Wheelchair Accessible Gardening & What Tools/Materials You Will Need For Your Project. Tips To Get Started With Your Own Garden Started & Stay Active.
Mark Lane, the UK's first garden designer in a wheelchair and presenter on BBC Gardeners' World, with his top tips for a safe, secure and beautiful garden.
For individuals with mobility challenges, gardening opportunities may need some adaptations. By designing your garden with accessibility in mind, you can create a garden that can be enjoyed by everyone. Here are some ways to plan a garden that is welcoming to individuals of all abilities.
We built our backyard garden oasis and I couldn't be more obsessed. Sharing a couple of photos to give you the inspiration to build yours!
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This is an evolving (and not exhaustive) list of resources that I've found along the way. I'm interested in hearing about your experiences utilizing any of these resources, and let me know of any other resources that can be added to this list. Thanks! EXAMPLES OF ACCESSIBLE GARDENS AND OTHER RECREATION SPACES, BIG & SMALL Exploring plants within reach at the Accessible Garden, Brookfield Farm The Accessible Garden at Brookfield Farm, Amherst Massachusetts Perkins School for the Blind, Pappas Horticultural Center, Watertown, Massachusetts Guests explore a tactile map of the Buehler Enabling Garden Chicago Botanic Garden, Buehler Enabling Garden, Glencoe, Illinois Universally Accessible Treehouses: Not technically an accessible garden, an accessible treehouse is nevertheless an amazing thing. Someone had the wondrous idea to create a treehouse that would be accessible to people of all ages and abilities! It is our dream to help build one in the Pioneer Valley in memory of our daughter, Patricia -- she loved visiting the accessible treehouse in Burlington, Vermont. Grommet Island Beach Park & Playground for EveryBODY is a 100% handicap accessible beachfront park in Virginia Beach, Virginia. UNIVERSAL DESIGN Center for Universal Design, North Carolina State University IDEA Center, University at Buffalo RAISED BEDS AND TRAY/TABLE GARDENING PRODUCTS The Farmstead's raised garden bed kits being assembled, at the Accessible Garden, Brookfield Farm The Farmstead ---- a family-owned local company that makes beautiful, simple, natural cedar, raised garden bed kits that are easy-to-assemble. No carpentry or building skills necessary! Order online or call 1-888-488-2880; Tony and Hope Davis, Broad Hill Road, Leverett, MA 01054 Adjustable height, wheelchair accessible Platform/Tray raised garden: CelluGro™ Wheelchair Accessible Green Thumb Therapy Garden Raised table/tray-style garden beds from Accessiblegardens.com The AbleGardener Gardening Table is a wheelchair accessible gardening table. ACCESSIBLE GARDENING TOOLS AND OTHER USEFUL PRODUCTS Radius Ergonomic Trowel, Pro-Lite Shovel and a great selection of other ergonomic garden tools at Radius Garden. Find Peta Easi-Grip Garden Cultivator and other ergonomically designed garden tools, including long-handled gardening tools at www.arthritissupplies.com Telescopic handle weeder from Hand Helpers A pivoting watering wand – extends the reach and increases ease of use of a hose, has pivoting head to more easily reach and water hanging plants. Super Slim Lightweight Garden Hose | from Gardener's Supply – a lighter-weight hose allows people with a range of upper body strength to more easily water the garden Colorful Tubrugs for the Garden | from Gardener's Supply – consider a bright red or yellow tub for multiple uses in the garden for people with visual impairments; they are also lightweight and easy to handle in the garden for people with limited physical strength. Atlas Nitrile Garden Gloves-- Lightweight and Durable garden gloves that do not inhibit dexterity, from Olive Barn. BOOKS Adil, Jannine R. Accessible Gardening for People with Physical Disabilities: A guide to Methods, Tools, and Plants. Woodbine House, 1994. Print. Woy, Joann. Accessible Gardening: Tips & Techniques for Seniors & the Disabled. Stackpole Books. Print. Rothert, Gene. The Enabling Garden: Creating Barrier-Free Gardens. SouthPark Publishing Group. Print. To order, telephone: (214) 296-5657 Yeomans, Kathleen. The Able Gardener: Overcoming Barriers of Age & Physical Limitations. SouthPark Publishing Group. Print. To order, telephone: (214) 296-5657. ARTICLES ON ENABLED AND ACCESSIBLE GARDENS Accessible Gardening for Therapeutic Horticulture, by Jean Larson, Horticultural Therapist; Anne Hancheck, former Minnesota Extension Horticulturalist; Paula Vollmar, Horticultural Therapy Intern, University of Minnesota. University of Minnesota, Extension Seeing with Other Senses: Garden for the Blind, by JoAnn Gardner, The Herb Companion, February 3, 2007. Perkins School for the Blind website. Gardening with the Elderly HYG-1642-94, Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet. Accessible Gardening for the Physically Challenged, By Dr. Leonard Perry, Extension Professor, University of Vermont Extension Create an Enabled Garden by Joyce Schillen Organic Therapy: Sensory Gardens Give People a Place to Heal, by Sarah Zobel, Spirituality and Health, July-August 2010. Utne.com ORGANIZATIONS The American Horticultural Therapy Association provides a monthly newsletter, a journal and a network of regional chapters, (800) 634-1603 Updated: January 18, 2012. Theresa Vincent
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How to Make a Simple Garden Planter Box. Grow your own veggies this year with a simple garden box. You can use the box for years to come for healthy homegrown vegetables!
Terraform, a wheelchair-accessible planter box currently used in about a hundred retirement homes, rehab centers and public gardens in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland, was a long time in the making. Actually, it nearly did not make it. About 10 years ago, several contemporary artists were invited to exhibit pieces in community gardens in the…
Learn how to build a ramp for a deck for easy access with our step-by-step guide. See the materials, tools, and procedure needed for this DIY project.
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I am ready to unveil my next set of Nomenclature Cards. Yippee! I worked on these over the weekend and got finished in a hurry. I am learning how to do some fun new tricks which are helping me to get better at creating useful images for card materials. This free downloadable set of zoology nomenclature cards is for the study of the 5 classes of vertebrates: birds, fish, amphibians, mammals, and reptiles. They are meant for introduction AFTER the children have been exposed to real life members of these classes of vertebrates. This is a great montessori zoology manual that I highly recommend. Zoology is fascinating to children. Heck, it is incredibly fascinating to me. The first time I ever learned about the alternation of generations in the jellyfish, I was teaching my oldest child and our homeschool group about cnidarians when she was about 8 or 9. I was simply dumbfounded that something as alien-like as that could exist on our own planet --- and that I never had had the chance to learn anything about it, even in college. I simply LOVED every opportunity I had to explore the world of living and extinct animals with my own children. They are some of my fondest memories from my children's homeschooling years. You can find the Parts of Books blacklines Here. This set comes in your choice of Print or D'nealian font and includes the following: Parts of the Bird - bird, head, beak, eye, body, breast, tail, wing, feet, claws Parts of the Fish - fish, head, eye, mouth, nostril, gills, torso, dorsal fin, caudal fin, anal fin, pelvic fin, pectoral fin, lateral line, scales Parts of the Frog - frog, head, eye, nostrils, mouth, ear, neck, trunk, forelegs, hind legs, feet Parts of the Horse - horse, head, eye, forehead, nostril, mouth, neck, forelegs, hooves, shoulder, hind legs, tail, torso, mane, hindquarters, ears Parts of the Turtle - turtle, head, eye, nostrils, mouth, neck, carapace, plastron, tail, fore limbs, hind limbs, claws Zoology Nomenclature Set - Print click on picture to link to file Zoology Nomenclature Set - D'nealian click on picture to link to file
Improve accessibility and safety by swapping stairs for ramps in your home or yard. by Laura Gaskill. Houzz Contributor. I cover topics ranging from decorating ideas, product picks, Houzz tours, and interviews with designers and architects, to the monthly home maintenance checklist. If you or someone in your household is in a wheelchair, ramps are …
