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General => News => Topic started by: GRACELAND on September 02, 2009, 16:25:26

Title: what about an area for
Post by: GRACELAND on September 02, 2009, 16:25:26

 :)

Gardening for the Disabled
tips and suggestions for anyone who has a temporary or permanent disablement

Title: Re: what about an area for
Post by: Flighty on September 02, 2009, 16:29:01

GRACELAND Thrive the charity that I support should be able to help!

http://www.thrive.org.uk/

Title: Re: what about an area for
Post by: GRACELAND on September 02, 2009, 16:31:23

Sorry i was talking about having an area here on the Forum   :)

Title: Re: what about an area for
Post by: GRACELAND on September 02, 2009, 19:23:01

What i,m talking about is an area on this site for  people to share ideas for people who are disabled and Love Gardening  :)

Title: Re: what about an area for
Post by: elvis2003 on September 02, 2009, 19:34:40

sounds like a good idea graceland,would aslo help those like myself,that are planning on a community plot for those that cant get about as easy as others too.

Title: Re: what about an area for
Post by: ceres on September 02, 2009, 19:46:10

Graceland, Dan's unlikely to spot this hidden in the News section.  Perhaps if you post it in the Website Suggestions, it might be picked up?

Title: Re: what about an area for
Post by: elvis2003 on September 02, 2009, 19:47:54

thanks ceres,was just about to repost that very thing,youve saved me a job! :-X

Title: Re: what about an area for
Post by: ceres on September 02, 2009, 20:13:49

 ???

Title: Re: what about an area for
Post by: elvis2003 on September 02, 2009, 20:19:07

i meant i was just about to suggest to graceland that he mention it in website suggestions,but you beat me to it  ;D

Title: Re: what about an area for
Post by: Digeroo on September 02, 2009, 20:56:20

Soundslike a good idea to me.  Took my handicapped daugher down to see my allotment realised it was a total nightmare.  Path too steep, gate too narriow path too bumpy,  Allotment totally unnegotiatable with wheelchair.  But she loved the pigs eating marrows,

Title: Re: what about an area for
Post by: elvis2003 on September 02, 2009, 21:00:52

Quote from: Digeroo on September 02, 2009, 20:56:20

Soundslike a good idea to me.  Took my handicapped daugher down to see my allotment realised it was a total nightmare.  Path too steep, gate too narriow path too bumpy,  Allotment totally unnegotiatable with wheelchair.  But she loved the pigs eating marrows,

digeroo would you mind if i picked your brains if i need to? nothing beats hands on advice

Title: Re: what about an area for
Post by: manicscousers on September 02, 2009, 21:32:51

Quote from: Digeroo on September 02, 2009, 20:56:20

Soundslike a good idea to me.  Took my handicapped daugher down to see my allotment realised it was a total nightmare.  Path too steep, gate too narriow path too bumpy,  Allotment totally unnegotiatable with wheelchair.  But she loved the pigs eating marrows,

we've had to adapt our allotment site for accessibility.
we have a disabled group using one of our plots and a disabled lad coming on with his parents.
I agree that Thrive is a good group to get in touch with, plus the allotments regeneration initiative site has links , we found out about painting the edges of paths and beds yellow for partially sighted people