Eldergrow therapeutic gardening program allows Westminster Terraces senior living residents to get their hands dirty

Wednesday’s snack for residents of The Terraces at Westminster — “dirt” cups made with chocolate pudding, crushed chocolate cookies and gummy worms — was especially fitting, as a new indoor herb garden program made its debut at the facility. In an event designed to introduce residents to the Eldergrow D-I-Y Culinary Herb Garden program, some residents got their hands dirty Wednesday afternoon, with an initial planting of fragrant mint, lavender and rosemary. “This is going to bring the gardens inside for everybody,” said Terraces Executive Director Laura Holden. “So that way everybody’s able to enjoy it.” Eldergrow, a Seattle-based company, offers therapeutic gardening programs to seniors in residential and skilled nursing facilities across the country.