I actually want to start gardening in the next couple years! (I’m giving myself a realistic time frame   I have noticed that elder adults who garden seem more alive, more vibrant and receive more exercise. Check out the study below!
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Gardening Gives Older Adults Benefits Like Hand

Strength And Self Esteem

ScienceDaily (Feb. 17, 2009) — Researchers at Kansas State University already have shown that gardening can offer enough moderate physical activity to keep older adults in shape.

In research to be published in February in the journal HortScience, the researchers discovered that among the other health benefits of gardening is keeping older hands strong and nimble.

“One of the things we found is that older adults who are gardeners have better hand strength and pinch force, which is a big concern as you age,” said Candice Shoemaker, K-State professor of horticulture.

Shoemaker is part of a small team of K-State researchers studying the ways in which gardening affects the health of older adults. She works with Mark Haub, associate professor of human nutrition, and Sin-Ae Park, a research associate in horticulture who earned her doctorate in horticulture from K-State in December 2007. Read the rest here.

Get up and Garden!!! It’s good for you!

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