sensory gardens - oklahoma state university botanic gardens
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OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY BOTANIC GARDENSOKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY BOTANIC GARDENS
SENSORY GARDENSProject UpdateProject Update
July 31, 2009Oklahoma Developmental Disability Council
Okl h Cit OKOklahoma City, OK
Michael SchnelleProfessor and Extension Specialist
Michael HolmesAssistant Professor p
Ornamental HorticultureOK State University
Landscape ArchitectureOK State University
Project TimelineProject Timeline
Year OneYear OneSeeking Input --- “listening to the experts”DesigngImplementation (Phase 1)
Year TwoImplementation (Phase 2)
Year ThreeWorkshop “Train the Trainer” Factsheets
Looking AheadOn-going Educational Programs
Location : OSU Botanical Garden
OSU Botanical GardenOSU Botanical Garden
Current > 10,000 annual visitors
Goal > 100,000 annual visitors
Sensory Garden
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
• Faculty and staff in the D t t f H ti lt dDepartment of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture have a unique blend of interests/ backgrounds that favorbackgrounds that favor horticultural therapy projects
• ODDC personnel recognized our faculty/staff’s past successes via horticultural therapy workshops and related endeavors
HORTICULTURE AND L A OUTREACH/L.A. OUTREACH/
EDUCATION
• Horticultural therapy workshops
• Youth-oriented events
• General public
WHAT IS A SENSORY GARDEN?
• Plants and other design elements are selected with intention to provide pexperiences for seeing, smelling, hearing, touching, and tasting
• Regardless of the designer’s g ginterpretation of what a sensory garden really is, the expectation is that the garden will be accessible and designed for universal enjoymentj y
• More and more attention is being paid to making an area or two of the garden g genjoyable to everyone, regardless of what the condition of their sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste, or mobility might be
SENSORY GARDENS
USERS
• We anticipate a diversity of users ranging in age and developmental and intellectual abilities.
SENSORY GARDEN: Site ProgramSENSORY GARDEN: Site Program
Total Garden: 4,000 sq ftRaised Beds: 300 lin ftPlanting Area: 2,500 sq ftHardscape: 1,500 sq ft
1 Large Gathering Space5 Sensory Rooms5 Sensory Rooms
Overall PlanOverall Plan
Gathering Room
Overall PlanOverall Plan
TouchTaste
Si ht S llGathering Room
SoundSight Smell
Raised Planting BedsRaised Planting Beds
ADA Accessibility Guidelines
Planting PlanPlanting Plan
Planting PlanPlanting Plan
Irrigation PlanIrrigation Plan
Interpretive Signage (Year 1)Interpretive Signage (Year 1)
Braille Sign
Project TimelineProject Timeline
• Year TwoYear Two– Implementation (Phase 2)
• Hardscape Walkways (not funded in ODDC grant)• Hardscape Walkways (not funded in ODDC grant)• Interpretive Signage• Interactive Programmatic Elementsg• Shade Structures • Benches
Interpretive Signage (Year 2)Interpretive Signage (Year 2)
• ADA Accessibility GuidelinesADA Accessibility Guidelines• Accessible Raised Planting Beds• Horticultural TherapyHorticultural Therapy
Project TimelineProject Timeline
• Year ThreeYear Three– Workshop “Train the Trainer”
Factsheet– Factsheet
• Looking Ahead– On-going Educational Programs
SENSORY GARDENS
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
• The gardens will be designed primarily for lf id d tself-guided tours.
• Throughout the garden there will be educational signage as well as interactive
ti di lprogrammatic displays
• On-site educational programs and workshops will be occasionally provided