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Many elements make up the design of a sensory garden. As you walk through the garden, use this guide to bring some of those design elements to your attention. Use all of your senses - touch, smell, taste, sight and sound.

There are no right or wrong ways through this experience. Everyone uses their senses in differently. Try enjoying the space around you with enlightened senses!

Which plants look soft, rough, smooth or sharp? What colors do you see? Does the plant material navigate your eye through the garden or to a specific focal point? Can you follow your nose or ears to the next space?

Tour created by intern Kristina Gehrer and volunteer Kaili Johansen, Summer 2017

Bergenia purpurascens (Purple Bergenia)

touch

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Carex caryophyllea 'Beatlemania' (Mop Head Sedge)

touch

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Chasmanthium latifolium (Northern Sea Oats)

Sound

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Sequoiadendron giganteum 'Pendulum' (Weeping Giant Sequoia)

touch

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Melissa officinalis (Lemon Balm)

taste/smell

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Stachys byzantina (Lamb's Ears)

touch

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Water feature in Sensory garden (Garden Features)

touch/sound

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Liquidambar styraciflua 'Moraine' (American Sweetgum)

sight

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Trough Planters in Sensory Garden (Garden Features)

touch/smell/taste/sight/sound

 

Kaleidoscope in Sensory Garden (Garden Features)

sight

 

Lavandula angustifolia (English Lavender)

smell/taste

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Green wall in Sensory Garden (Garden Features)

touch/ smell/ sight/ taste/ sound

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Buddleja davidii 'Black Knight' (Butterfly Bush)

sight

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