Music & Memory Success

Juniper Village at Naples launched our Music & Memory Program in 2015. A little less than a year later more than half of our residents have their very own personalized music downloaded to an iPod thanks to some very generous donations. This music elicits positive memories and stimulates the brain to recognize familiar experiences. Music is the universal language and one that we can share together.

We have the opportunity to witness the individual moments of joy with our residents.  In this picture, you will see our resident Joyce enjoying a color sensory tile while indulging in some personalized music. 

Juniper Village at Naples Welcomes New Celebrity Resident Mr. Jerry Baker.

Mr. Baker is an American author, entrepreneur, public speaker, and product spokesperson who has written numerous books on gardening, home hints, and health topics. He is best known as America’s Master Gardener, and for creating his world-famous DIY tonics using common household products like beer, baby shampoo, castor oil, and mouthwash.

Mr. Baker began his career in the 1960s as an undercover cop in Detroit, Michigan, but his interest in gardening lead him to local Detroit radio and TV appearances. He eventually became a frequent guest on Dinah Shore’s daytime TV show. In the 1970’s Mr. Baker was a frequent guest on TV shows like The Mike Douglas Show, The Merv Griffin Show, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He hosted his own TV show, Plants Are Like People, on KMOX.

Mr. Baker wrote his first best-selling book, Plants Are Like People, in 1972. The following year his second best-selling book, Talk to Your Plants, was published. In the 1990s and 2000s, Mr. Baker had his own series of gardening shows that ran on Public Television stations in the USA and Canada.

Over the years, Mr. Baker has served as a product spokesperson for Jacobsen Lawn Mowers, Hudson Sprayers, U.S. Gypsum, and Plantabs. His big break came from his affiliation with the Garden Weasel, a tool for loosening soil. Mr. Baker appeared as the Garden Weasel’s spokesperson in advertising materials, including radio and TV ads, print, and point-of-purchase displays. In 1982, Mr. Baker returned to his roots, becoming the national gardening spokesperson for Kmart Corporation’s Garden Centers, a relationship that lasted until 1996. From 1987 to 2007, Baker hosted his own national call-in radio show called On the Garden Line.

March 2016 Events in Naples, FL: Awaken Your Passion

As we bring down the curtain on our Creative Expressions series we focus this month on Drama. Juliette Binoche said, “I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're creating it. You're not the flower, but the vase which holds the flower.”

Through dramatic performance we are able to forget about ourselves while becoming someone else, if only for a moment. We can be transported to another time, another place and another way of thinking. With all of our inhibitions set aside we focus this month on breaking out of our shells to share a bit of ourselves with wild abandon through our weekly drama clubs which will culminate in a fantastic performance or reading of dramatic prose. We invite you to join us in this enlightening journey of self-discovery through the magic of theater this month. We will also be attending theatrical performances around town, where we can let our inner critic loose. One last opportunity to become someone else is offered during our Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations, where everyone can be Irish for the day. Join us as we feast on traditional Irish foods such as corned beef and cabbage, soda bread, shepherd’s pie and more! Lastly, March would not be complete without honoring the dramatic achievements of others with our own Oscar Party. This month we invite you to let your inner star shine at Juniper Village.

Our fabulous March 2016 events in Naples, FL at Juniper Village at Naples include our:

§  Kowiachobee Traveling Animal preserve with lions, tigers and bears, Florida style, as you are invited to express your inner animal by visiting with these furry friends on our campus during this hands-on learning experience on March 15^th at 2:00 pm. (RSVP by March 8^th to 239-598-1368.)

§  Lucky Green Family Luncheon because a light heart lives longest, as the Irish say, so we are having a party to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17^th at noon. (RSVP by March 10^th to 239-598-1368.)

§  Treasures Squandered Educational Speaker as Steven Valdespino will present a beautiful but sobering look at the natural treasure here in South West Florida in a presentation that is chock full of stunning images, so please join us on March 22^nd at 3:00 pm. (RSVP by March 15^th to 239-598-1368.)

We look forward to sharing our March 2016 events in Naples, FL at Juniper Village at Naples with you as Your Treasure is Within.