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The lifelong gardener : garden with ease & joy at any age / Toni Gattone.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Portland, OR : Timber Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 214 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781604698534
  • 1604698535
Other title:
  • Life long gardener
  • Garden with ease and joy at any age [Portion of title]
Subject(s):
Contents:
You and your body -- Your garden -- Your tools.
Summary: "Adapted gardening expert Toni Gattone shares her proven methods for your favorite hobby easier on your aging body in The Lifelong Gardener. Inspired by her own physical needs, Master Gardener Gattone shares simple solutions -- from vertical growing to bins on wheels -- that will help you work smarter, not harder. And her message of empowerment will stir you to find joy in your garden for years to come." -- Back cover.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 635 G263 Available 33111009537305
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"The secret to making the most of later life is to keep doing what you love. With practical advice and gentle inspiration, Gattone shows us how gardening can work for people of any age." --Carl Honoré, author of In Praise of Slowness



You can keep gardening for life, you just need to make adjustment as you age. In The Lifelong Gardener , adaptive gardening expert Toni Gattone shares her proven methods for making your favorite hobby easier on your aging body--techniques that that will help you garden smarter, not harder. This helpful guide includes dozens tried-and-true methods that help eliminate the physical strain of gardening, like buying ergonomic tools, using raised beds, and moving tools around in bins on wheels. The Lifelong Gardener celebrates the joy of gardening, and Gattone's message of empowerment will stir you to find joy in your garden for years to come.



Cover design by Kim Thwaits.

You and your body -- Your garden -- Your tools.

"Adapted gardening expert Toni Gattone shares her proven methods for your favorite hobby easier on your aging body in The Lifelong Gardener. Inspired by her own physical needs, Master Gardener Gattone shares simple solutions -- from vertical growing to bins on wheels -- that will help you work smarter, not harder. And her message of empowerment will stir you to find joy in your garden for years to come." -- Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references (page 203) and index.

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