Video series: Accessible gardening
Why garden?
Digging in the dirt, planting seeds and growing flowers or food is pleasurable and rewarding. Gardening provides exercise and mental stimulation.
Gardening can relieve tension. With its clear cause-and-effect nature, it can foster a sense of expectation, of accomplishment, self-reliance and responsibility. Moreover, with some adaptations (raised beds and special tools, for example), gardening can be barrier-free and fully inclusive.
Organic gardening
We all know that eating healthy is important especially for people living with disabilities but why is eating organic vegetables important? Wendy Crawford, founder of mobileWOMEN.org, explains.
Adaptive gardening tools
Wendy Crawford, founder of mobileWOMEN.org, shows an array of tools that will make your gardening experience fun.
Planting an accessible garden
Wendy Crawford, founder of mobileWOMEN.org, shows you how to plant an accessible garden including her trick for holding the seeds.
Adaptive kitchen tools
Robyn Keller, a C6/7 quadriplegic, has come up with some tools and tricks she uses to make her time in the kitchen productive and joyful. Robyn is a Committee Member and Outreach Coordinator mobileWOMEN.org.
Related pages
- The importance of exercise
- Fitness tips for all abilities
- Art and creativity
- Recreation sports
- Gardening from a wheelchair
- Team sports
- Winter sports
- Video: Handcycling
- Video series: Exercise tips
- Video series: Improve your mind
- Video series: Yoga for your health
- Webcast: Dr Dan on finding joy and happiness
- Video series: Start swimming
- Webcast: Adaptive sports for people living with quadriplegia
- Video series: Preparing and cooking meals