PROJECT REVIEW: SENSORY GARDEN

Supervised offenders have helped to establish a sensory garden in Leicester's Knighton Park - the first planned and planted by a disabled gardeners' club.

The work involved creating proper walkways, rockeries and raised flower beds. The sensory garden features very bright coloured plants, flowers with strong scents - and hardy plants that can be touched without damaging the leaves or stem.

The Area Parks Manager said: "This has been a great partnership project that has enabled us to create the new sensory garden. The Garden Club for disabled gardeners was formed because we didn't have a facility like this in Leicester.

"The Garden Club achieved £7,500 of external funding and, with support from the City Council, began planning this new resource at the park. The club now has around 50 members within the city area."