More on our Sensory Garden

A couple weeks ago we told our readers about our little project we've started. Although it's not 'complete' we wanted to give you a little update on our sensory garden. We've really enjoyed this project and it has been really neat to watch the children take ownership of the garden. They are dilligent weeders, and waterers. They are well aware of the hard work it took to get our garden going, so are very careful to watch where they step in the garden. The sense of pride that the children have with the garden is so wonderful to observe. I'm really glad we have done this project.

It's a lovely area to take a break in, and many children just like to sit in the garden with a little shovel to hunt for worms. As we near the warmer, drier weather, we hope to make more use of the garden for some 'chill out' time.

We planted smaller plants so we could watch them grow, and to make sure that our garden was not overgrown to quickly. We've planted hostas,a variety of grasses and even one called a 'unicorn plant' which has an amazing texture to it. We also have lots of lavender, and other lovely smelling flowers in it, as well as some creeping thyme, that when the children step on it, it expells a lovely smell. 

We still need a little fence of some sort, or edging to be put around the garden (we keep getting balls kicked into the garden) and we picked up some gazing balls that we need to find a way to 'display' them. We will be making some stepping stones to add a little personality to the garden.

This is our 'gathering circle' where we can have some meetings and have some story time. I would really like to paint them to look like little toadstools, but we just haven't got to that stage yet.

This is our newest acquisition: It's our 'Bean Hut'. We've planted some beans that hopefully will climb up the poles to make a little hiding spot.

On the other side of our yard, we've planted some vegetables, and we're excited to see that a few of them have not disappointed us, and are growing like crazy!  

We've got potatoes that need to be covered with another layer of soil!

A little patch of peas. This is in our garden box that we planted lettuce, carrots and radishes. We fear that the crows have gotten to our radishes and lettuce, we'll see!

We've also planted some Kale and Green Onions. We can't wait until the harvest!!!!

Sensory Garden

Over the last few weeks we have been working towards this week! We are putting the plants in the ground! 

This is something I foresee lots of wonderful memories being made in. It's a garden that will be full of so many textures and smells. We're so excited to get going on this project! 

It was quite humorous to watch the children help out with the planting today. The garden itself is quite large, but they all still gathered right next to each other right on the edge and started digging. They did seem to get the concept though, once the plants came out. We did a lot of planning, the children took it quite seriously, looking for 'full sun' and 'partial shade' spots. 

It's turning into quite the project! More photos coming soon!