page_title: Falls Road Park
section_title: Landscaping
hierarchical_section_title: Falls Road Park / Landscaping
caption_attribution_description: English: Playing equipment at Hadley's Park (Potomac, Maryland)
context_page_description: Falls Road Local Park is an urban park located in Potomac, Maryland. The park covers twenty acres acquired by Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission in 1986. The park contains multi-purpose playing fields used for recreational and sporting events such as soccer, baseball/softball, football, picnics and small fairs.
  A playground named Hadley’s Park was created in 1999, designed to be used by both able-bodied and special needs children.
context_section_description: In 1999, Hadley’s Park opened with a castle, a frontier village and a pirate ship. Rather than using gravel or woodchips, Hadley’s Park had a rubber-based surface covering thirty-four thousand square feet (34000 ft^2) of playing surface. This is one of the largest pour-in-place playing surfaces in the world. The surface is durable enough for wheelchairs and walkers, yet soft enough to not hurt a child if they fall. The incorporation of high edge curbs, bright colors and Braille signage supports visually-impaired children.
  Two layers of the porous compound were installed over an underlying drainage system, allowing water to flow at a constant rate throughout the park and underneath the play surface.  While the rubber surface seems positive, unfortunately the surface holds surface temperature of a high heat, making it uncomfortably hot in the summer.
caption: The frontier village at Hadley's Park (Potomac, Maryland)
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