Aerial view of the Sensory Garden, being maintained by the friends of Beckenham Place Park, Lewisham
In 2011 the garden was created with funding from The Big Lottery Fund through the Groundwork Community Projects program. Lewisham Council Green Scene permitted refurbishment of the rose garden area within the formal gardens of Beckenham Place Park. Several people, groups, organisations, volunteers performed work in the garden as well as the Friends of BPP volunteers and some landscaping was contracted from Phoebes Garden Centre. The Friends volunteer team maintain the garden and the park gardeners work in some parts of the garden. We cooperate in exchanging ideas for improving the garden. The Garden is open to all to enjoy. We ask you to appreciate that the garden is for the enjoyment of everyone so please treat it with care, and not be tempted to pick flowers. Regrettably not everyone is considerate as some plants have been stolen and please keep dogs on leads and not allow them to foul the garden. There are plenty of areas in the park for games, dog walking and other activities which may not be suitable for the formal garden. The garden follows this plan for touch, sight and smell, sound as far as possible but some plants have attributes for more than one sense herbs that release scent when touched. The garden is Sensory and Wildlife so plants good for birds and pollenators are encouraged. We're not too fussy about weeds which are 'wild flowers growing in the wrong place' and some wild flowers and grasses are quite impressive.
Size: 4125px × 3070px
Location: Beckenham Palce Park, Lewisham, South East London
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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