Earlier this year I had the pleasure of working with Shelagh Smith, a horticultural therapist, to bring her vision of illustrated garden activity signs to life. It was a challenge to create illustrations with enough detail to attract attention, but simple enough to be understood from a distance. I enjoyed going outside to use the plants in my own garden as reference material on occasion. The signs are now ready and available to be put to good use.
![Garden Activity Sign illustrations 1 IMG 4497 e1505244623805](https://www.emilydamstra.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_4497-e1505244623805-745x559.jpg)
![Garden Activity Sign illustrations 2 IMG 4496 e1505244527739](https://www.emilydamstra.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_4496-e1505244527739-745x559.jpg)
Shelagh just launched a new website in order to sell the signs, which are meant to prompt garden visitors to pause and experience an aspect of the garden. She says:
Bring a richer experience of nature and smiles of delight to your garden visitors in care homes, hospitals, social service agencies, schools, work places, community gardens, and public display gardens.
Paying attention to nature provides abundant benefits to health and well-being. For starters: reduce stress, depression and pain, and improve mood, creativity and concentration.
Allow garden activity signs to lead the way!
The illustrations are printed on decals and adhered to sturdy plastic signs with long stakes.
If you know of a garden anywhere in the world that could use these signs, please let the garden manager know about Shelagh’s website, gardenactivitysigns.com. All 12 of the illustrations are there, as well as below.
![Garden Activity Sign illustrations 4 Damstra HarvestaFew](https://www.emilydamstra.com/wp-content/uploads/Damstra-HarvestaFew.jpg)
![Garden Activity Sign illustrations 5 Damstra ListenForMe](https://www.emilydamstra.com/wp-content/uploads/Damstra-ListenForMe.jpg)
![Garden Activity Sign illustrations 6 Damstra LookClosely](https://www.emilydamstra.com/wp-content/uploads/Damstra-LookClosely.jpg)
![Garden Activity Sign illustrations 7 Damstra LookUp](https://www.emilydamstra.com/wp-content/uploads/Damstra-LookUp.jpg)
![Garden Activity Sign illustrations 8 Damstra PickOneorTwo](https://www.emilydamstra.com/wp-content/uploads/Damstra-PickOneorTwo.jpg)
![Garden Activity Sign illustrations 9 Damstra PlantMe](https://www.emilydamstra.com/wp-content/uploads/Damstra-PlantMe.jpg)
![Garden Activity Sign illustrations 10 Damstra RemoveSeedPods](https://www.emilydamstra.com/wp-content/uploads/Damstra-RemoveSeedPods.jpg)
![Garden Activity Sign illustrations 11 Damstra RubandSniff](https://www.emilydamstra.com/wp-content/uploads/Damstra-RubandSniff.jpg)
![Garden Activity Sign illustrations 12 Damstra SmellMe](https://www.emilydamstra.com/wp-content/uploads/Damstra-SmellMe.jpg)
![Garden Activity Sign illustrations 13 Damstra SweepAroundMe](https://www.emilydamstra.com/wp-content/uploads/Damstra-SweepAroundMe.jpg)
![Garden Activity Sign illustrations 14 Damstra TouchMe](https://www.emilydamstra.com/wp-content/uploads/Damstra-TouchMe.jpg)
![Garden Activity Sign illustrations 15 Damstra WaterMe](https://www.emilydamstra.com/wp-content/uploads/Damstra-WaterMe.jpg)
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Those are great! What a good idea! 🙂
Thanks Karen.