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The Seattle Sensory Garden makes nature accessible for everyone to experience, explore and appreciate

A garden in peak season is a riot of sensory input, a symphony of sound, smells, and sights that’s easy to take for granted if we are fully abled.

Tucked into the northeast corner of the Woodland Park Rose Garden, the Seattle Sensory Garden is a place where people of all ages and abilities can experience nature in every sense and season.

Cobalt blue columns and an overhead trellis casting patterns of sun and shade mark the entrance to a lush landscape that invites exploration and engagement.

Initiated in 2015, the project received a Department of Neighborhoods Matching Funds grant with support of local Lions Club members. Through an Opportunity Fund grant from Seattle Parks and Recreation, Sandy Fischer of Fischer Bouma Partnership and Richard Hartlage of Land Morphology collaborated to design and build the first phase of the Sensory Garden which was completed in 2018.

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GROW in The Seattle Times