Accessible Landscape Design

Posted by Katja on 28 May 2006 | Permalink
Filed under home design, wheelchair use

I’m currently obsessing about creating an accessible landscape design for our property. Found so far:

Fun and Leisure: Home Enabling Garden, from NCPAD
ACCESSIBLE GARDENING: Bring Mother Earth Within Reach, from MDA

I’m trying to find resources which avoid tokenism: rather than “here’s how to build a table-top garden”, or “horticulture as therapy”, I want access to the ENTIRE thing. Let me know what you’ve done.

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2 Responses to “Accessible Landscape Design”

  1. Gimpy Mumpy on May 31st, 2006 15.32

    I really should have read the books and articles listed before my attempts to garden this spring!

    I wrote a bit about my experience in the post “Gardening Woes”: http://mumpy.typepad.com/gimpy_mumpy/2006/05/gardening_woes.html
    We then had floods that damaged much of the young plants but it was early enough to reseed (but very exhausting!). So far I love my new garden, which has raised beds, but I advise that you find good knee/leg pads to protect legs & knees unless you will be gardening exclusively from a chair. I found that *lots* of planning was helpful too!
    Good luck with your gardening!! :)

  2. Joel Gottlieb on July 15th, 2006 5.10

    My love for gardening has not been tempered by MS. The landscaping continues.

    I design with paths — zen paths in particular, to borrow scenery, and reveal the beauty of place in the moment.

    My most helpful tool is an electric Mantis tiller — my power walker– which I use for landscape contouring and digging holes which other help in filling with plants.

    sending good chi ro you and your landscaping.
    Joel