{"id":6340,"date":"2025-09-02T07:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pegasusseniorliving.com\/the-renaissance-of-florence\/?p=6340"},"modified":"2026-01-04T20:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T01:04:29","slug":"community-garden-celebrates-25th-season-of-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pegasusseniorliving.com\/the-renaissance-of-florence\/blog\/2025\/09\/02\/community-garden-celebrates-25th-season-of-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Renaissance of Florence Celebrates 25th Season of Garden-Fresh Living"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6340\" class=\"elementor elementor-6340\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4a69a6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d4a69a6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5616a91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5616a91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Betty C., 83, recently prepared her own salad using ingredients harvested from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pegasusseniorliving.com\/the-renaissance-of-florence\/\">The Renaissance of Florence\u2019s<\/a> beloved community garden.<\/p><p>Each year, an abundance of flowers blooms alongside favorite vegetables like cucumbers, peppers, and tomatoes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d38acfd blog-80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-facebook-embed\" data-id=\"d38acfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"facebook-embed.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"min-height: 1px\" class=\"elementor-facebook-widget fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/715361641406409\" data-show-text=\"false\" data-allowfullscreen=\"false\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-show-captions=\"false\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81a1df5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81a1df5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mary Donna Ott, the senior living community\u2019s Life Enrichment Director, knows how meaningful this slice of paradise is to residents who call The Renaissance home, because she helped found it 26 years ago.<\/p><p>In 1999, she began a modest garden area that was quickly embraced by residents and integrated into their daily routines.<\/p><p>\u201cOur first flowers bloomed in the spring of 2000,\u201d Mary Donna shared. \u201cTo see how it has expanded to cover our entire backyard with flowerbeds, statues, a fountain, pond, gazebo, herbs, and vegetables; it\u2019s overwhelming in the best way.\u201d<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_6345\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6345\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-80 wp-image-6345 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pegasusseniorliving.com\/the-renaissance-of-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/the-renaissance-of-florence-25th-season-of-growth.jpeg\" alt=\"Garden Living &amp; Growth | The Renaissance of Florence\" width=\"1200\" height=\"811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pegasusseniorliving.com\/the-renaissance-of-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/the-renaissance-of-florence-25th-season-of-growth.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pegasusseniorliving.com\/the-renaissance-of-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/the-renaissance-of-florence-25th-season-of-growth-300x203.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.pegasusseniorliving.com\/the-renaissance-of-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/the-renaissance-of-florence-25th-season-of-growth-1024x692.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pegasusseniorliving.com\/the-renaissance-of-florence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/the-renaissance-of-florence-25th-season-of-growth-768x519.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The original garden team at The Renaissance of Florence in 1999, planting the roots of a thriving community garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>\u201cWhat began as a simple idea has grown into something truly meaningful, a cherished part of life at The Renaissance,\u201d she added.<\/p><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Thrive Every Day in Retirement<\/h2><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>At The Renaissance of Florence, retirement is your time to put down roots and watch yourself bloom. 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