Some More Sketches for Sensory Garden

Sensory Garden Proposal

Our group had a meeting today to finalise our proposal for Monday 21st. Our proposal includes two zen gardens, a rain chain water feature, a creeper plant to climb the lamp post, two slate drawing areas, a selection of herbs and healing plants, mirror balls of various sizes and a series of coloured flags. We are also proposing to construct a bamboo fence on two sides of the garden to provide shelter and to make the space more intimate.

Some Mock-ups for the Sensory Garden

Our group will be presenting our proposals for the sensory garden at the end of this week/start of next week. I really need to get hold of a scanner so I can start uploading sketches, and the like. The one in our lab doesn't seem to be functioning (hint, hint, Mikael!). Here are a few ideas in done in PS.

A series of long, tapered flags base on the colour wheel to be installed in the flower beds:

We are also working with the idea of having large sheets of slate for drawing on with chalk:

More to follow...

Video Walkthrough of Bawnmore Garden

Bawnmore Sensory Garden measurements

On Saturday I went out to Bawnmore with some members of the project group to take a look at the space we are going to be working with. `the first thing that hit me was how exposed it is. There is no shelter and it was a particularly windy day. This is an issue we are going to have to deal with when designing any auditory elements. Here's a plan of the garden with dimensions included:

At the end of this week we will present our ideas and move ahead with the nitty gritty of producing the installations.