The Sensory Garden is located near the Vale Road parking lot.
The Sensory Garden is filled with colorful blooms, interesting textures, restful sounds and fragrant blossoms for the senses of touch, taste, smell, sight and sound. With wide pathways and raised flower and herb beds, the Sensory Garden is a unique, barrier-free garden where visitors of all abilities can experience nature.
The Sensory Garden is located near the Vale Road parking lot.
Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum has created a unique, barrier-free garden where visitors of all abilities can experience nature. It is designed with wide pathways that can be negotiated by wheelchairs and raised flower beds that encourage the use of all five senses— touch, taste, smell, sight and sound.
Although the design of the Sensory Garden addresses the needs of visitors with challenges, it also provides volunteer and educational opportunities for the general public. The “learning circle” is a place for quiet contemplation and can also be the setting for educational gatherings.
The Sensory Garden is recreated anew each year in the late spring and is maintained by the horticultural staff and volunteers. This special place was funded by the Passaic County Board of Commissioners, Wayne Township, the Lions Clubs of Wayne and West Milford and Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum.
View/download the Sensory Garden interpretive brochure.
Laurelwood Arboretum is one of very few public parks in the area that features a space designed specifically for children and adults who are visually, physically or emotionally challenged.
This special place was funded by the Passaic County Open Space Commission, the Lions Clubs of Wayne and West Milford, Wayne Township, and Friends of Laurelwood Arboretum. All the planning and planting was done by volunteers. The garden is recreated anew each year and maintained by the horticultural staff and volunteers.
View/download the new Sensory Garden interpretive brochure.