sensory garden

[tammerisk]

i am thinkinga bout makeing my garden in to a sensory garden but am a bit stuck for ideas but i also only want to use stuff that you can find and reuse from home.

i am going to plant lots of herbs like lavender and rosmary and jazmin for the smells

i have an enourmas anount of cds that i not going to use agian which i was thinking of making into some kind of tree

but as for anything else i am a bit stuck

some ideas please

[Nix]

Interesting...I'm hoping to get my garden done this year to include some specific areas for the children. Perhaps I should look at incorporating some sensory things too.:thumbsup:

Windmills are fun!

[sarah707]

This is a nice site -

http://www.sensorytrust.org.uk/news/newsletters/newsletter_5/sensory_garden.html

There is a nice document on ltscotland as well but I can't get the link, you can find it from here -

http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/earlyyears/resources/index.asp

Hth :D

[Pedagog]

We also have wind-chimes, bamboo danglers, colourful wind socks, other shiny danglers, mobiles, windmills.

[Pedagog]

Also have various mirrors, hanging ones and some stuck to fence.