Gardening for a Lifetime How to Garden Wiser as You Grow Older

Gardening for a Lifetime How to Garden Wiser as You Grow Older by Sydney Eddison ($14.95) won the National Garden Clubs Award of Excellence. As we age it takes us longer to do some things, it hurts when we do the chores that formerly caused few, if any problems and we want to age in place. We do not want to leave our memories This was Mrs. Eddison's determination. Sydney Eddison's garden reflected the phases of her life, the plantings reminded her who had given her the plants, what was happening in her life at a particular time and those who helped her. She liked all that went into making her garden. So she looked for a simpler way to garden, to reduce the maintenance and

and keep her bliss. Following steps appropriate to many aspects of aging, Sydney Eddison stepped toward simplicity, she picked her garden battles and reduce some of her gardening dreams to a manageable size -containers. Available at MacIntyres Fine books in the Village Center, Fearrington