A workshop that teaches gardening techniques to people with disabilities meets Friday, August 7 from 9 to 10 a.m. at the new Cache Valley Community Garden. Gordon Richins of the Center for Persons with Disabilities and Ron Hornsby from the Utah Conservation Corps Inclusive Crew will be on hand to talk about raised bed gardening, table top planters and working with adapted gardening tools. Both Gordon and Ron are local gardeners with physical disabilities.
Specialized, adapted tools will be available to participants. The event is sponsored by the Utah Conservation Corps Inclusion Project, and UCC members will be around from 10 a.m. to noon to answer questions for any participants who want to stay around and get their hands dirty.
The community garden is located at 725 S. 250 East in Hyde Park, west of Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. From Logan, go north on 800 East. The church will be on your left. A UCC member will be in the parking lot to direct class attendees to the accessible garden. For more information, call (435) 797-0964, ext. 2.
The Center for Persons with Disabilities’ Assistive Technology Lab has contributed time, expertise and adapted gardening tools to the raised beds in the Cache Valley Community Garden.
August 6th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
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August 5th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
This educational workshop on accessible gardening will be a fun interactive workshop. Anyone with and without a disability is welcome to attend. This is a great opportunity to see what our community is developing for the Community Garden. Feel free to e-mail or call me for more information.
Gordon Richins
CPD Consumer Liaison
AUCD Consumer Co-Chair
435-797-2832
Fax: 435-797-3944
gordon@cpd2.usu.edu