Contact Us Gardening for Health Fresh flowers, fresh vegetables, fresh herbs, fresh air. If you're a gardener, the hours spent planting, weeding, watering and harvesting pay off in so many ways.
Gardeners rely on agility, flexibility and strength.
There's even an osteoporosis benefit. All those weight-bearing motions involved in digging holes, pulling weeds, moving rocks and pushing mowers help build healthy bone mass. Approach gardening like a contact sport. Strengthen your hands by squeezing on a rubber ball six times per hand, then extend your fingers in a stretch for eight seconds, then relax. Keep back pain at bay by strengthening your abdominal muscles.