Some more elderly people find that as time goes by they are less able to cope with the necessary tasks in the garden. This can be a worry as they may want their garden to look well maintained and welcoming to guests, but they feel unable to carry out the often physical work that is needed to keep the garden looking good.
One obvious solution is to employ a gardener, but this may be too expensive for some people. It could be however that a gardener could be employed periodically to carry out bigger tasks such as pruning trees or digging over flower beds. Family members may be willing to help with ongoing maintenance such as mowing the lawn especially if there is the incentive of a cup of tea and a piece of homemade cake on offer.
Looking at ways of making the garden easy maintenance is worthwhile if gardening is becoming a problem. Weed matting and bark or gravel can be used to cut down on weeding in some areas and lawns are much easier to keep tidy than lots of flower beds.
If you live in an area where some properties do not have gardens it could be that neighbours in this position may be interested in helping out in return for using your garden to grow produce such as vegetables. It is certainly worth enquiring as long as you know the people involved and trust them to be at your property when you may be out.