The Challenge: Create a raised garden for older folks who have trouble kneeling and bending over.
The Solution: Cut into the slope in back yard to create a retained garden bed 22 inches high.

Here is the first spring of the new raised garden bed.

See how they can enjoy the garden from inside the 3-season porch.

And the summer garden created by two 85-year old gardeners. Think of the pleasure it brought!

In a Vermont woodland, this memorial bench overlooks a quiet river. Red-twig Dogwoods and other native shrubs enfold this special place.