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A GARDEN OF WONDER

Over To You

Imagine your Garden:

A good gardener must have a lot of knowledge and understand lots of gardening
terms; use the internet or your school library to do the following research: look
at the map of Kylemore Walled Garden Today and find out what each of these
labelled areas are: the Propagation glasshouse, Cold frames, the Vinery and the Herbaceous border. Look
closely at the map and write down what you think they are before finding out the full answer.

Daylilly Snakes Head Fritillaria Himalayan Bistort Great Globe Thistle

• Flowers in your imagination: Flowers bring colour and beautiful scents to our garden; they provide nec-
tar for insects and produce the seed for the following year. Have you noticed how many different shapes of
flowers there are? Just look at the examples above from the Kylemore garden. Get some pens and create some
new species of flower: think about the colour, the shape of the stem, the leaves and the flower head. Give your
new flower a name.

• Sensory Garden (In a box!): Gardens are places where all our senses are inspired, not just our sight, but
also smell, touch and hearing. What type of scents would be in your garden? Fill a lunch box or shoe box
with small samples of beautiful or interesting smells. What can you find at home or in your garden? Try
orange and lemon peel, herbs, moss, leaves, berries, mushrooms, lavender, coffee beans, chocolate. You and
your classmates could select scent gardens and give them cool names.

• Get Inventive: The Victorians loved to invent machinery and devices to solve their problems, like the
heating system for the glasshouses at Kylemore. Work in pairs to invent something to solve a problem for
an imaginary garden; maybe you need a ‘no work weeding system’ or want to stop wasps from getting into
the chocolate waterfall? Create an invention to solve your problem and label the different parts; present your
invention to your class.

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