The 2025 Playground Palooza is underway now through September 30, 2025. Click HERE for Passport.
Our annual Playground Palooza event is back, sponsored again by Acme Fresh Markets plus our Best Friends sponsors the Hudson Garden Club, The Nest, and Western Reserve Racing.
Playground Palooza is open to children ages 2 through 12 years. Click HERE to download the special Passport which includes the list and locations of the playgrounds. To assemble your passport: 1) print out the two pages – single sided 2) cut on dotted lines 3) Assemble in order of page numbers 4) staple in upper left corner
Play on all six playground areas, the splash pad at Veterans Way Park plus visit the Hudson Springs Park butterfly garden. Complete your Passport by finding that playground area’s symbol post and rubbing each symbol with a crayon or pencil into your Passport, with the date you visited there OR (if you forget your passport), take a photo, then have your child draw in the symbol when you get home.
The first 100 participants to submit completed Passports by September 30 win a free “stuffed garden bug” to celebrate the accomplishment! Claim your “garden bug” by turning in your completed Passports at Vertical Runner, 112 N Main St, Hudson. OPEN Mon-Fri 11am to 7pm, Sat, 11am to 5pm, & Sun 11am to 3pm.