Cool. Just out of interest, not only does apple have the application for Sasol e-birds, but also a application called e-trees in South Africa. Thanks, Carel Ewald From: Jacob Kruger [mailto:jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 12:20 PM To: NAPSA Blind Cc: BlindZA Subject: [Blind] Fw: Botanical gardens This is a reply to an email I sent this morning after chatting to this woman on the phone, and it's related to accessibility modifications at botanical gardens there in Pretoria. Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: Linette Ferreira <mailto:L.Ferreira@xxxxxxxxxxxx> L.Ferreira@xxxxxxxxxxxx To: Jacob Kruger <mailto:jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alna Jackson <mailto:JacksoA1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> (AJ) Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:21 AM Subject: RE: Botanical gardens Dear Jacob Really great to hear from you. We have established a Tree Route here in the Garden that is wheelchair friendly and is less than a kilometer in length. It has 50 single species of indigenous trees to see. The tree Trail guide which has info about the different trees on the route has been translated into Braille and big print and the books can be obtained from the Garden Entrance for a deposit of R20. People can then get the book and just return it after they have done the trail. This trail cannot be done without the assistance of a person that can see because the trees are naturally spaced in an area for more or less a square kilometer. I attach info about the route for you. The Garden also has an Enabling Garden which highlights gardening techniques for people with disabilities. All the signboards has been translated in Braille. I am still busy with the website page, but you can visit or link SANBI's website www.sanbi.org and click on Gardens and then Pretoria. You will then be able to click on Virtual tour and the tree route info is displayed in the wetland section of the Garden. The Enabling Garden is in the section to the east of the entrance if you look at the Garden map. We are organizing a bird walk for blind or partially sighted people on Saturday 2 April. Please contact Alna Jackson from the Jakaranda Lions Club to book if you want to join. She is coordinating the Jacaranda Social Club for the Blind and her number is (012) 350 2320. Please contact me if you want more info and take care. Kind regards Linette Ferreira Interpretation Officer National Herbarium Pretoria National Botanical Garden South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) 2 Cussonia Avenue, Brummeria, Pretoria Private Bag X101, Pretoria, 0001 Tel: (012) 843 5053 Fax2email: 0866926837 Forests 2011: "Forests for People" 2011 is the UN's International Year of Forests South Africa's Trees of the Year, 2011: Common: Jacket-plum (Pappea capensis) Rare (Uncommon): Genus Pavetta (Bride's Bushes) & Common Wild Elder (Nuxia congesta) From: Jacob Kruger [mailto:jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 17 March 2011 09:33 AM To: Linette Ferreira Cc: Linette Ferreira Subject: Fw: Botanical gardens Just trying to forward the prior message, but in case it's a upper/lowercase letter issue, am including both possible versions of your email address, but if you then receive it in duplicate, that would be why. Anyway, see content of prior message below. Thanks in advance Jacob Kruger 082 413 4791 Skype: BlindZA ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacob Kruger <mailto:jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: L.ferreira@xxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 1:05 PM Subject: Botanical gardens Hi there I think my mother contacted you regarding the relatively recent adaptations that were implemented with regard to braille labeling, certain routes around the gardens, etc. etc. Anyway, since I belong to 2 local e-mail mailing lists for blind/VI guys, I would like to send them a bit of information about the various things, and possibly contact details in case they want to make their own enquiries. In other words, if you're the right person to speak to about this, could you maybe give me some details to pass on, etc., and would it be OK for me to pass this e-mail address etc. on to the mailing lists? I was also specifically just wondering about the suitability of some of the routes, etc. for someone who might be both blind and in a wheelchair, etc.? Also, if there's any of the above info on something like a website/webpage, I would then also maybe add a link to it to my collection of links on my own website: http://www.blindza.co.za/ Thanks in advance Jacob Kruger 082 413 4791 Skype: BlindZA _____ VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE ----BIODIVERSITY ADVISOR---- ON HTTP://BIODIVERSITYADVISOR.SANBI.ORG/ Think before you print. Please consider the environment before printing this email. NOTE: This e-mail message and any attachments are intended for the addressee only, and contain confidential information that may be legally privileged and/or the subject of copyright that is protected by law. Any unauthorised usage, disclosure, alteration or dissemination is prohibited. SANBI accepts no responsibility for loss, data corruption or mail that fails to reach its intended destination. Furthermore, SANBI cannot assure the integrity of this communication nor guarantee that it is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference. 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