Gardening with Allergies

If you have asthma or allergies, you don't have to limit your yard decorations to stones and concrete. There are many plants you can use to design your home garden, including flower, shrubs, and trees that won't contribute to your outdoor allergy symptoms.
However, keep in mind that even if your garden is allergy free, many of the pollens that affect you can travel to your yard from other gardens in the neighborhood. But there are creative ways to minimize the allergens in your own yard.

Many plants mate by releasing pollen grains into the wind during the spring, summer, and fall months, including many grasses, trees, and bushes. These are the plants you may want to avoid in your garden. Instead, consider plants that rely on insects for cross pollination, which are known to have pollen grains that are much heavier and don't travel through the air as easily.

Among these types of plants are several bright colored flowers, fruit trees, and shrubs. Ask a nursery expert to help you identify these plants and make a list of those you'd like in your garden.

I found some other prevention Tips that you may find useful in some way :

• Wear a face mask, hat, glasses, gloves, and long sleeve shirt to reduce skin contact with pollen.
• Since wood chips and mulch can retain moisture and encourage mold growth, use gravel, oyster shell, or groundcovers instead.
• Keep grass cut low to keepstems with pollen from reaching into the wind
• Be cautious about using hedges since their brancheseasily collect mold and pollen.
• Keep windows in the house closed while mowing and for a few hours afterward.
• Limit gardening to cool or cloudy days and in late afternoon or evening when pollen counts are lower.
• Shower and change clothes when returning indoors.