EM 8498
June 1992
M A K I N G G A R D E N I N G E A S I E R
Most people with visual impairments are not totally blind, but they
do have various kinds of mild to
severe visual problems.
According
to the National Eye Institute, only
10% of the 14 million...
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EM 8498
June 1992
M A K I N G G A R D E N I N G E A S I E R
Most people with visual impairments are not totally blind, but they
do have various kinds of mild to
severe visual problems.
According
to the National Eye Institute, only
10% of the 14 million visuallyimpaired people in the United
States are completely blind.
Because a portion of the gardening
public in Oregon has some visual
impairment, this publication provides several adaptive methods
and suggestions to make gardening
simpler for these gardeners.
Design
Avoid curved pathways because
they make orientation difficult.
Path segments should be straight,
with changes in direction marked
by a shrub or with a change in the
texture of the path material.
Steps
should be accompanied by a rail
that begins several feet ahead of the
steps.
• Make flower borders and planted
beds no more than three feet across
so the gardener can reach the
plants while kneeling and working with short-handled tools.
Island beds, with access from two
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