The planter can be placed at a height which gives the disabled individual maximum gardening space within his normal reach. Raised planters can be either permanent or temporary structures depending on the desires and needs of the gardener. There is a wide choice of plants that can be used in planters. Planters can be built to be mobile if needed to adjust to available sun or move out of the way during other activities. Problems of poor soil or soil borne disease can be easily over- come.
Planters drain well, warm quickly, and thus produce early crops.
Seedlings can be started in small mobile planters indoors and brought out when the weather is appropriate, thus extending the growing season. Planters offer opportunities for innovative landscape ideas and creative plant structures such as walls of plants. Full sun or at least six hours of sun a day is recommended for raised planters and containers, 8-10 hours if vegetables are to be grown. If full sun is not available, then choose shade- tolerant plants such as begonias and impatiens. All raised planters and container gardens will need more watering than a standard garden.