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
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
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
Drawn into the teardrop of a lawn by lily pads of slate, it is a sense of gently landing in a place of nurture. The cool lush lawn beneath your feet, delighted by a symphony of cheerful yellow and soft … Read More
Standing to attention, expressionless and on edge, he awaited instruction. No emotion, just driven efficiency in a little 7 year old robotic boy. 3 girls chattering away while happily digging holes for pots of yellow daisies. He becomes the waterer, … Read More
Walk into a place in nature where peaceful people have always walked and you will feel a sense of peace and want to stay there. Walk into a place where humans have used nature as a place to kill and … Read More