We all miss you sooooo much. You will never be forgotten. Love, Mommy, Daddy, Susie, Alice, and Madelyn"


Lily all bundled up on a chilly afternoon

Peeking out from the treehouse

Lily didn't think swinging could get any better until she discovered the green swing



Lily also loves the horsey!

Another horsey!

Lily insisted that this alien was a snowman.


We visited Annie's Playground this weekend. We first went there with my friend, Jen, and her little guy, Nathan, last month in order to celebrate Nathan and Lily's birthdays. I could not believe that we had not heard of this playground before. It is an amazing playground; pictures really cannot do it justice. Even at 30 years old, when I first saw it, I stood in wide-eyed wonderment and could not wait to explore all this playground has to offer.

As you could probably gather from the sign above, the reason for the playground's existence is a sad one. Annie, a little girl from Harford County, was killed a few years ago by a drunk driver when she and her family were leaving the circus. Her family wanted to honor her by building this playground, and the community responded with an outpouring of donations to create this unbelievably beautiful tribute. There are so many different areas and little nooks and crannies with games, musical instruments, a children's outdoor theater, slides, swings, mirrors, climbing structures, playhouses, a baseball diamond...the list goes on and on. As Jen said, and I agree, there are so many things there that you discover something new each time that you visit. It is unfortunate that we discovered this right in time for cold weather, but rest assured that we will visit it many more times before we leave this area.