Accessible City

Community gardens serve as vital green spaces in urban settings, but their potential for promoting accessibility often goes unrecognized. In this discussion, we explore how these gardens can be designed and managed to be welcoming for individuals with diverse abilities. We’ll hear from community organizers, gardeners with disabilities, and urban planners about the unique challenges and creative solutions that make these spaces inclusive. From adaptive gardening tools to sensory-friendly plant selections, join us as we uncover how community gardens can foster connection and empowerment for everyone in the neighborhood.

Show Notes

Community gardens serve as vital green spaces in urban settings, but their potential for promoting accessibility often goes unrecognized. In this discussion, we explore how these gardens can be designed and managed to be welcoming for individuals with diverse abilities. We’ll hear from community organizers, gardeners with disabilities, and urban planners about the unique challenges and creative solutions that make these spaces inclusive. From adaptive gardening tools to sensory-friendly plant selections, join us as we uncover how community gardens can foster connection and empowerment for everyone in the neighborhood.

What is Accessible City?

Disability activists redesigning urban spaces, demanding accommodation, and challenging ableist assumptions about public life. From wheelchair users fighting for curb cuts to deaf communities creating visual public spaces, explores disability justice in action. Occasionally funny, often infuriating, always illuminating.