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

Eddison, Sydney

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1604690658 ISBN 13: 9781604690651

Publisher: Timber Press, 2010

Synopsis

Although the garden may beckon as strongly as ever, the tasks involved ― pulling weeds, pushing wheelbarrows, digging holes, moving heavy pots ― become increasingly difficult, or even impossible, with advancing age. But the idea of giving it up is unthinkable for most gardeners. So what’s the alternative?

In Gardening for a Lifetime, Sydney Eddison draws on her own forty years of gardening to provide a practical and encouraging roadmap for scaling back while keeping up with the gardening activities that each gardener loves most. Like replacing demanding plants like delphiniums with sturdy, relatively carefree perennials like sedums, rudbeckias, and daylilies. Or taking the leap and hiring help ― another pair of hands, even for a few hours a week, goes a long way toward getting a big job done. Or maybe it makes sense to get rid of high-maintenance trees, shrubs, or perennials.

This edition features a new chapter in which Sydney’s struggles with hip and back problems
force her to walk the walk. As a friend of hers says, “Last summer you wrote the book. Now, I’m happy to
see that you’ve read it.” Gentle, personable, and practical, Gardening for a Lifetime will be welcomed by all gardeners looking to transform gardening from a list of daunting chores into the rewarding, joy-filled activity it was meant to be.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

“I found it liberating to be given an excuse to ditch some of my backbreaking chores. Who’s waiting to grow old? I’m preparing for the future right now.” —Dominique Browning, The New York Times

In prose so resonant that you may find yourself in tears of recognition, lifelong gardener Sydney Eddison offers practical and heartfelt advice that will help you transform gardening from a daunting list of chores into a rewarding, joy-filled activity.

Eddison draws on her own experiences and those of other dyed-in-the-wool gardeners to present a version of gardening that is both realistic and encouraging. And while many of the practices described are ideal for older gardeners, they also have much to offer younger gardeners with demanding professional or family responsibilities.

This new edition offers a brand new chapter, bringing readers up to date about the ongoing changes in the author's garden and life. 

About the Author:

Sydney Eddison has written six other books on gardening. She has been honored by National Garden Clubs Inc. with their Award of Excellence for 2010. For her work as a writer, gardener, and lecturer, she has also received the Connecticut Horticultural Society’s Gustav A. L. Melquist Award in 2002; the New England Wild Flower Society’s Kathryn S. Taylor Award in 2005; and in 2006, The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut’s Bronze Medal. Her garden has been featured in magazines and on television. A former scene designer and drama teacher, Eddison lectures widely and is a frequent contributor to Fine Gardening magazine and other publications.

About this edition

• Publisher: Timber Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1604690658
• ISBN 13: 9781604690651
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208