Worth Repeating: Gardening Advice for Aging Bodies

WORTH-REPEATING

“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 7/1/13: 

 

 

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A thriving garden at Portofino Villas in Pomona, CA, an EngAGE Community.

Gardening is a favorite pastime for many EngAGE community residents, so we were happy to discover two articles in the NY Times devoted to ideas to make it easier for older gardeners:

“Readers sent dozens of questions about aging and gardening to Patty Cassidy, the author of “The Illustrated Practical Guide to Gardening for Seniors: How to Maintain Your Outside Space with Ease Into Retirement and Beyond” (2011, Anness). Ms. Cassidy is a registered horticultural therapist, a master gardener certified through Oregon State University, and a former counselor with a master’s degree from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore. She currently oversees therapeutic gardening programs for seniors at Providence ElderPlace, a nonprofit health care agency in Portland.”

Click here to read Part One and click here for Part Two.

 

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