The seniors at Seashore Gardens Living Center display their gnomes proudly at the recent Eldergrow program.
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP – Seniors at Seashore Gardens Living Center made pine cone garden gnomes for their December Eldergrow project to help bring good luck for the holiday season.
Resident Shirley shows off her gnome in progress.
Eldergrow educator Mikkele Lawless taught the residents about pine trees, how they grow, and the golden ratio – a logarithmic spiral at the bottom of the cone that gets wider for every quarter turn it makes.
Residents named their gnomes and were excited to display their little buddies for all to see.
Eldergrow is a therapeutic gardening program that engages residents in meaningful ways: physically, socially, cognitively, creatively and spiritually. The benefits of therapeutic horticulture are numerous and include improving motor skills, reducing the risk factors for dementia, elevating mood, improving sleep, reducing falls, reducing agitation, improving self-esteem, and acting as an antidepressant.
Residents assemble their gnomes.
