From the beginnings of the project of shared garden, guarantee accessibility to disabled people was raised as a foundation. It was done in several stages. Area City Hall and general City Hall have funded the development paths suitable for wheelchair traffic.
The shared garden acquired a therapeutic purpose. User groups with limited mobility can now attend the garden. So that they can practice gardening, building planters adapted was necessary.
Objectifs
What makes it a good practice or tool?
- Innovative nature of horticultural therapy
- This has enabled children with disabilities also have access to land,
- This practice helped to involve their parents: they begin to come to the garden with educators and their children, they discover the work done by educators with their children
- The work produced by children is valued: with parents who come to explore, but also with children who can benefit from tasting (flowers and strawberries)
- This helped generate exchange between two groups: outdoor center and group of children with disabilities
- Concerted action and co-construction have prevailed: the planters have been designed with the help of the occupational therapist of the structure, educators have participated in the making of wooden pathways to improve accessibility for users with reduced mobility
- Materials recovery prevailed for the construction of suitable planters, in agreement with the values of sustainable development
Matériaux
la mise en oeuvre
Évaluation
Evaluation
- Their use by children: ease of use, frequency of use (weekly)
- Ownership of the planters by children
Conseils
Aims and Outcomes
AIMS
- Make more convenient access for disabled children in the garden
- Allow children to practice with reduced mobility, in a shared garden, a gardening activity
OUTCOMES
- The children come and practice. There is a strong trend to hit the field, playing with water, earth.
- There was also an awareness by the educators on the possibilities offered by the tool "planter adapted" (originally, the request came from two teachers and are now 5-6 to use this tool).
- The report is also positive in terms of mixing with other users of the shared garden: children from the outdoor center have shown respect and the desire to help the group of children with disabilities.
