Article Examining the Methods for Investigating Behavioral Clues of

This article discusses the authors ’ use of a combination of methods to under-stand the engagement of special needs childrenwith design features in sensory gardens at two schools in Britain. In addition toobservation and behaviormap-ping, we interviewed landscape architects, teachers, and therapists to antici-pate the children’s behavior when experiencing sensory gardens. We report how these groups ’ anticipations differed from what we observed. While the groups anticipated that aesthetic value relates significantly to users ’ behavior in the garden, we observed that sensory value has a stronger bearing on the behavior. The potential of this finding is important for design studies