Landmarks help Blind Gardeners + Gardening for Birds

The gardens at the Canadian Hellen Keller Centre; and tips to attract birds to the garden.

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 Birds Canada, talks about gardening for birds.

Steven Price, past president of Birds 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

For more ideas about gardening for birds, visit birdgardens.ca.

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