By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - The University of Pretoria's Mamelodi Campus recently provided the backdrop for a new project that empowers teachers to start mini sensory gardens at their creches and pre-schools. A sensory garden is defined as a self-contained area that allows people to enjoy a wide variety of experiences and are designed to provide opportunities to stimulate the senses, both individually and in combination. Director of the Mamelodi Campus, Professor Ntebogeng Mokgalaka-Fleischmann says sensory gardens can help to improve health, mood and cognition - all while providing a space for physical activity. In this week's Greenscene we find out more about what these special gardens offer and why children in particular are being encouraged to make use of them... 

<p>By Newsbreak Producer Matthew Veeran - The University of Pretoria's Mamelodi Campus recently provided the backdrop for a new project that empowers teachers to start mini sensory gardens at their creches and pre-schools. A sensory garden is defined as a self-contained area that allows people to enjoy a wide variety of experiences and are designed to provide opportunities to stimulate the senses, both individually and in combination. Director of the Mamelodi Campus, Professor Ntebogeng Mokgalaka-Fleischmann says sensory gardens can help to improve health, mood and cognition - all while providing a space for physical activity. In this week's Greenscene we find out more about what these special gardens offer and why children in particular are being encouraged to make use of them... </p>

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