The journey of grief is expressed differently depending on cultural traditions, whatever we define as our culture. In my work life as a garden designer, I am most often working with people who are going through change and sometimes that … Read More
I was asked recently what brought me into the field of designing Healing Gardens. It really is a very personal experience, just like every client who shares their story with me. When I was growing up, we lived in council … Read More
As a 20 something, I saw the chains around my mother’s life one day and she told me that her baggage from childhood was stopping her from making friends and had done all her life. So I asked her, why … Read More
We all have emotional pain. Things happen, feelings overwhelm, mistrust of our ability to cope arrives and we are coaxed to divert, bury and avoid so others find it easier to be with us and we continue to function as … Read More
Communities that have emerged through devastating events, whether like the terror of Ash Wednesday bush fires in my community, or the terror of this week’s Boston bombs, will understand the power of humanity pulling together to heal. Our traditional … Read More
Dreaming is the most powerful way of engaging your mind with hope and aspiration. A dream taker is one who when confronted by a dreamer, realises their own self imposed limitations and seeks to squash the exposure of that. It … Read More
I’ve begun taking a pencil to bed. At the time when the day has dropped off me and my mind wanders away to leave me in peace, my heart draws my imagination close and the two of them conjure magic. … Read More
With raw agony my friend and client described the last hours of her child, a cavernous hole in her heart etched two years ago. She is exhausted from working, hard labour building this garden, her therapy. It’s a vast landscape … Read More
As I wandered in the peaceful footsteps of Leonardo da Vinci in his garden, I found myself learning about wandering in a way I never imagined. A path that rises and falls over natural contours is like life, full of … Read More