A sensory garden for Students with learning difficulties is to be named after Howard Hillsdon, the 21-year-old who died in the recent Oxford Eastern Bypass crash.

The garden at Oxford and Cherwell Valley College, where Mr Hillsdon's mother Julie lectures in childcare, will become a lasting tribute to the Oxford Brookes University graduate, who completed part of his degree there.

The Howard Hillsdon Garden will be used by foundation students with moderate to severe learning difficulties.

It will have plants that students can touch, smell and taste and there will be raised flowerbeds so that students in wheelchairs can reach them.

Students on the college's Caring for Children Foundation course will raise money for the garden, starting with a car wash and cake sale at the Oxford campus in Oxpens on June 13. They will charge £2.50 to clean staff cars and the public can buy cakes and make donations throughout the day.

Mr Hillsdon, of Yarnton, died after a Citroen car with eight people in it crossed the central reservation of the dual carriageway, colliding with his Honda Civic, on May 28.

He had recently completed an automotive engineering degree at Oxford Brookes and was planning to become a secondary school maths teacher.

Beverley Hale, a lecturer in Early Years at Oxford and Cherwell Valley College, said: "Howard spent time at the college doing some of his degree here. His mother Julie has worked here for many years as a wonderful childcare lecturer. This garden is a way of keeping his memory alive."

Local firms are contributing to the project, including NE Electrical Satellite and Alarm Systems, building firm A Beadle and Yarnton Garden Centre.

Crash survivor Conor Hunt has been released from hospital and is home with his parents, police have confirmed.

The 12-year-old Oxford United youth academy footballer was among four boys left in a critical condition when the Citroen Xsara they were travelling in crashed on the Eastern Bypass on May 28.

Anton Dublin, who was celebrating his 13th birthday when the crash happened, is reportedly stable after opening his eyes for the first time and grasping his father's hand on Thursday night.

Police said survivor Aiden Wood, 13, is expected home this weekend, while Jake Proper, 13, is out of the intensive care unit and is said to be seeing visitors. Driver Angela Dublin, 45, remains in a critical condition.