Watch: Inside Pune’s Sensory Garden For People With Intellectual And Developmental Disability

Pune is now home to a very unique garden. This garden is a sensory garden that is created for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A parent’s organisation that works for the rehabilitation of people with this disability, Umed Pariwar, has developed this beautiful garden. Located inside the campus of the hostel, this garden will make such people aware of their five basic senses. 

Pune’s Sensory Garden Is Developed By Umed Pariwar

This sensory garden is created by Umed Pariwar within its hostel campus in Wadki village, about 15 kilometres from Hadapsar. It is developed using funds from Tata Bluescope Limited and inaugurated by Governor Anil Parmar of Rotary District 3131. Rotarians Mohan Palesha, Santosh Marathe, Umed president Ramesh Wandre, and Umed secretary Rajendra Nahar were also present. Umed’s trustees, Subhash Rawal and Praveen Chhajed, too, were present for the inauguration. 

The garden is developed for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, so that they can be made aware of the basic five senses in a human. Umed secretary, Rajendra Nahar said that the garden is all about stimulating and engaging the five senses like sound, sight, smell, taste, and touch. The entry to this garden is completely free, and everyone can visit it. 

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Different Kinds Of Bells And Floors Are Installed

Architect Snehal Oswal is the mind behind the conceptualisation of this sensory garden in Pune. To explain the sound sense, there are different types of bells installed inside the garden. For touch purposes, there are various kinds of flooring installed. In order to stimulate taste and smell senses, herbal plants like tulsi and neem have been planted in the garden. Rajendra Nahar has urged all the special schools to bring the children to this garden in Pune. This will help make such kids aware of their various senses. 

Umed Pariwar is a parent-run organisation based in Pune that has been working exclusively for the rehabilitation of people with intellectual disabilities for the past 32 years. The organisation holds biannual state-level conferences, annual drawing competitions at the state level, and dance and drama competitions for students in special schools.

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Time: 10am-1pm, 3pm-6pm

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