Summer 2007 Newsletter - Disabled Independent Gardeners Association

Grow with DIGA Summer 2007 Enabling our members to reach their gardening potential People with significant physical disabilities face two main barriers to gardening: lack of space for planting and having no suitable tools to work the land. The Disabled... More

Grow with DIGA Summer 2007 Enabling our members to reach their gardening potential People with significant physical disabilities face two main barriers to gardening: lack of space for planting and having no suitable tools to work the land. The Disabled Independent Gardeners Association (DIGA) aims to help members with both areas. Not everyone has a backyard or even a balcony for container gardening, so DIGA program coordinator Betty Cheung will be helping people find space at local community gardens, citing the example of member Terry LeBlanc. Finding himself having outgrown his apartment container garden, which still produces herbs and flowers, he took over some land at Maple Community Garden in Spring 2006. It is an adapted growing area, with raised beds and accessible pathways. “It’s very important to me,” said LeBlanc. “It’s a little summer oasis over there. It’s right in the middle of the herb garden. I’d encourage DIGA members to call their local community garden. Hopefu Less