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Revolving Wading Pool Raised Bed
Revolving Wading Pool Raised Bed sitting in a yard garden spot.

Sylvia Mitchell, left-side stroke survivor and wheelchair user, came up with this unique way to continue gardening. It's a soil-filled, sturdy child's wading pool on top of an equally-sturdy, custom-made Lazy Susan, which allows her to tend her vegetables, flowers, etc., while remaining in one spot. Making her rotating raised garden bed involved the following: (1) A triangular wooden frame resting on three 4x4 post legs positioned on concrete pads. (2) On top of the triangular base is mounted a 12-inch, ball-bearing Lazy Susan. (3) Lastly, on top of it is affixed two glued-together sheets of 5/8-inch plywood jig-sawed to be the same circumference as the wading pool.

Estimated Cost Cost range: See below

Limitations Limitations Addressed by Product: Lower extremity, Upper extremity, Strength/endurance, Back


SourcePBS Wisconsin - "The Wisconsin Gardener"
Vilas Hall, University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI, 53705
Websitepbswisconsin.org/watch/wisconsin-gardener/the-wisconsin-gardener-gardening-from-a-wheelchair-an-enabled-garden
Emailcomments@pbswisconsin.org
Phone800-422-9707
608-265-2302
Last updated: May 01, 2025


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