Lagoon Outlook Garden Ribbon Cutting
Our Northern Lights Eco Adventures campers had fun
volunteering in the #LagoonOutlookGarden in Marquette Park Gary this summer.
The Volunteer Office for Community Accessibility Resource, and Training is
seeking volunteers for several projects. If you're interested please follow and
message their page on facebook.
From Gary's Miller Spotlight's Faceboook:
Saturday, September 11, 2018, we celebrated the Lagoon
Outlook Garden. Over the course of 2017 and 2018 volunteers have been working
on creating an accessible garden at Marquette Park Lagoon. The idea of creating
an accessible garden came as a natural continuation of the commitment Gary’s
Miller Spotlight’s transportation and infrastructure action group, Access Miller,
has to creating a life-long community for all.
In 2016, with the support and partnership of Causes for
Change International, N.W.I.P.A., the City of Gary, Legacy Foundation, Mortar
Net Solutions and generous donations from the community the first universally
designed kayak launch in NWI was installed in Marquette Park Gary. From the
success of our sunset paddles, critical mass was showcased for the need for an
accessible garden adjacent to the kayak launch.
Access Miller and Causes for Change began designing this
project in the fall of 2016. With support from the City of Gary’s Park Board
and the park staff, implementing the Lagoon Outlook Garden (aka the LOG) began
in 2017.
The Lake County Purdue Extension Master Garden Program
served as the impetus for this project, although community volunteer hours are
counted towards the Master Gardener recognition, many of the volunteers of the
LOG apply themselves for the art of gardening and learning.
The Lagoon Outlook Garden is an accessible garden designed
to follow the seven principles of Universal Design:
Equitable Use
Flexibility in Use
Simple and Intuitive in Use
Perceptible Information
Tolerance for Error
Low Physical Effort
Size and Space for Approach and Use
Aim of the Lagoon Outlook Garden is to promote universal
design where gardening and the waterways can be appreciated by All, include the
Arts and Nature in education
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