“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” – Audrey Hepburn This hopeful quote now lives on a newly rebuilt raised bed at Mesa Urban Garden—a bed with deep roots and an even deeper meaning. Designing for Accessibility When Mesa Urban Garden first opened in 2013, accessibility was a priority. Board members David Crummey and Ryan Winkle approached Arizona State University’s Design School professor, Milagros Zingoni, for help in creating raised planter beds that would make gardening more inclusive. The idea was simple but powerful: beds that could be enjoyed by both adults and children in wheelchairs, as well as older adults who needed to garden at standing height rather than on the ground. Professor Zingoni encouraged her students to take on the challenge as part of the Freedom by Design™ program through the ASU American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Chapter. The initiative empowers students to apply their […]
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