Harvey, four and his younger sister Megan, aged one, were nominated by the Royal London Society for Blind People (RLSB) to receive a garden makeover on the show to suit their additional needs.
The two children, who attend RLSB’s specialist Dalton House nursery in Sevenoaks, Kent, were featured on the programme on Tuesday 6 August.
Harvey and Megan suffer from a rare condition called achromotopsia, which makes their eyes painfully sensitive to sunlight and affects the clarity of their vision. The genetic disorder meant that parents Louise and Andy had been nervous about letting the children play in the garden.
But, under the direction of RLSB’s head of early years, Maggie Bindon, show presenter Alan Titchmarsh designed a safe space with a shaded pergola area, a living wall, sand and water pits and smooth surfaces to reduce the danger of tripping.
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