Here are some ways to spread the spirit of gardening in your local community.
Plant a Row for the Hungry at a Local Community Garden
In this land of plenty it?s very difficult to visualize lacking access to high quality food at an affordable charge. Having said that, for many Americans finding a healthy meal is not always easy. It?s estimated almost 33 million people, including 13 million children, turn to emergency food because they cannot pay for the food they need.
Hold a Plant Swap at a Community Church
The best plants aren?t always from your local garden center or seed catalog. As a replacement they are collected through quick cuttings or by gathering up seeds from the garden of a friend or family member. These ?pass-along plants? supply both grace and sentiment to your garden.
Have a Spring Cleaning Green Up Day at a Senior?s Home
Spring cleaning ? indoors and out ? is a ritual that marks late winter and ?the start of a brand new season, and similar to many activities, it?s more fun when you share it. A senior?s home, your street, neighborhood, Town Park, and any other public space could use some greening up; it just takes someone to organize a small group.
Yard Sale Philanthropy
The emergence of spring, coupled with longer days and higher temperatures, conjures up visions of green oases teeming with tomatoes and brimming with beans. Spring is also a time for cleaning out. This year, celebrate National Garden Month in an unexpected way-by visiting yard sales in search of second-hand stuff that every senior?s garden needs.
Organize a Garden Visit with Senior Friends, Over Tea!
Gardeners grow more than plants ? every one of us has stories to share. For a change, why not share them in over tea? Socialization and admiration of another person?s garden brings joy to everyone.
Other ideas for having fun with seniors in your area:
-Organize or join in a town beautification day.
-Visit your nearby farmers? market.
-Flatter a neighbor on his or her garden.
-Gather with neighbors to purchase compost and mulch in bulk quantities.
-Volunteer to plant and sustain a garden at your community library.
-Submit a gardening article or essay to your nearby newspaper.
-Talk to an elder to learn what foods his or her family grew when he or she was a child.
-Seek out neighbors from various ethnic groups to find out about their native cuisine and gardening techniques.
-Clean up your street or a local park by picking up trash.
-Share a cutting of one of your favorite landscape or houseplants with a senior neighbor.
-Inventory your gardening gear (e.g., pots, seeds, and stakes) and give away the excess to a community gardening program, assisted living facility or school garden.
-Celebrate other important ?green? holidays: Earth Day (April 22) and National Arbor Day (April 26).
-Volunteer at your local school?s garden.
-Volunteer at a local senior center?s garden.
-Start a neighborhood garden club.
-Share your garden?s bounty with a senior neighbor.
-Have fun doing a gardening project with a senior.
-Deliver houseplants or flowers to a nursing home, assisted living or children?s hospital.
-Donate past issues of gardening magazines to your library, or buy the library a gift subscription.
Senior care counselors at?At Your Service?are available to talk with you about your?in-home care?needs including how to reduce?caregiver?stress while providing better, affordable care. We are an?elder care agency providing?Senior Care in Sonoma.
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