| Lifestyle
Whether you’re looking to stay active, relieve stress or connect with others, tilling the soil is one of many activities that can help you age with vibrance and vigor. Let’s explore some of gardening’s benefits for folks 65 and older. Getting Your Hands Dirty Promotes Physical Well-being While… Read More
| Active Seniors, Gardening, General, Independent Living, Volunteers
Audrey Austin and Rachel Manning in the secret garden Did you know there was a garden in the west wing at Springmoor? It’s a surprise to many who don’t walk down this hallway on a daily basis. The Garden Room is a beautiful sunny greenhouse for residents to… Read More
| Active Seniors, Community, Gardening, General, Independent Living
a little laughter in the garden Most mornings you will find the Springmoor Garden Club, a group of almost thirty gardeners: pulling weeds, watering plants or picking their vegetables. They are early risers and up and out before it is too hot each day. The season starts in… Read More
| Active Seniors, Gardening, General, Independent Living
The soil was tilled, the fertilizer added, the seeds planted (some in paper cups), the stakes put in and the watering began. Much to the gardener’s delight Raleigh has had 9.5” of rain since March! Today, the gardeners are beginning to pick their cucumbers, zucchini and peppers. Read More
| Active Seniors, Community, Gardening, General, Independent Living
By Thom Morgan, Springmoor Landscape Manager Right now the weather doesn’t seem conducive to enjoying our outdoor hobbies such as hiking, bird watching or gardening. I’m writing this blog just after the February 16/17 “Event.” The hot weather will come soon enough though, and in our rush to… Read More
| General
By Thom Morgan, Springmoor landscape manager As we get older, some of us consider the color gray a bad thing, but in the landscape, Gray is Great! Gray goes well with any color, so you can’t go wrong using it in any color scheme. If used with the warm colored… Read More
| Gardening
By Thom Morgan, Springmoor Landscape Manager If you are planning to travel this summer and have an interest in horticulture, you might want to go online and get a list of botanical gardens and arboretums along your route. In Raleigh, we are fortunate to have the J.C. Raulston… Read More
| General
By Thom Morgan, Springmoor Landscape Manager You Know You’re a Gardener If: Thom Morgan You have stored enough garden hoses in your garage that they could wrap ten times around the Earth’s equator (and they don’t all connect, or they… Read More
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