Ageless GardensStagione 1
The series Ageless Gardens is a visual celebration of gardens - and gardeners - with a special emphasis on the role gardens can play in healthy aging.
Dove guardare Ageless Gardens • Stagione 1
5 Episodi
- #101: Healing Plants
E1#101: Healing PlantsA renowned writer attributes her health and longevity to gardening. A medicine woman finds remedies for her people in 'nature's pharmacy.' A sculptor who has gardened for over 70 years gains inspiration. A controversial healing plant, in cookie form, is used as a natural sleeping pill. - #102: Therapeutic Gardens
E2#102: Therapeutic GardensHospice patients use gardening as therapy, for the aging body. An engineer practices bonsai gardening to restore his mind. A 93 year-old retired nurse uses gardening as a quiet time to remember loved ones. A therapist creates a hospital garden that gives patients a place to relax and restore. - #103: The Wild Garden
E3#103: The Wild GardenA restaurateur forages for wild mushrooms to use in his world-renowned eatery. Sisters-in-law bloggers locate wild plants for tea, and a nighttime tonic. An entrepreneur harvests seaweed for topical and edible uses. A west coast gardener rescues wild plants that create an oasis for local wildlife. - #104: Gardens Grow Community
E4#104: Gardens Grow CommunityA group of community gardeners campaign to change city boulevard gardening laws. A radio host keeps a virtual community of gardeners together, over the airwaves. Recent immigrants and refugees seek engagement with others in their new community. Over 200 volunteers work together to maintain a vast public garden for all to enjoy. - #105: Adaptive Gardening
E5#105: Adaptive GardeningA gardener uses raised garden beds so she can continue her hobby after hip surgery. Disabled gardeners use a variety of adaptive tools. A retiree downsizes when her husband moves to a care home. A Toronto landscape architect plans a low maintenance patio garden to suit his own aging lifestyle. A woodworker builds gardening tools for impaired gardeners.