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Jubilee Sensory Garden

Brownsfield Road, Thatcham, RG18 3HF

A beautiful, tranquil space for everyone to enjoy.

Located in front of the Council Offices in Brownsfield Road, Thatcham Town Council manages the area on behalf of Turnfields Recreation Ground Charity, as Trustee of the charity.

Opened in 2022, the space provides opportunities to sit back and enjoy the serenity, or help yourself to the abundance of seasonal herbs or vegetables when they’re ready to harvest.

The garden has a focus on sustainability and is proudly pesticide-free with all produce being grown via organic gardening practices. You can check what is ready to pick via the chalkboard signs, and also take some inspiration from some sustainable gardening practices.

The garden was updated in the summer of 2025 with the addition of new planters and benches. This was made possible with a generous donation from local residents Lin Congerton and the late Peter Congerton. Rivar Sand & Gravel kindly donated the soil for the planters.

New planters and bench for the Jubilee Sensory Garden, completed Summer 2025

The Jubilee Sensory Garden Coffee Mornings

Come and join us at one of our monthly coffee mornings to find out more about the garden, meet new people, and learn new skills!

A variety of activities tailored to the garden’s seasonal needs will be on offer at these sessions such as seed collecting, plant propagation, trimming and weeding, and much more! An indoor wet weather option will also be available to ensure the sessions can still go ahead with alternative gardening related activities on offer.

These coffee morning sessions have been funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, thanks to National Lottery players.

When: 1st Friday of the month (please note, there will not be a coffee morning in January)

Time: 10.00am-12.00pm

Location: Brownsfield Road, Thatcham, RG18 3HF

If you have any questions about the coffee mornings, please contact us on enquiries@parishgdssamplee.parishadmin.xyz

The Jubilee Garden Volunteers

The Jubilee Sensory Garden is a community garden for all to use and enjoy. Our aim is that the garden is maintained as it is enjoyed, by everyone, equally. Anyone is welcome to come along and get stuck in whenever they desire. If you are new to gardening or would like to get involved in the garden please contact us so we can put you in touch with our lead gardener.

The Jubilee Garden Activity Passport

Encourage your little adventurers to engage their senses and explore the sensory garden with our free activity passport!

The passport contains a rubbing plaque scavenger hunt, sensory finding activity, drawing prompts, and a wildlife watch activity. You don’t have to complete this in one day, you can come back time and time again to see what else you may discover.

You can collect your passport and crayon during the town council’s opening hours, but you can complete the activities at anytime.

Photo of the Jubilee Garden Activity Passport

Go Find It – Sensory Scavenger Hunt

We have two bags of the ‘GoFindIt‘ and one bag of the ‘GoFindIt Too‘ scavenger hunt game which can be borrowed for use in the Jubilee Sensory Garden and is perfect for all ages!

This card based game will take you on a different sensory adventure around the garden as you find things that correspond with the word on the card – e.g finding a rock for the ‘bumpy’ card.

Ask our lovely team in the town council office to borrow a bag during our opening hours.

Thatcham Town Council Offices are open 9.00am-4.30pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00am – 4.00pm on Friday’s.