Flemington Primary Sensory Garden

Sensory Garden & ARtists in residence

Officially opened 4th Dec 2024, Flemington Primary’s Sensory Garden was the combined efforts of the Children’s Sensorium Team. The garden was in the making for 18 months through consultation workshops with staff, students, parents and specialist communities.

Over the course of this project, Live Particle’s contribution included design consultation, workshops with parents, staff and students, permanent supersized nest installation, week long artist in residency (on sight embodied education, movement play, weaving, sculpture making and mindfulness practices), supplying school with handmade Somatosensory Kit and online resources to bring multi-sensory wellbeing and learning into the classroom.

The Children’s Sensorium is an ongoing, multi-platform, arts-based research project that explores how art and sensory-play activities and approaches can enhance wellbeing for young children (ages 4-11) experiencing distress, loss and grief.  The project began with a pilot exhibition, The Children’s Sensorium – Art, play and mindfulness for post-pandemic recovery, which was held at RMIT Design Hub Gallery in Melbourne for The Big Anxiety Festival Naarm 2022. The project has since expanded to include artistic installations and sensory spaces at local schools in Melbourne, a regional exhibition tour across Victoria, and this digital platform to enable communities wide and far to access art-based sensory play tools and resources.