Sensory Path

Reach out and touch nature

Adjacent to the MacEwan Terrace Garden and the Enabling Garden, you’ll find the Sensory Path, an area specifically designed to allow individuals with vision loss to experience the wonders of nature, and to remind all our visitors that the beauty of nature exists in more than just what we see.

Along the Path you’ll find tactile features including wildlife artifacts, leaf-shaped cut-outs, and animal track carvings.

A wingspan board invites you to stretch your arms out wide to see how your wingspan compares to some of Riverwood's birds.

You'll find text on some signage displayed in Anishinaabemowin, the language of the area's Indigenous people.

To ensure that features along the Sensory Path can be enjoyed by visitors well into the future, we kindly ask that everyone engaging with the Sensory Path does so with care. This means gently handling artifacts, wood carvings, and other tactile elements. Thank you for helping us preserve the Path for the benefit of all our visitors. 

Our thanks to long-time volunteer of The Riverwood Conservancy, Pat Kelly, the Halton Woodworkers, and the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation for their support in bringing Riverwood’s Sensory Path to life.