After being closed for seven months for improvements and repairs, the Pumpkin Patch playground is again open to the public. A community play day to celebrate the park’s reopening is planned for Saturday, June 30 from 9-11 a.m.
“We want everyone to try to get together all at once to see some of the new features and enjoy the park as a whole community,” said Lindsay Wolford, one of the volunteer project managers for the Pumpkin Patch 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization.
The event will also serve as a “thank you” to the key volunteers, including members of the Signal Mountain Lions Club and parents, who helped with the painting and building of the new features at the 20-year-old playground, she said.
New features include a tepee, small slides for little ones, several new playhouses with creative designs, and two large hillside slides referred to as the “slide pit zone.” There’s also the “Pumpkin Patch Express” train, a gaga ball court, a small climbing wall, a lemonade stand, Lincoln Log towers to play hide and seek in, and two lounge chair-style swings, said Wolford.
“It’s been a long project, and we’re really happy with the way it turned out,” she said. “You can stand in the middle of the playground and hear kids laugh and squeal with delight as they come down the path and see all the new stuff.”