Join Sustainable Gardening Australia for an inspiring session on designing gardens that engage every sense. Learn how to weave sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste into your garden to create beautiful, inclusive spaces that restore wellbeing and invite deeper connection with nature.
Working through each of the senses, you’ll learn how to select plants and materials that stimulate them, how to design for accessibility, and use sensory gardens to foster connection, relaxation, and mental health. Whether you’re a home gardener, educator, or health professional, you’ll come away with practical ideas and real-world examples to help you bring your own sensory garden to life—no matter the size or setting.
The session will be delivered by Teresa Day who will cover:
- What makes a sensory garden special—aren’t all gardens sensory?
- How the five senses shape garden design
- Choosing plants and materials for maximum sensory impact
- Designing for accessibility and inclusivity
- Case studies from home gardens, schools, care homes, and public spaces
- How to get started with your own sensory garden
This event is a ‘pay as you feel’ event. A QR code will be displayed at the end of the session, and you can make a donation should you want to. All monies raised will be used to continue to develop our Climate Gardening Hub.
Note all attendees get access toa recording of the session for two weeks.
You will learn
- Gain practical knowledge to help bringing sensory design into their gardens
You will get
- Free access to recording for 2 weeks
Appropriate for
Creative Gardeners. Those wanted to spend more time appreciating their garden
What to wear
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Teresa has been responsible for the delivery of the community training program at SGA for over four years. She is a sustainable design professional with experience in community development and environmental education. A home gardener for over 20 years and a chicken keeper and forager she has a particular interest in personal sustainable choices and lifestyle changes individuals can implement within their home and garden to reduce their carbon footprint and connect better with their local community.
Organized by
Sustainable Gardening Australia
603 reviewsSustainable Gardening Australia (SGA) is a not-for-profit non-government organiation dedicated to achieving a healthy biodiverse planet.
Its driving purpose is to:
- Encourage, educate and enable home and professional gardeners to adopt sustainable gardening practices to protect or enhance the natural environment;
- Provide information, education and undertake research about the natural environment;
- Reconnect people to the natural world through gardening; and
- Ensure an understanding of the impacts that gardening decisions about chemical and resource use have on the natural environment well beyond their neighbourhood.
Cancellations & Refunds
If the organiser cancels the class:
You are entitled to a full refund.
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Terms & Conditions
SGA’s Booking Conditions
- Bookings are considered final once payment is made and no refunds will be given for non-attendance.
- If there are insufficient numbers for an event it may be cancelled or postponed by SGA. If this is the case, you will be notified and given the option of either a full refund or a transfer to a different SGA event of equivalent value.
- Please arrive 10 minutes before the scheduled starting time for registration and seating
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