If you take care of a loved one that enjoys gardening, there is no greater joy than doing something in the garden.

Even if it is just sitting and enjoying the plants, watching a butterfly flit by, or feeling a breeze on your face.

Here is a list of tips and simple tasks in the garden that a senior gardener might enjoy:

• Plant a patio sensory garden.
• Fill small bottles with water for watering plants.
• Water plants. Especially water any new plants that may have been planted.
• Add compost or fertilizer to fertilize soil in patio pots.
• Plant herbs to use in cooking.
• Plant annuals for the spring and summer.
• Plant seeds and watch them grow each day.
• Dead head any flowers heads that are spent.
• Make garden markers for remembering.
• Pick any herbs or vegetables when ready.
• Plant grass seed in pots with the grand kids. Then give the grass seed a hair cut.
• Fill bird feeders when bird food is low.
• Watch the activity of bird houses to see if any new birds or babies appear.
• Obtain a bird book for the back patio.
• Caregivers can take pictures of plants that mom or dad may not have access to.
• Journal or photograph your garden. Post them to a social media page.
• Decorate a garden hat for wearing in the garden.
• Make garden beads.
• Sweep the porch.
• Obtain a sturdy chair for mom or dad to sit in.
• Find a nice shady area to sit or work in.
• If your loved one enjoys the sun, have sunscreen available.
• Make a search of the patio and garden areas for safety issues where your loved one may go. Fix or remove anything unsafe.
• See The Senior Gardeners Toolbox for more tips.