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gardening for the elderly

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Houston Botanical Gardens has (had?) some wonderful raised bed areas in 
their Rose Gardens. These were primarily for handicapped people to access 
with very wide paths, and some arches, arbors, etc over the row ends for 
some shady areas. The beds themselves were much more raised than would be 
practical for most folk, as they are at least waist high.
The corners and edges were always planted with scented geraniums, sprawly 
mints, and other plants that tumble out of the planting area and delight 
the senses as they are brushed. The garden markers were also in Braille, 
but if you're gardening for an elderly person, LARGE letters on your plant 
identifiers will be a big help, too.  And there are a lot of ergonamic 
designs for hand tools on the market now for arthritic sufferers and other 
handicaps.

If you don't want to build 'mountains' in your yard, what about trying 
window boxes? Mounting boxes at the appropriate height along a wall or 
ledge would still give a lot of gardening possibilities, I'd think. (I know 
this is deviating away from SQFT somewhat.) martha






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