Generations Playworks
Build the backyard they'll remember.
Heirloom playgrounds and treehouses, designed in the Midwest and brought to life for families nationwide.
Not selected from a warehouse. Created for one backyard.
Each structure is a unique piece of residential craftsmanship — shaped around your family, your property, your architecture, and the way your children actually play. We design landmarks that families associate with childhood for decades.
Designed around your family. Shaped around your land.
Enter the Dream Builder
Featured starting points
Creative foundations, not prefabricated kits. Every build begins here and grows into something entirely your own.
The Crossing
Two towers joined by a bridge.
The Homestead
A substantial clubhouse and deck.
The Canopy
A tree-integrated retreat.
The Legacy
A multi-zone destination playground.
Design From the Ground Up
Start with an empty site and add only what you want.
Start with a tower. End with a family landmark.
Choose a structure, an architectural style, materials, and the adventures they will grow into. Watch the concept and your estimated investment take shape — no contact information required.
Open the Dream Builder
Some backyards become part of the family story.
In a backyard near Springfield, Illinois, one wooden playground became part of two generations of family history. Now we're bringing it back — and building what comes next.
Read the storyChoose the adventures they'll grow into.
Bridges, slides, climbing walls, swing bays, and quiet nooks — each with a name worth remembering.
The Open Tower
The first place they climb to feel ten feet taller than the world.
The Roofed Lookout
A gabled roof overhead and the whole yard laid out below.
The Sky Bridge
The walk between two worlds, high above the yard.
The Cedar Spiral Slide
The corkscrew descent that becomes the signature of the whole build.
Your ideas become the brief. Our process makes them buildable.
Rooted in the Midwest. Built wherever the right project takes us.
Most Generations Playworks commissions range from $15,000 to $60,000. Larger tree-integrated and multizone projects are priced individually.
Most commissions
range from $15,000 to $60,000
Dream nationally, build locally
select national commissions generally begin around $30,000
Springfield-area restorations
smaller local projects considered by custom quote
Have a smaller idea?
Some local towers, additions, restorations, and unusual projects fall outside our standard commission range. Tell us what you have in mind, and we'll determine whether it is a good fit.
Start Your Dream BuildEvery estimate remains an early planning range until site conditions, engineering, permitting, materials, labor, and travel are reviewed.
What will they remember about your backyard?
We take on only a handful of commissions each year. Design your concept and submit it for a personal feasibility review.
Start Your Dream Build