Did you know that the OSU Extension Lane County Master Gardeners
have expertise in adaptive gardening?
Not familiar with adaptive gardening? Adaptive gardening is adapting tools and techniques commonly used in gardening to fit the needs of people of various levels of physical ability. Gardening adaptations can be used for the elderly, the wheelchair bound, or for people with a limited range of motion. Anyone wanting to reduce stress on joints while gardening is a potential adaptive gardener.
Here is one example from their beautiful demonstration garden at the office: A vertical strawberry tower!
Created from clay pots and recycled bamboo stakes for support (threaded through the drainage hole in the pots). This structure stands about 2.5 foot high. The top tier is a trailing variety called Albion, the midlevel is Tristar (an everbearing variety) , and Seascape (also everbearing) is in the base pot. Can’t wait for the fruit-yum!
Front view
Side view of the tower
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