Focus Homes

Focus Homes sensory garden Project

Project Outline

A housing project is to be built for people with special needs
Alexandra High School were asked to produce a presentation
A site visit to Telford park and the building project

What is a Sensory Garden ?

A sensory garden stimulates most of the senses in our bodies. This helps those who have lost some of their senses
Telford Sensory Gardens has a lot of interesting things for blind people.braille maps, rails for support, and benches to relax. The garden is designed in a Japanese style and spaces are left next to benches for wheelchairs. The floor texture changes around the garden

The Senses

	Sight The layout needs to have a pleasing effect on the eyes. There needs to be a mixture of colours all year round. They could look at plants and the colours of the flowers They could also look at the fountains.
	Touch Flowers need to have a variety of textures. They also need a varierty of smell Prickly plants are at the back to avoid accidents. Fences are smooth. ponds and waterfalls are shallow.
	Smelling In the garden you can smell and touch the flowers and plants. There were many pleasant and unplesant smells and hundreds of flowers and plants for people to smell.
	Hearing A person could enjoy the garden without the sense of hearing by: Looking Smelling Touching People who are not able to hear other people talking can read labels of the names of plants and flowers.

The Building Site

The site for the residents is in Old Hill. On the site there are two bungalows for residents who have special needs. The Site Manager told us how the building progressed. The Architect told us why he designed it the way it is.