Sensory garden

Ems_sensory_garden

I am looking for help to finish a sensory area in my garden for my disabled daughter. I am hoping to plant meadow grasses and meadow flowers as they don't need to much attention. It is quite a large area and the packs on line are expensive does anyone know of a less expensive way to create this effect.

asparagus1968

aldi had cheap packs of mixed flower seeds today that you just shake onto soil and then rake over them.
ask friends/ family / neighbours for cuttings?

paddyrg

Bright and well-scented flowers should be easy to come by cheaply. Scented stocks, roses, tall back border colourful things

sobie

If you just use meadow plants you have a wildflower garden - not a sensory garden.

To create a sensory garden you need plants that stimulate all of the senses.
Heres a great link from the RHS for schools: http://apps.rhs.org.uk/Schoolgardening/uploads/documents/Plants_for_a_sensory_garden_270.pdf

Ems_sensory_garden

Hi everyone

Thank you for your ideas, I will try Aldis tomorrow and see if a few neighbours could give me cuttings. Thank you for the website I will try a few ideas.

Emma's wheelchair won't get down to the 'sensory' garden as I have just had created a flat smooth safe space to allow her to have some freedom in her chair but our garden runs down hill. The 'sensory' area is right next to the flat surface but running down away from it. I had hoped to create scented flowers for smells, bees butterflies and bird sounds. Emma is visually impaired and isn't keen on touching plants but loves sounds and smells. I already have a herb garden that she isn't keen on unless the hose is to be used but then it's more about squirting the water:-) I have back problems so find gardening very difficult usually having to pay someone to attend to it hence why wanting very low maintenance.

Many thanks for you help and ideas, they are very much appreciate.

I_have_spoken

How about some of these, many can be in pots -

Lilies for strong scent
Varieties of oat grass make distinct rustling sound once seed is set
Night scented stock
Choisya ‘Sundance’ (Mexican Orange Blossom) a shrub for scent
Rosa 'Graham Thomas' for scent
Box, although some people dislike the smell!