Week 1

On Tuesday, 9th of September, our TY horticulture class began to work on our Community Sensory Garden. This garden will      consist of different plants that fall under the categories of the    

senses. This week we planted in the area of smell and taste, here are some of the plants we used:

Helichrysum Italicum:

This plant is more commonly known as 'The Curry Plant' for its strong scent. This plant will be used in this area obviously as it appeals to one of the senses. When in bloom this plant produces a flower yellow in colour. Although it may smell of curry it in fact doesn't have the same taste and is not used in curry dishes. 

Lavender:

The next plant we had was lavender, we used this particular plant for its strong scent and its bright purple colour, both of which appeal to the senses. Lavender can be used in cooking and also in fragrance or storage reasons mainly because of its strong, fresh, clean scent.

We will be used two of the most common types of lavender in our garden:

English Lavender:          French Lavender:

       

Lemon Balm:

This herb was the next plant to be in our garden. This perennial herb produces a strong citrus scent and appeals hugely to our smell, perfect for our sensory garden. This herb can be used as a scent for candles and is also used in flavouring ice-creams. 

Taste Garden:

The next part of our garden included herbs and onions, appealing to our sense of taste. We used the following herbs in our garden;

Thyme:

Thyme is mostly used in dishes as a dried herb for flavour, and can also have a strong scent. 

Meaning it appeals to sense of smell also.

Chives:

Chives are mainly used in dishes   

such as soups, fish dishes and for 

seasoning as it is used as flavouring. 

Mint:

Mint is used in medicine as its          

strong scent can help colds or 

chest infections by clearing the 

airways. It is also used in 

cooking and herbal teas.

When we were told about our plants and how they fit into our    garden, we began work. 
           We removed all the weeds from the soil beds in our courtyard too make them look more pleasing. We then used our shovels to toss the soil in these beds to mix the nutrients as the top soil had become dry.We also removed the weeds from around the outside of the beds for clean look. 
          We then each planted a pansy around the circular flower bed to form a 'border'. These flowers are small in size and purple in colour and give out a nice, clean scent.