Anyone want to help me plan a school sensory garden?

[Cathpot]

I’ve just had the nod today that I can go ahead and turn a small neglected area of the site into a school sensory garden/ veggie patch. It’s a secondary school with an SEN unit attached so I’ve asked for new raised beds, a fence, and a wheelchair accessible path, the rest is up to me and hopefully a band of kids in a gardening club I’ll start in September. I’m getting ahead of myself really as I’m still gathering costings so it’s early days, but I’m excited about it! Any thoughts on things to include? Practical things to consider? School has tools and greenhouse. I’d like lots of herbs for scent , easy to eat things like beans and strawberries, some bird feeders, flowers , fruit trees possibly. I can’t really do noisy things as the area runs under classroom windows but interesting visual things would be great. I live nearby and soil is fertile and slightly acid but I’ve yet to check the actual area. The school has a chill out sensory room for those that need it , I’m wondering if any useful aspect of that could be replicated outside. I’m just musing at the moment so any ideas very welcome!

My curry plants smell very much well, of curry at the moment.

Wild garlic? Smells really strong when you crush it, and the flowers are pretty (it does tend to spread though so keep it in a pot). Ooh, and wild strawberries. They are small, but easy to care for, and the nicest thing I have ever tasted!

Moss bowl! Splendid. Yes to wild garlic/ curry plants, and in fact I’ve got loads of garlic chives I could thin out, and provided they survived I get wild strawberries self seeding too. I think I need the hard structure done then do some planning work with the kids with my own list in my back pocket as well.