What if one of the secrets to longevity doesn't need to be a workout plan or a diet, but can

actually just be your garden and the act of gardening? I am so excited about today's episode,

Rhonda Fleming Hayes, she's the author of Garden for Life, and she is an advocate for seniors

who want to garden, but do it in a way that is safe for them and accommodating

as they age gracefully into their next season of life. There's so many things that go into

gardening as a senior when you're shifting from working to being retired, juggling grandkids,

juggling maybe limited mobility and all sorts of other

things that come up. And Rhonda has lived this herself and is such a great educator on how

gardening just simply needs to evolve as we age. It doesn't mean that you can't do it anymore.

It actually means that you can enjoy it even more if you

intentionally make a few shifts to set yourself up for success at that 55 to 60 mark.

Because gardening is ultimately a mind-body practice and it's something that we should be doing

from the minute we are born to the minute we die, in my opinion. Today's conversation, you're

going to learn how to adapt to your space, tech your joy in the garden, and stay connected

to your plants in every season of life.

Welcome to the Growing Joy with Plants podcast, where we not only learn how to care for plants

successfully, but how to simply and affordably use our plant babies to cultivate more joy

in our lives by doing so. I'm Maria, former plant killer turned happy plant lady, author of

Growing Joy, The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness, speaker, podcaster, and most importantly, your new best plant friend.

On Growing Joy with Plants, you'll find conversations about house plant care,

gardening tutorials, and wellness through the lens of plants.

Plant care is self-care on Growing Joy.

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