Graham's achievement
Amateur Gardening|July 11, 2020
AG reader Elizabeth praises her disabled gardener son keen photographer
Elizabeth
Graham's achievement

WE have all heard the theory that gardening is good for our mental and physical wellbeing, but one longstanding AG reader knows it to be true.

Elizabeth Brown contacted us about her adult son Graham, who has not let his mental and physical disabilities stop him from becoming a keen gardener.

Graham is registered blind and deaf and also suffers from the developmental disorder Dyspraxia, which affects physical coordination, but this has not stopped him creating a beautiful garden for his widowed mum.

Elizabeth said: “I have always loved gardening, and although I am not one for making very perfect gardens, I always make sure soil and plants are healthy.

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