Landmarks help Blind Gardeners + Gardening for Birds

Food System
Written By Steven Biggs

The gardens at the Canadian Hellen Keller Centre; and tips to attract birds to the garden.

Gardening for the Blind

Christine Nichols and Gord Johnston share ideas to help blind and low-vision people garden, and talk about the gardens at the Canadian Hellen Keller Centre, which serves the deaf-blind community.

They talk about:

  • Using landmarks in the garden

  • Colours for low-vision gardeners

  • Spatial awareness in the garden

  • Visual memory

Bird Gardening

Steven Price, past president of Birds Canada, talks about gardening for birds.

Steven Price, past president of Birds Canada, talks about how to attract birds to gardens and how to make gardens bird-friendly.

He talks about:

  • Plants

  • Features (e.g. water features)

  • Feed

For more ideas about gardening for birds, visit birdgardens.ca.

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Steven Biggs

Recognized by Garden Making Magazine as one of the "green gang" of Canadians making a difference in horticulture, Steven Biggs is a horticulturist, former college instructor, and award-winning broadcaster and author. His passion is helping home gardeners grow food in creative and attractive ways.


He’s the author of eight gardening books, including the Canadian bestseller No Guff Vegetable Gardening. His articles have appeared in Canada’s Local Gardener, Mother Earth News, Fine Gardening, Garden Making, Country Guide, Edible Toronto, and other magazines.


Along with over 30 years working in the horticultural sector and a horticultural-science major at the University of Guelph, Steven’s experience includes hands-on projects in his own garden including wicking beds, driveway strawbale gardens, and a rooftop tomato plantation—to the ongoing amusement of neighbours.


When not in the garden, you might catch him recording his award-winning Food Garden Life podcast or canoeing in Algonquin Park.

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