Our sensory garden offers a tranquil space to reconnect with nature. We will also run workshops and events there throughout the year, with something for everyone.
The sensory garden includes art installations, inspired by workshops run by local artists Jane Darke and Andrew Tebbs. They worked with the social prescribing team, with local schools and with the residents at Pengarth Day Centre to create artwork inspired by illustrations and objects from the archive.
Local craftspeople were then commissioned to recreate these designs in stone, metal and wood that now feature in the Sensory Garden. The garden now provides a tranquil safe space where people can reconnect with nature – and also can help to enhance the lives of older people, particularly those living with dementia.
The Sensory Garden was made possible by generous funding from the Tanner Phoenix Trust and the Emily Bolitho Fund, administered by Cornwall Community Fund.
