GardenFit

Hortulus Farm's 30 acres in Wrightstown, Pa., features two dozen themed gardens; gardening on a grand scale causes grand aches; lifting and pruning adjustments.

A Japanese garden in Roxbury, Conn., offers spiritual relaxation; using the principles of Yin and Yang to relieve knee discomfort.

Soul Fire Farm in Petersburg, N.Y., focuses on food sovereignty and African traditional techniques that respect the land; a gardener eases foot and lower back pain by paying attention to range of motion.

Touring a Miami tropical habitat surrounding an urban office building and private residence; a strength training routine enables a gardener to maintain his body.

A five-acre prairie-style garden in Fort Collins, Colo., features boulders, native plants and more than 200 trees and shrubs; simple exercises alleviate wrist and leg pain caused by propagation and planting.

Harvest time at the largest saffron farm in North America; how gardeners get relief from back pain caused by harvesting at ground level.

A 95-year-old harvests vegetables and flowers daily in her garden in Peapack, N.J.

A vegetarian gardener makes a life-long fitness plan at his vegetable and fruit paradise.

A garden in Middleburg, Va., features a combination of botanical rooms, including English borders, formal gardens and a French parterre; how counter movements relieve rotational pain.

A topiary forest in Richmond, Mass., surrounded by hedge gardens, potted plant combinations and stumpery; relieving back pain caused by clipping with simple turns and a new daily habit.

A gardener in Carp Lake, Mich., plants three sister vegetables.

Taking care of a desert garden that boasts nearly 100 species takes a physical toll; stretching offers relief.

An English-style garden in Washington, Conn., and a Mediterranean-style desert garden overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Santa Barbara, Calif., have similarities.