About the Project

The goal of this project is to enhance our horticulture strand to facilitate access to a broader range of gardening experiences. All students attending Willenberg Career & Transition Center are 18 –22-year-olds with disabilities. Our school’s garden areas are maintained by our students. Developing adapted garden spaces will provide better access for students with mobility challenges. Sensory/herb gardens and areas with quiet spaces assist students with sensory challenges to engage in gardening activities. Having a variety of adapted tools will give students with physical challenges a broader range of gardening tasks they can engage in. The goal is to provide all our students with life skills they can use not only at home, but for employment after culmination. By providing our students with access to the right tools to successfully garden, their opportunity to engage in future gardening related opportunities is wide open. With better accessibility, more students will be actively engaged in activities alongside each other; the barriers limiting students with certain limitations from certain gardening tasks, and to “sitting on the sidelines” will be greatly reduced.