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URL:https://dscc.uic.edu/events/wheelchair-accessible-garden-grand-opening
 -in-springfield/
SUMMARY:Wheelchair Accessible Garden Grand Opening in Springfield
DESCRIPTION:Tour and learn more about a new garden providing people of all 
 abilities more access to gardening\n\nJoin Enos Park Neighborhood Gardens 
 for the grand opening of its wheelchair-accessible garden on April 29 at 1
 0 a.m.\n\nIn 2024\, Enos Park Neighborhood Gardens partnered with Kumler O
 utreach Ministries and the United Methodist Foundation to receive a grant 
 from Aetna for a wheelchair-accessible garden.\n\nLearn more about Enos Pa
 rk Community Gardens and celebrate the grand opening of this new garden sp
 ecifically designed for wheelchair users!\n\nManager Carey Smith designed 
 the garden with significant input from two local wheelchair users\, Missy 
 Norman and Katelyn Montgomery. The garden includes:\n\n 	A concrete pad wi
 th six self-watering raised beds that users can slide beneath instead of a
 longside for better access\n 	A 50-foot concrete sidewalk connecting the b
 rick walkway to the concrete garden pad\n 	An easily accessible water spig
 ot\n 	An easy-open side gate and a concrete ramp from the sidewalk to the 
 concrete pad\n\nThe garden will also have a tool shed with ergonomic tools
 \, a bench\, a wheelchair-accessible picnic table and shade in the garden 
 area. An arched trellis over the brick walkway will have displays for gard
 en information and news.\n\nYou can rent raised beds for $10 per year. The
  rental fee includes access to tools\, water\, seeds\, seedlings\, and gar
 den mentoring upon request.\n\nIf you are a wheelchair user or cannot use 
 traditional raised beds\, please get in touch with the garden manager at c
 arey@enosparkgardens.org to get on a waiting list for a rental.
CATEGORIES:Special Event
LOCATION:Enos Park Neighborhood Gardens\, 1022 N. Fifth St.\, Springfield\,
  Illinois\, 62702\, United States
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