Description

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This ground-breaking new book shows how easy it is for seniors to carry on gardening, into and way beyond retirement. It looks at different kinds of homes and the gardens they provide, assessing the location, local climate and soil type and evaluating problems such as arthritis and loss of balance. The book also outlines the importance of taking care of your body, summarizing the safety issues, what to wear, warm-up exercises and equipment to make the garden easy to access for unsteady feet or wheelchairs. Included is a directory that profiles the many planting choices available, each with a difficulty rating and a hardiness category. Gardening for Seniors is packed with projects, garden plans and step-by-step sequences. It will appeal to active gardeners in their early retirement through to those with more limited abilities, showing how, by adapting garden activities and the tools employed, the joy of gardening will remain undiminished.

- A fresh and inspiring new guide to gardening for

those on their more advanced years, from active

retirees to those with more limited abilities

- Essential reading for anyone who wants to enjoy

their garden forever, as well as those that want to

give an enjoyment of the garden to enrich the lives

of less able seniors in their care

- Accessible step-by-step techniques and advice,

from planning and equipment to planting and

maintenance, with over 900 instructional and

inspirational photographs

- Presents a range of special equipment to help

gardeners with a variety of conditions, including

hypertension, arthritis, balance and back problems

- Packed with projects designed for older gardeners,

this unique volume reveals how you can adapt

garden activities to ensure the joy of gardening

remains undiminished

About the Author

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Patty Cassidy is a horticultural therapist with experience working with assisted living elders, seniors with physical limitations or memory disorders and neglected children. She currently works in a horticultural therapy role at a number of healing gardens, including Fairway Village in Vancouver, Washington; Providence Elder Place in Gresham, Oregon; and Garden Partners in Portland, Oregon. She is a board member of the Northwest Chapter American Horticultural Therapy Association and president of the Friends of Portland Memory Garden. Gardening for Seniors is her first book.