3rd Jordan Garden in Warsaw, Heritage playground in Ochota district, Warsaw, Poland.
The 3rd Jordan Garden is a heritage playground in Warsaw's Ochota district with wooden play structures, equipment, and landscaped green spaces. The site contains various facilities arranged to encourage physical activity for children of different ages.
The garden opened on 25 November 1933, according to reports of the Warsaw Society of Jordan Gardens and the pre-war press. Oral tradition dating its foundation to 1928 on land from Wilhelm Rau's foundation is not confirmed by documents; a 1903 list of Rau's plots has no property near Wawelska Street. The founding committee included Lidia Zawadzka and Jadwiga Jędrzejewiczowa.
The garden reflects Henryk Jordan's teaching philosophy, where outdoor movement supports children's growth and wellbeing. This principle continues to shape how people use and value this space.
The garden lies on Pole Mokotowskie at Wawelska 3, in Ochota, a short walk from the Kolonia Staszica and Lubeckiego housing estates. The site is a municipal monument, so visitors should stay on the paths and leave the play equipment to children. The ground is unpaved and muddy after rain.
The garden's oral tradition links it to the Rau foundation and a 1928 founding, but pre-war reports and press show it opened on 25 November 1933, and a 1903 list of Rau plots has no property near Wawelska Street. The Rau children's garden actually stood briefly near Tarczyńska Street and Plac Zawiszy, where 35,000 children used it in 1904 alone.
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