Product Description

"Gardens for the Soul" is a truly inspiring approach to garden design. Garden designer and plantswoman Pamela Woods' unique approach teaches you how to create a garden that reflects your spiritual beliefs and inner emotions. She invokes the power and beauty of ancient symbols, like Celtic wheels and spirals, with Eastern practices, such as feng shui, to create gardens that are relaxing, meditative and, above all, beautiful.
Beginning with a discussion of what makes a garden spiritual using historical examples and her own modern designs, Pamela then discusses how to analyze and channel the energies in your garden using techniques such as feng shui, dowsing and basic common sense. She also looks at ancient symbols and systems, for example, The Tree of Life, the medicine wheel, mandalas, spirals and labyrinths, and how to incorporate them into your own garden. Pamela then explores how shapes and forms in nature are reflected throughout the universe, in history and in science, and how to draw upon these universal patterns as inspiration for your gardens. Inspirational chapters explain how plants can possess healing powers and symbolic mysticism and explore how to appreciate the foundations of your garden--tending the earth itself, incorporating wildernes and understanding the seasons that nurture your garden.
Simple graphic illustrations, helpful plans and John Glover's evocateive photography combine with spiritual theories and practical garden advice to help you create a space that is full of peace and resonance--an extension of your own soul and somewhere you will feel completely at home.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #701145 in Books
• Published on: 2002-07-19
• Released on: 2002-07-19
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 11.10" h x .80" w x 9.40" l, 2.30 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

From Booklist
Garden designer Woods takes divine forces, feng shui, and geopathic stress into account in her discussion of how to create a space that will energize, replenish, and perhaps even heal the gardener who cares for it. Ancient symbols are used as design elements, coming vividly to life in award-winning photographer John Glover's photographs of gardens graced with mandalas, spiral parterres, labyrinths, and images from tarot and the cabala. When gardening for the soul, a respectful connection to the natural world results in stunning nature tableau juxtaposed with highly refined gardens, many created for English flower shows. While floral color is related to the chakras, the ayurvedic tradition calls upon plants such as mint, basil, and fennel for their medicinal properties. Any reader involved with making a garden will appreciate Woods' sourcebook, which is replete with creative ideas, stunning imagery, and a spiritual focus. Finally, when Woods extends an invitation to ponder the golden mean, it opens up the possibility of a balanced garden plan, as well as a meditative quest for inner harmony. Alice Joyce
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About the Author
For the last eighteen years Pamela Woods has run a garden design practice specializing in designing public and private gardens for clients who have a spiritual focus.

John Glover is an internationally renowned photographer specializing in gardens and landscapes. In 1999 and 2000 he received the Garden Writer's Association of America Award of Excellence.