Garden Activity Signs
Invite Sensory and Hands-on Engagement with Nature
Gardens provide restorative and therapeutic benefits galore, and even more so in healthcare and social service settings. But do your residents, patients and staff interact with your garden as much as they might? Do they know which flowers smell good and which herbs to rub and sniff?
Where hands-on gardening is encouraged, people may need permission to water a thirsty plant, pick a flower or harvest a few beans. Signs are a valuable communication tool, especially when the garden is open more hours than you can be there to facilitate activities.
Reach more participants
Inspire sensory delight & wonder
Encourage independent garden care
12 Images and 3 Types of Signs
Place each sign exactly where desired in your garden.
Attachable Garden Signs can be attached to large shrubs and trees, to bamboo stakes of various heights, or to garden features like fences, trellises and raised beds. 14.5 cm (5.7") wide by 11.8 cm (4.6") high.
Garden Plant Tags are so small and light they can be hung from a single flower stem, a small plant, or a vine or twig up to almost 1 cm (3/8”) in diameter. Easy to move to new locations. 8.4 cm (3.3") high and wide.
Garden Stake Signs are ideal for raised beds and containers, and large enough to see when planted at ground level. The sign face is angled for easy reading. 15.2 cm (6") wide by 43 cm (17") high. Blank stake signs also available.
Designed by a horticultural therapist to offer accessible activities for all to enjoy
Illustrated by a professional artist to communicate a beautifully clear message
Inspired by nature to be wisely eco-friendly in materials, production and purpose
Accompanied by a 24-page booklet of tips to optimize the benefits for your garden visitors
Testimonials
"The first thing I noticed was the clear instructions, short concise wording, a great picture that says what the words say, and the URL for more information. I like that!”
— Sara, High School Teacher
"The signs show people what they can do to slow down, pay attention and be present without any kind of coaching, coaxing or companionship needed. So simple they run the gamut of ages.”
— Tara, Therapeutic Garden Programmer
"These signs are perfect for giving people permission to do things in the garden, and for getting more people out there and involved. You're buying a whole program!"
— Carol, Gardener
Garden Activity Signs Make a Difference
The sensory and hands-on activities these garden signs encourage are deceptively simple. The benefits of engaging with nature can be life-changing for the health of individuals, communities and our living earth.
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Flower Gardeners' Plant Tag Gift Set
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You know that friend of yours who loves to show off their flower garden? They'll love this unique gift: 9 plant tags to hang on their flowering plants. These garden signs spark conversation and invite participation. What a blooming good idea!
A 24-page PDF instruction booklet is included with every order of signs. The booklet is chock-full of useful tips on how to use the signs in your garden and how to lead therapeutic garden programming with the signs.
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