Who are 'Magic Beans'?
'Magic Beans' is a group of eight Year 12 students from King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls in Birmingham currently involved in a project run by Envision. Envision is a national education charity that inspires young people to get involved in tackling the problems of today.
As a group, we decided to take on the issue regarding the lack of high quality green spaces for the disadvantaged in our local community.
We've chosen to create a sensory garden in a small care home for six men with learning disabilities with an aim to help provide both mental and physical therapy. We hope that in transforming the care home garden, we will be able to create opportunities for greater social interaction through new gardening activities.
Part of our aim is also to involve the local community and we hope that both our school and our local businesses will be able to contribute as much as possible to the project.
Why a sensory garden?
A sensory garden was chosen specifically as we feel that a full experience of many different sights, textures, tastes and smells could really benefit the residents by stimulating their minds.
How has the care home responded?
Viv, the care home’s manager said:
Viv, the care home’s manager said:
“Magic Beans are doing a brilliant job on the project. I think it's really good how they’ve organised, sourced and financed it all themselves. From the point of view of the residents, the new garden will be a huge benefit for those who enjoy the garden as this is a project we wouldn't have been able to do ourselves.”
