[blindza] Fw: Botanical gardens
- From: "Jacob Kruger" <jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "NAPSA Blind" <blind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:20:21 +0200
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
L.Ferreira@xxxxxxxxxxxx
To: Jacob Kruger
Cc: Alna Jackson (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
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
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