Rachel’s Garden

09/19/2026

Rachel’s Garden in Goodlettsville is so excited to be located in a growing complex of happy fun!
It offers shelters, our City Splash Pad 💦 and our Community Center loaded with activities. Located near our great Main Street antiques and shops. It’s a whole day of fun.

☀️ What’s all that concrete beside Rachel’s Garden and the Splash Pad? 🌳

We’re adding more shade to Peay Park!

One thing we’ve continued to hear from our community is the need for more shaded space, both for park visitors and for those enjoying our rental shelter. So, we’re making room for a little more time to relax, gather and enjoy the park.

The posts are set, the concrete is poured, and next up is dirtwork around the structure, followed by seeding and strawing. Then, in the coming weeks, the canopy will be installed!

This new shade structure will be open for all park visitors to enjoy and will not be available for rental. That means there will always be a place to take a break from the sun, whether you're playing at Rachel’s Garden, cooling off at the Splash Pad or spending the day at Peay Park.

More shade. More places to gather. More time to enjoy the park. ☀️🌳

08/28/2026

✨ Rachel’s Garden Playground has had a glow-up with the installation of NEW LIGHTS!

A huge thank you to our incredible donors for making this special addition possible, and to Goodlettsville Public Services for installing the lights last week! We’re so grateful to everyone who continues to invest in the places where Goodlettsville families play, connect and make memories together.

✨ THANK YOU to our incredible lighting donors:

Brian Stewart for State Representative District 45- One Stop Realty and Auction
Cheryl & Barry Huber- Homes By Huber
Larry Gribbins- Broken Plow Ranch Plow Ranch
Dirtworkz
First National Bank
Johnny Garrett for Congress & Kara Garrett- Garrett Family Foundation
Kenny Burd - ExS Group, LLC
Castalian Springs Storage

TIME TO PLAY!

08/20/2026

📸 Goodlettsville Families Invited to Be Part of Rachel’s Garden Photo Shoot!

We have an exciting opportunity to showcase one of Goodlettsville’s favorite community spaces!

Landscape Structures (LSI) is preparing its annual Play Book, which highlights outstanding playgrounds and recreation spaces from across the country. They have selected Rachel’s Garden as a location for a professional photo shoot, and we’re inviting local families to be part of it!

The photo shoot will capture children naturally enjoying the playground - playing, exploring, interacting and having fun. The photos may be considered for inclusion in LSI’s upcoming Play Book and other marketing materials, and the City of Goodlettsville may use them for marketing as well. We think this is a wonderful opportunity to highlight not only Rachel’s Garden, but the families and community who make it such a special place.

📸 Photo Shoot Details
📅 Date: Tuesday, August 25
📍 Location: Rachel’s Garden, 111 Memorial Drive, Goodlettsville, TN 37072
⏰ 5:00–6:00 PM

LSI will have a professional photography team onsite to guide the session. There is nothing formal or complicated required of the children - we simply want to capture them playing, exploring and having fun naturally!

Parents will be required to sign a photo release form allowing their children to participate.

We’d love to see Goodlettsville families come out and help us show off this wonderful, inclusive playground and the community it serves! 💚

For an idea of what the finished publication looks like, you can view LSI’s 2026 Play Book: https://www.playlsi.com/en/view-playground-catalogs/2026-play-book/

We hope to see you at Rachel’s Garden on August 25! Comment "Play" in the comments if you think you can come!

08/04/2026

We knew an all inclusive park in our city would be a great addition to our already outstanding parks system. Inclusion is the foundation of designing a space where every member of a community feels welcome. 🌷We know through firsthand experience that an accessible playground can change a community by bringing kids, parents and caregivers of all abilities together to enjoy the gift of play. We’ve happily watched that happen since the gates to the park opened!
Rachel’s Garden has been featured in and on local parent magazines and guides to the best community parks.
Stories have been done about the park on all the local outlet newscasts. We have a 5 Star review on social media.
If you haven’t visited come see us today!
Goodlettsville - A Place to Play 🛝🤾‍♀️

06/29/2026

Thank you Heather Mathis NC5 for swinging by Goodlettsville's Rachel’s Garden Playground to chat with Chief Reeves of the City of Goodlettsville Fire Department about how this beloved place to play came to be. We are thrilled to be featured on Talk of the Town's summer tour, "Talk of Your Town," in Goodlettsville.

Rachel's Garden is a project of the Goodlettsville Fire Department's Kid's Christmas Charity that created a beautiful inclusive playground for the City of Goodlettsville.

06/24/2026

Thank you for sharing!
In this visitor’s words…
“Rachel's Garden Playground outside of Nashville just might be the cutest, cleanest, most thoughtfully designed playground I've ever visited! 10/5 stars on this app I'm imagining.”

It makes us so happy that everyone loves Rachel’s Garden! 🌷
We’re so glad to see so much happiness at this park!
Come visit and see this great place!

03/20/2026

I spy a a familiar playground on this list 🌸🌺

Thank you for the feature Nashville Parent Magazine!

NASHVILLE's PLAYGROUNDS! Play for FREE! Details 👇

03/19/2026

Your perfect playground day starts here! 🤍 Who’s coming?

02/13/2026

Sliding into the weekend like… 🛝😄

Don’t forget to add Rachel’s Garden Playground to your weekend fun!

01/30/2026

We are experiencing some difficult days.
We wish warmth for all of you and we can’t wait for better and sunny days.