Useful magazine:
Enable Magazine – lifestyle magazine for those with disabilities. Click below for latest issue:
January/February issue of the magazine
Specialist suppliers and organisations
Garden materials, specialist tools and implements:
Harrod Horticultural – Offer a good range of raised bed kits at different heights and raised planting tables. www.harrodhorticultural.com
Instaplanta: Horticultural products for people with disabilities.Tel: 01482 384946 www.instaplanta.co.uk
i-tip Handles. Incredibly useful handles which can be attached to wheelbarrows, wheelchairs and trolleys. Tel:0333 800 5000 or itiphandles.com
Peta (UK) Limited: Ergonomic tools, aids and assistance devices for disabled people including garden tools. Tel:- 01376 573476 www.peta-uk.com
Remap: A charity that helps disabled people of all ages to live more independent lives. Our network of skilled volunteers design and custom make equipment free of charge. 01732 760209 www.remap.org.uk
Sneeboer. Manufacturers of high quality hand forged stainless steel garden tools since 1913. www.sneeboer.com
Vegepod:
Award winning raised garden bed kits to grow your vegetables. www.vegepod.co.uk Tel 0800 978 8656 or info@vegepod.co.uk
VegTrug: Great selection of raised planters and raised beds. https://www.vegtrug.com
Useful Books:
Gardening for the Physically Disabled and Elderly by M Chalplin. (Publisher: Bamford)
Gardening In Retirement by Alex Bristol. (Publisher RHS Wisley)
Landscape Design for Elderly & Disabled People by Jane Stoneham and Peter Thoday (Publisher: Garden Art Press)
Grow it Yourself – Gardening with a Physical Disability by Roddy Llewellyn (Publisher: Cedar)
RHS Simple Steps to Success – Easy Care Gardening by Jane Hendy (Publisher: Dorling Kindersley)
Window Boxes by Stephanie Donaldson (Publisher: Apple Press)
The Container Expert by Dr D G Hessayon (Published by Apple Press)
Getting On with Gardening Vol 1 & Vol 2 by RNIB & Thrive (also published by RNIB & Thrive)
The Age-Proof Garden by Patty Cassidy (Publisher: South)
Other Help:
Lend & Tend: Match gardens needing help with people wanting help to garden. www.lendandtend.com
Trusted Tree Surgeons: Producer of useful gardening guides including ‘Creating Accessible Gardens for Disabled Gardeners’ and free quotes for all gardening work. www.trusted-treesurgeons.com
Root & Branch Oxford:– Therapeutic gardening in Oxfordshire for people who are experiencing mental health difficulties. www.rootandbranch.info
Disability Living Foundation: Charity seeking to support people with disabilities to achieve greater mobility & independence. Fact sheets on home equipment. Telephone:- 0300 999 0004 www.dlf.org.uk
Other Useful Resources
If you are looking for economical solutions to develop your garden there are a number of avenues to take. Gumtree, eBay and Facebook Marketplace are a great place to start. They often have secondhand greenhouses, planters & plants pots available for a fraction of the cost of new ones.
So if for example you found a secondhand greenhouse, contact your Citizens Advice bureau or other similar local organisations that will have lists of volunteer groups who might be able to help dismantle a secondhand greenhouse and move it with you.
Facebook is also a great place to find local gardening or allotment groups where members have expert knowledge and often offer surplus plants as well. Facebook also has a lot of local groups which tell you about events etc and you could ask for assistance or items you need for your garden. If you don’t ask you don’t get!
Good luck and we look forward to hearing all about your successes in the garden.
NOTE:
Gardening for Disabled Trust does not endorse or recommend any of these sites or services or have any control over their content.