Landmarks help Blind Gardeners + Gardening for Birds
Gardening for the BlindChristine Nichols and Gord Johnston share ideas to help blind and low-vision people garden, and talk about the gardens at the Canadian Hellen Keller Centre, which serves the deaf-blind community. They talk about:* Using landmarks in the garden* Colours for low-vision gardeners* Spatial awareness in the garden* Visual memoryBird GardeningSteven Price, past president of Bird Studies Canada, talks about how to attract birds to gardens and how to make gardens bird-friendly.He talks about:* Plants* Features (e.g. water features)* Feed
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In my new book, Grow Olives Where You Think You Can't, I tell you everything you need to know to successfully grow an olive tree in a pot!
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Gardening for the Blind
Christine Nichols and Gord Johnston share ideas to help blind and low-vision people garden, and talk about the gardens at the Canadian Hellen Keller Centre, which serves the deaf-blind community.
They talk about:
- Using landmarks in the garden
- Colours for low-vision gardeners
- Spatial awareness in the garden
- Visual memory
Bird Gardening
Steven Price, past president of Bird Studies Canada, talks about how to attract birds to gardens and how to make gardens bird-friendly.
He talks about:
- Plants
- Features (e.g. water features)
- Feed
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