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Kid Gardening Sensory Garden Plant Touch 5 Senses
A sensory garden is a wonderful idea for kid gardens as first of all the children are aloud to touch !!! and truly expereince plants. An edible garden is a garden that contains flowers, herbs, seeds, berries and plants that you can eat. Children like large, brightly coloured flowers and vegetables that grow quickly. Plants like sunflowers, corn and pumpkins are suitable. You should also consider using varieties of plants that have sensory and textural qualities as well. Sensory plants are plants that have special smell, taste, touch and sight qualities. , here we show you our favorite kid garden plants for touching and feeling ( suitable for 5 senses thematic unit)		What's NEW at Gardening for Kids
Sensory Plants Sensory gardens for Kids
Touch Plants		Plants for Sensory Gardens
Lambs Ears ( Stachys byzantia) ~ very silk foilage feeling just like a little lambs ear Silver Sage ( Salvia argentea) ~ has silvery white leaves that feel a little bit like cotton wool to the touch Jerusalem Sage (Phlomis fruticaosa) ~ very soft leaves that feel a bit like down feathers Houseleek ( Sempervivum "Commander Hay) ~ this plants leaves are very rigid and tought to touch Prickly bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare). ~ very prickly leaves for feeling Globe Thistle (Echinops) spiky flower heads Houseleek Sempervivum 'Commander Hay' African sundew ( Drosera capensis; meat-eating plant that catches its prey using a glue-like substance on the surface of its leaves , very sticky to touch! Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum): large spiny seed heads Hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) hairy leaves Yellow Cactus Scotch Broom Mediterranean Heather Hops Yarrow Gayfeather ( very soft) Coneflowers (prickly) fallen leaves soft mosses tree bark conifers
		Touch
		Taste
		Smell
		See
		Hear
		Try identifying wild foods that can be tasted ( some after cooking) and spotted in a wild life garden ( wild rosehips, wild strawberries, elderflowers, dandelions, black berries etc) Learn all about wild fungi and see whether you can spot them in a woodland garden Touch the rain when it falls on your tongue
Touch Garden Accessories
~ Smooth Stones (pebbles) ~ Textured Stones ( bricks, pathways) ~ wet/dry soil ~ Play bark ~ natural play equipment ( willow tunnels, treehouses , bean teepees) ~ soft Hammocks ~ Moss Seats ~ beautiful garden statues for kids ~ kids garden ponds ( touch water, slimey algae) ~ Stepping Stones
Sensory Garden Plants for Kid Gardens
Tip:Sensory Garden Plant Touch ~ it is always advisable to offer hand washing facilities near the touch garden ~ take extra care when gardening with younger kids that easily put things into their mouth , use touchy feely plants like herbs that are ok to consume