Adaptive Garden Design
Creating an easy care senior garden.
Adaptive garden design. Nurseries and garden centers are heeding the special needs of older gardeners. Fundamentals of good garden design to create welcoming inclusive and uplifting outdoor spaces. Complete design exercises in applying the information learnt during the session.
10 ways adaptive gardening can help you. See more ideas about raised garden raised garden beds garden beds. This will greatly reduce bending over and eliminate gardening on your knees.
Including location beds paths plants containers and tools. Jun 3 2014 explore dme hub s board adaptive gardening followed by 144 people on pinterest. Then and only then can we develop resiliency by looking for other ways to get it done.
Posted in adaptive gardening community container and small space gardening garden space design resilience the modern elder the sustainable garden toni s tool tips toni gattone adaptive gardening expert and inspirational change agent. Have them built to a height of 28 to 30 inches with easy access to the bed center so you can water and tend to the plants from any side. See more ideas about sensory garden wheelchair friendly horticulture therapy.
Senior gardening activities may require some adaptation and knowledge on elderly accessible gardens. There are numerous gardening tools for seniors and methods to assist a gardener that is experiencing the march of time. Adaptive garden design offering climate driven solutions built upon specific plant pallets and low maintenance ecosystems.
Now let s get started. Apr 24 2020 ideas for gardening while using a wheelchair or if bending and squatting down are difficult. An enabled garden will use concepts such as raised garden beds modified tools and wider pathways to achieve both accessibility and functionality.