Groups across West Wales have been celebrating this week after the announcement of the latest round of grants from Awards for All Wales.

Among them is the Pembrokeshire Access Group, a county-wide organisation which promotes the provision of access to sites and buildings, information and transport for people with learning, sensory or physical disability.

They have been awarded £4,815 to develop a sensory garden in Saundersfoot. The money will be used to coat a tarmac path with a safety non-slip surface which will particularly help people in wheelchairs.

In the heart of the village and only a stone's throw from the beach, the sensory garden will offer a community retreat for all local people, but will be designed with disabled people in mind. Information boards at the entrance to the garden will be in English, Welsh and Braille.

Explained secretary Martin Bell: "This type of garden should cater for all the senses, sight, touch, taste, scent and sound. Like all gardens, the sensory garden should bring pleasure to everyone, but we hope it will be especially important for the elderly and those with sensory deprivations.

"We are trying to create a garden that looks and feels good all year round and we have already started planting bulbs, bedding plants and shrubs. We are choosing textured plants and flowers, mostly with vibrant colours and distinctive smells. Benches will be placed around the garden with space for wheelchairs to encourage visitors to examine the flowers, and raised plant beds will reduce the need for stooping and bending, but will also allow wheelchair visitors to get close.

"We hope to eventually add in a water feature and some sculptures, perhaps based on the coal-mining and iron-working heritage of this area."