Long Islanders use their home gardens to busy themselves in retirement, help them get through career switches, relieve stress and more.

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Chandra Sinha poses in his home backyard in Syosset in September.

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Sinha’s backyard in Syosset. He has small garden beds at the front and rear of his house.

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Nicole Gadaleta at her home surrounded by her garden of plants in Sea Cliff.

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The front of Gadaleta's home.

Mary McDonnell stands in her home garden in Huntington in September.

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Mary McDonnell with one of the dinner plate dahlias in her home garden. Huntington.

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Dinner plate dahlias in McDonnell's yard

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