Articles On:garden

June 25, 2025

A Garden Option for Seniors: Hydroponic Gardening

No yard? No problem! Whether you miss tending a summer garden or simply want fresher, ...

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Hydroponic tower, a great garden option for seniors - small spaces and indoors, with no need for yard
May 20, 2025

10 Reasons to Grow Your Own Greens

Do you know where your salad comes from? You can! Growing your own leafy greens ...

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A raised bed of three types of homegrown lettuce, for article on why and how to grow your own greens.
October 9, 2024

A Native Container Garden on Your Patio

You may know that native plants have a positive impact on the environment, while non-native ...

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In many U.S. regions, a purple coneflower (Echinacea bogdan) can make a beautiful specimen in your native container garden.
June 7, 2024

Winning Flowers for Containers and Gardens

Whether you’re planting in your yard or container gardening, these 2024 winning flowers will add ...

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Sweetheart Kisses verbena attracts pollinators and brings a vibrant mix of red, rose, pink and a bit of white to gardens or containers. (All-America Selections/TNS)
April 17, 2023

Gardening with the Grandkids

The benefits of gardening apply to people of all ages. This year, if you dig ...

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granddad and granddaughter together in a garden. From Unsplash. The benefits of gardening apply to people of all ages. Next time you dig in the dirt, find ways to do some gardening with the grandkids.
April 3, 2023

Community Garden: A Perfect Option for Seniors

Gardening can be therapeutic – enjoyable even – but people who have downsized, who live ...

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Three seniors working in a community garden. Image by Anna Griessel. Gardening can be therapeutic, but not everyone has a yard. A community garden can provide that therapy plus vegetables, fruits, and flowers.
November 14, 2022

Seniors Can Protect Our Planet – and Our People

Environmental problems, including climate change, affect everyone, and everyone can contribute to combatting the problems. ...

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volunteer collecting recyclables in a field, with help from a young girl. Photo by Wavebreakmedia Ltd. Seniors can protect our planet for a healthier Earth and a better life for all, using these easy ideas for environmental responsibility.
September 26, 2022

Cool Weather Gardening

Gardens are for spring and summer, right? They don’t have to be! Imagine working with ...

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two women gardening in cool weather, planting lettuces. photo by radzian, Dreamstime. Cool weather gardening offers the chance to benefit from light outdoor work while adding pretty plants to your garden and living areas.
April 7, 2022

6 Big Benefits of Gardening for Seniors

People typically think of gardening as either a hobby or a necessary evil – we ...

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Man Working In Raised Bed Garden Photo By Katie Nesling Dreamstime. Benefits of gardening for seniors include exercise, vitamin D production, stress reduction, relaxation from serotonin and dopamine, and more.
August 5, 2020

8 Ways to Help Your Plants Survive Hot Weather

How does hot weather make you feel? Sweaty, tired, and thirsty? Imagine you’re a plant ...

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Senior woman waters the plants in the summertime heat