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1. A horticultural therapy apparatus accommodating persons using a wheelchair or other mobility devices utilized by the disabled, comprising:
a rounded concave vessel to hold plants and to hold growing media or mixture; and a support structure for elevating said vessel, said support structure including substantially horizontal metal support beams and substantially vertical metal support beams, said support structure including support bands on an underside of said rounded concave vessel, said vessel including design molded horizontal lips that substantially cover said substantially horizontal metal support beams, said vessel being fabricated from a thermally insulating synthetic plastic materials mix, said horizontal lips and said vertical lips having a rough surface texture adapted to inhibit slipping, said support structure elevating said vessel to such a height as to allow a person occupying a mobility device or wheelchair to approach said vessel and physically position the legs of a person and a portion of a mobility device or wheelchair substantially beneath said vessel, thereby enabling tending to activities within said vessel. |