{"id":3991,"date":"2019-11-18T10:52:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T10:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/?p=3991"},"modified":"2019-11-18T10:52:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T10:52:50","slug":"crowe-welcomes-opening-of-firhouse-sensory-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/crowe-welcomes-opening-of-firhouse-sensory-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowe welcomes opening of Firhouse sensory garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dublin South West TD, Se\u00e1n Crowe, has welcomed the opening\nof a new sensory garden for visually impaired and other users in\nthe&nbsp;Firhouse&nbsp;area. The new garden is located at the side of Firhouse\nShopping Centre and was the brainchild of members of Firhouse Central Remedial Clinic&nbsp;(CRC) many\nof whom have impairment. The Sinn F\u00e9in TD congratulated the members of CRC who\ncame with the idea that was rolled out by South Dublin County Council said the\ninitiative needs to be replicated right across the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A sensory garden has a collection of plants and materials with different textures, shapes, colours, scents, and heights. It is laid out in such a way as to stimulate the senses &#8211; seeing, hearing, smelling,\u00a0touching and tasting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3992\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to congratulate all those involved in making this\nsensory garden a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe opening of a new sensory garden for visually impaired\nand other users in the Firhouse area is a welcome development. It also has easy\naccess for wheelchair users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe new garden, located at the side of Firhouse Shopping Centre, was the brainchild of members of Firhouse CRC, many of whom have impairment. I want to congratulate all the members of Firhouse CRC who came with the idea that was eventually taken up and rolled out by South Dublin County Council.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1-697x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3993\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1-697x1024.jpg 697w, http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1-204x300.jpg 204w, http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1-768x1128.jpg 768w, http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1-654x960.jpg 654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Crowe continued:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis disability friendly initiative needs to be replicated right across the county. We need to make our parks and communities more inclusive and initiatives like this sensory garden are the way forward.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"515\" src=\"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3n-1024x515.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3995\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3n-1024x515.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3n-300x151.jpg 300w, http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3n-768x386.jpg 768w, http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3n-1280x644.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dublin South West TD, Se\u00e1n Crowe, has welcomed the opening of a new sensory garden for visually impaired and other users in the&nbsp;Firhouse&nbsp;area. The new garden is located at the side of Firhouse Shopping Centre and was the brainchild of members of Firhouse Central Remedial Clinic&nbsp;(CRC) many of whom have impairment. 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