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Welcome! On this thread we share and discuss the problems we encounter as physically challenged people trying to garden or just enjoy the outdoors. and the creative solutions we have discovered that work for us.
My husband and I, along with other disabled friends and some interested able-bodied folks are in the middle of creating an accessible small community garden. Common ground where people with physical challenges can come together and, sometimes, get a little gardening done.
There is already an excellent thread here specifically on wheelchair accessible planter design. This thread is more generalized.
Here are some issues we are dealing with and solutions we are trying at Amargia.
I am blind, but I know these few acres as well as I know the interior of my house. But, for safety and ease of navigation for other visually impaired people, some of whom will be new to dealing with visual problems, we are talking about using guidelines. Helen Keller used them to make her way independently to her beloved stand of honeysuckles so it has been done before. We are still debating about the materials we will use and how we can make it look good.
My husband, Jim, has severe back problems. We are experimenting with a triangular shape for one raised bed. Theoretically, it should make it easy to reach everything in the bed from a sitting position. We have been so busy creating the garden area Jim has not had a chance to really try it out yet. We have serious budget restraints, so we made it from one of those small outdoor storage units that was destroyed in a wind storm.
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