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

Sooner or later, every older gardener faces a similar challenge. At some point, we all find ourselves asking 'If I can't get out there and dig, plant, and prune as I used to, what am I going to do'? The garden has been an everyday part of Sydney Eddison's life for over forty years. It has witnessed the changing of seasons, her greatest joys, and her deepest sorrows. The garden and the gardener have aged and changed together. "Gardening for a Lifetime" is a touching memoir about having to scale back after widowhood and painful joints made it impossible to keep up with a large country garden. Intermixing personal experience with practical gardening tips, Eddison has written an encouraging road map for accepting and embracing a new and simpler way of gardening. Elegant black and white illustrations evoke Eddison's everyday joy, sorrow, and contentment in the garden. Gentle, personable, and practical, "Gardening for a Lifetime" helps transform gardening from a list of daunting chores into the rewarding, joy-filled activity it was meant to be.

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"Practical advice and heartfelt anecdotes on how to transform gardening into a labor of love." "Sydney Eddison has long shared with readers...her experiences maintaining her garden in Connecticut. Now she's using those experiences to help older gardeners like herself continue to pursue their passion as they age."--Akron Beacon Journal "Eddison's thoughtful reflections are timely for countless gardeners who are approaching the time in their lives when a garden sanctuary can feel like a burden."--Booklist "While this book is meant for gardeners who are getting older, it's relevant reading for anyone who may not have endless supplies of time, energy and money to devote to their garden."--Connecticut Gardener "Anyone who's gardened for a long time will want to read Sydney Eddison's new book"--Philadelphia Inquirer "Her advice is both practical and creative." --Winston-Salem Journal All of us need to begin addressing these issues, and this [book] is a gentle way to get started.--MuckAbout.com A delightful read with many helpful hints about simplifying garden maintenance.--The Providence Journal A very personal book with many nuggets of information.--All The Dirt On Gardening.com A lovely read for those of us who can no longer put 16 hours a day into the garden.--California Country Magazine While many of the practices included in the book speak to the older gardener, those with mobility issues, no matter their age, will find Eddison's ideas both gentle and practical.--NY Times Book Review 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. You can tuck this perfect gift into your basket...--TheDailyBasics.com Practical, imaginative and delightful...--Hartford Courant Her book is packed with insights that readers will find helpful, whether they're nearing a certain age or simply trying to plan their gardens well.--On Point, NPR Gardens change, and so do we--our time, our needs, our energy. Sydney tells us how to roll with the changes...how to garden for life without getting lost in the weeds.--NotesFromASmallGarden.com An excellent and thoughtful new book...a must read both for now (after all, who doesn't want to garden smarter?) and for your future gardening self. She is practical, humorous and clear-sighted.--Booklist Eddison's thoughtful reflections are timely for countless gardeners who are approaching the time in their lives when a garden sanctuary can feel like a burden.--Garden Rant Sydney Eddison is my kind of garden writer, now passing along wisdom acquired from 50 years. No BS, no rhetoric. Trust this writer; she knows what she's talking about.--Akron Beacon Journal Sydney Eddison has long shared with readers...her experiences maintaining her garden in Connecticut. Now she's using those experiences to help older gardeners like herself continue to pursue their passion as they age.--Connecticut Gardener Magazine While this book is meant for gardeners who are getting older, it's relevant reading for anyone who may not have endless supplies of time, energy and money to devote to their garden.--LandscapeDesignWeb.com [Eddison] writes with wisdom and experience. Are you looking for anything more?--Philadelphia Inquirer Anyone who's gardened for a long time will want to read Sydney Eddison's new book.--DesignNJ "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. You can tuck this perfect gift into your basket." --New York Times Book Review "Sydney Eddison is my kind of garden writer, now passing along wisdom acquired from 50 years. No BS, no rhetoric. Trust this writer; she knows what she's talking about." --Garden Rant

About this edition

• Publisher: Timber Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1604690658
• ISBN 13: 9781604690651
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 204