The Sensory Garden: Touch - Within reach container gardening

Using touch as a means to engage individuals with nature, this session focuses on plants that offer a diverse array of textures through their leaves, stems, and flowers for tactile exploration. It includes recommendations for planting and caring for a sensory-rich container garden that is easily accessible as a sensory tool. A fun activity for all abilities. Some plants suggestions for activities using touch featured in this video: 

Soft, grey leaves and texture 

Stachys byzantina or Lambs Lugs 

Stipa tenuissima or Angel Hair 

Lychnis coronaria or Rose Campion 

 

Shiny or different shaped leaves 

Camellia Fatsia japonica or Caster 

Oil Plant Hemerocallis or Day Lily Fern frond

 

Herbs 

Fennel 

Rosemary 

Chives 

Thyme 

 

Flowers 

Fuchsia 

Centranthus ruber or Red Valerian 

Yellow poppy (Welsh) 

Cirsium rivulare or Plume Thistle 

 

Indoor plants 

Crassula or succulents 

Cholophytum variegatum or Spider Plant 

 

Dried flowers 

Poppy Allium christophii 

Achillea millefolium or Yarrow 

 

You can search for further examples of plants with a variety of textures and shapes at gardenersworld.com, see https://www.gardenersworld.com/search?q=plants&tab=plants