A wonderful thing happened on Mother's Day! My wife asked to go to the plant nursery.
We looked at plants, talked with the horticulturist about certain plants she wants to grow in our yard, and came home with some plants and plans.

Background: My wife has been ill with overlapping illnesses for several years, lapsing into a deep depression and gradually losing the ability to garden, which was something she enjoyed a lot.
After 3 surgeries over the last 3 years, cancer is gone and there has been a miraculous relief of the pain from her trigeminal neuralgia. The depression is lifting. She's begun taking short walks and her visual/balance therapist said she could begin driving her car.

In our community the houses have very small perimeter lots. With forethought the gardening can be not too heavy for two old geezers.

What is wonderful is that my wife is planning some new native plants which will take 3 years to establish. This is a person who was struggling to make it through the day and had given up much long term hopes.

To age well in place, we really need some sense of a future we are planning for our home, something we care about and want to give from our life energies. Planting a new garden is an expression of hope for our home. It's a plan for future life.

Watch people select and buy plants. When they've found their plants, the approach the checkout with calm, almost secret smiles.
That is a good way to age.