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Let's help get Jordan and his family the garden to put a hammock in !
Jordan-Lee has had splints fitted, to support him as he learns to walk again. Now he needs space at home where he can!
The sensory garden will help Jordan navigate around the space, with fragrance, pathway texture and the all-important red-gold colour cues. He needs supportive space at home to regain the confidence needed to tackle the multiple challenges he faces in daily life .
Jordan-Lee and his family have provided a comprehensive brief of must-have and nice-to-have design elements. The must-have list includes, but is not limited to:
• In-ground trampoline (really important for home as school does not have it and it is good for proprioception)
• Hammock- large family size (for at least 3 to fit on together with Jordan-Lee or Ashton to relax and read to him etc), good for Vestibular function
• Sensory pathway - different textures
• Water feature - listening- calming/ water play hands and feet,
* Sandpit - (good for touch)
• Musical walkways, Giant Xylophone, Wind chimes (e.g wooden), Musical wall - (home made) pots, pans, bells etc
• Large marble track with PVC pipes
• Wooden arch way with tactile strings e.g of bottle tops
• Privacy fencing, shade/rain cover
• Raised planter boxers - edible flowers, herbs etc (colours and smells) vege pods, for smelling and touching
• Rubber mat for sitting on by tactile wall and sandpit (time out of wheelchair)
• lighting (enhance some objects in RED and walkways)
• sheltered, private sitting places to enjoy environment
The start point is a large but inaccessible sloping section, overlooked on all sides.
Our sensory gardens offer so much more than the old 'gardens for the blind'. Modern sensory gardens are wellness gardens that use evidence from health sciences to provide integrated sensory experiences.
