Comments on: Creating a Sensory Garden http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/creating-a-sensory-garden/ Language, Culture and Kids Songs! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:49:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lisa http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/creating-a-sensory-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-235178 Lisa Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:07:05 +0000 http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/creating-a-sensory-garden/#comment-235178 I planted some herbs in containers on my deck today (including mint), basil and parsley. Then I got rosemary and thyme to plant in the ground. We'll see how they do! I don't think I have enough sunny spots for ornamental grasses. Does anyone know of any that work in the shade? I planted some herbs in containers on my deck today (including mint), basil and parsley. Then I got rosemary and thyme to plant in the ground. We’ll see how they do!

I don’t think I have enough sunny spots for ornamental grasses. Does anyone know of any that work in the shade?

]]> By: Linda Austin http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/creating-a-sensory-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-234737 Linda Austin Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:13:32 +0000 http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/creating-a-sensory-garden/#comment-234737 Most herbs are great for the sensory garden: Mint is tasty as well as strongly scented, oregano is kinda fuzzy and tasty, basil is my catnip, and sage is velvety and scenty. Sage has beautiful purple flowers, too. I think that Columbine pops its tiny seeds out if you listen carefully. Doesn't the money plant whisper in the wind? Ornamental grasses do, too (Japanese blood grass is one of the shorter, manageable ones.) Most herbs are great for the sensory garden: Mint is tasty as well as strongly scented, oregano is kinda fuzzy and tasty, basil is my catnip, and sage is velvety and scenty. Sage has beautiful purple flowers, too. I think that Columbine pops its tiny seeds out if you listen carefully. Doesn’t the money plant whisper in the wind? Ornamental grasses do, too (Japanese blood grass is one of the shorter, manageable ones.)

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