Apr 28, 2026 · 29 min · 18 segments
Explore the development of a sensory garden designed to be accessible and therapeutic for neurodivergent individuals, veterans with PTSD, and others with sensory sensitivities. Learn about the design…
You're here today to talk to us all about sensory gardens.
So can you tell us what is a sensory garden and, and how does it function or how does it help the people who visit the garden?
A sensory garden is arranged or designed, uh, with the emphasis on basically tapping into the different senses that all of us experience.
So there would be plants that would reference that, and then there would be like an olfactory, which is the smell.
And then it might be then, um, hearing, so we would have maybe some chimes in the, um, uh, in the, the garden.
We're in the process of putting in a bubbler so it would be a nice, kinda quiet place that, um, reduces sound.
Actually we will have a, a taste which is part of your senses, and that will be seasonal based on, uh, berries that we're gonna have in the garden as well.
Th- we are in the process of designing each of those sections as well as things that cross over, but it will be designed with signs and with, uh, QR codes so people that do visit, um, will have accessibility and to learn more about it and, and why it's there.
Also, it's focused on neurodivergent individuals, those on the autism spectrum, as well as ADHD and many others, uh, including individuals with, um, brain injuries, deaf, blind, um, and even a focus on veterans with, uh, PTSD.
These are all, um, designed for people who have more acute senses, um, that they could go in and experience the garden.
You're here today to talk to us all about sensory gardens.
So can you tell us what is a sensory garden and, and how does it function or how does it help the people who visit the garden?
A sensory garden is arranged or designed, uh, with the emphasis on basically tapping into the different senses that all of us experience.
So there would be plants that would reference that, and then there would be like an olfactory, which is the smell.
And then it might be then, um, hearing, so we would have maybe some chimes in the, um, uh, in the, the garden.
We're in the process of putting in a bubbler so it would be a nice, kinda quiet place that, um, reduces sound.
Actually we will have a, a taste which is part of your senses, and that will be seasonal based on, uh, berries that we're gonna have in the garden as well.
Th- we are in the process of designing each of those sections as well as things that cross over, but it will be designed with signs and with, uh, QR codes so people that do visit, um, will have accessibility and to learn more about it and, and why it's there.
Also, it's focused on neurodivergent individuals, those on the autism spectrum, as well as ADHD and many others, uh, including individuals with, um, brain injuries, deaf, blind, um, and even a focus on veterans with, uh, PTSD.
These are all, um, designed for people who have more acute senses, um, that they could go in and experience the garden.
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