Mobility landscaping work includes improving access to and around your garden constructing paths for wheelchairs leveling slopes terracing fitting.
Gardening for the elderly design.
Gardening has many health and therapeutic benefits for older people especially edible gardening.
Creating an easy care senior garden.
Waist high raised beds are one way to eliminate bending altogether.
Middle aged backs easily get stiff and sore if they re not given the proper care.
Low stamina and limited mobility are two of the biggest impacts of aging.
The catch 22 of gardening and seniors is that gardening is good for seniors ricky kemery horticulture educator for the allen county office of the purdue cooperative extension service told.
Some medical conditions and physical disabilities may restrict or prevent older people from participating in gardening.
Senior gardening activities may require some adaptation and knowledge on elderly accessible gardens.
For many gardening is a pleasant form of exercise in which all motor skills are used.
Thus it improves strength and endurance.
Not just seniors but people of all ages find gardening helps them reduce stress feel satisfied and get a sense of intrinsic wellbeing.
With tall raised beds seeding weeding and harvesting are a snap.
Easy access to your garden layout design tips and landscaping services that may help if you are elderly disabled or gardening from a wheelchair are covered on or linked from this page.