Love to garden but finding the physical activity a little more difficult with age? With humor and insights from personal experiences, Master Gardener Cris Blackstone will show you how to keep gardening fun, comfortable, and rewarding at any age. Learn new ways to accomplish your gardening goals while avoiding physical pain and discomfort. Discover affordable and free ways to modify your lawn, garden and property to benefit the earth - and your joints! The class will last one hour, and provide ample time for personalized Q&A afterwards.

About the Teacher
Cris Blackstone is a UNH Cooperative Extension Advanced Master Gardener, earning that distinction with her focus on lifestyle gardening at any age. She's a frequent presenter at garden clubs and horticulture conferences. She's also a freelance writer on topics from ecology, environmentally friendly landscapes, and helping gardeners shift mindsets from old habits to new when faced with physical challenges. Her articles have been published in Mass Hort's literature, in the NH Council on Aging newsletters, NH Landscape Association's professional publication, and numerous newspaper columns. Serving on her town's Conservation Commission and as a Commissioner for the NH Department of Environmental Services' Waste Management Committee, she sees many professional opinions which help shape her views and professional development. And she's a photographer too! Her nature-based photographs have been included in the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's magazine, and won prizes from Mass Hort, National Federation of Pen Women and other flower-based organizations.

Tickets
$25 for Members, $30 for Non-members. Perfect for adult gardeners. Get Tickets on Eventbrite.