Southport King’s Garden for The Senses

Southport King’s Garden for The Senses

A new sensory garden has been created within the community area of King’s Gardens in Southport thanks to the hard work of local volunteers.

The ‘Friends of King’s Gardens’ group worked together the Green Machine – which is made up of representatives from Holy Family, Holy Trinity, Meols Cop, and Linaker Primary School to plan, design and plant the garden for everyone to enjoy.

As part of the project the children learnt about the five senses and how these could be applied to create a unique sensory garden. Sefton Council’s parks and greenspaces team supported the project and a detailed plan was developed.

The sensory garden includes grasses to make gentle sounds when the wind blows, herbs that smell of coca cola, curry, peppermint, and lavender, strawberries to taste, flowers to create a stunning visual effect, and touch boards that were made by the pupils with objects from Sefton’s coast.

The garden is open every day and can be easily accessed via a ramp at the end of the Lower Promenade. For more information about King’s Gardens visit www.kingsgardens.sefton.gov.uk or find the Friends of King’s Gardens Southport on  Facebook.