Even dedicated gardeners eventually ask how long they can maintain the beds and borders they’ve created over time. Led by Chris Ferrero, this program on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 1 to 3 p.m., offers a fresh look at garden design, plant selection, ergonomic tools, and practical techniques to help you adapt your garden to changing needs — without sacrificing beauty. The focus shifts the question from whether we can keep gardening as we age to how we can continue doing it well.

Chris Ferrero is a gardening speaker, writer and consultant. Chris is a Cornell Master Gardener from Dutchess County, N.Y., where in addition to speaking and teaching classes, she has led demonstration garden renovations, organized regional events and served on teams as a perennials specialist known for particular expertise in shade gardening, flowering shrubs, pollinator-approved planting designs, and native plants as alternatives to invasives.