Serenity in the Garden

Reminder: Today - Thursday, Sept 30 at 3:00 pm Eastern - I will be on Bente Hansen's internet radio show, 'Intuitive Healing'...We will discuss 'The Benefits of Finding Serenity in Nature' ...it is on Voice America - 7th wave Network... Since 1999, Bente Hansen has assisted clients internationally in their journey to w...ellness and inner harmony. She is an inspirational speaker and an amazing energy healer, channel, medical intuitive, author and teacher. not to be missed.... VOICE AMERICA 7th Wave - Intuitive Healing ( http://www.voiceamerica.com/voiceamerica/vshow.aspx?sid=1719 #) If you miss it you can always go and listen later on that site

Thursday, Sept. 30 at 12 Noon Pacific Time on 7th Wave Network Log in to Listen to my Radio Interview on Bente Hansen's compelling and fascinating show, INTUITIVE HEALING Log on to Listen, click on the following: Voice America Radio Network She has asked me to be her guest on Thursday, Sept 30 at 3:00 pm Eastern to discuss 'Explore the Benefits of Finding Serenity in Nature' Since 1999, Bente Hansen has assisted and empowered clients internationally in their journey to wellness and inner harmony. Bente is an inspirational speaker, energy healer, channel, spiritual counselor, medical intuitive, author and teacher.  She has published two books, Messages From Beyond and The New World of Self Healing. I can personally attest to her phenomenal abilities and incredible insight.... It should be an interesting program! The blend of her insight and metaphysical view of the world with my 'earthly delight' approach ( thanks J. Nolte for that ) ....Yin and Yang

This world into which we were born is alive. It is our larger body. The intelligence that connects us to this natural world is far more encompassing  than we realize. As Dr Joanna Macy writes,  "We are as intrinsic to our living world as the rivers and trees, woven of the same intricate flows of matter/energy and mind. Having evolved us into self-reflexive consciousness, the world can now know itself through us, behold its own majesty..." Amen.

This is not my vegie garden - it belongs to Martha Stewart, literally down the road from my office. A day ago I attended a cocktail party at the New York Botanical Garden celebrating Martha Stewart and her Edible Garden there. As usual, it was a gracious event, much as all Martha's endeavors are. Martha Stewart's Herb Garden at NYBG  in spring Martha Stewart's Herb Garden at NYBG in summer - cynara (CARDOON ) in the center I walked through her Culinary Herb Garden, a display of the finest culinary herbs personally selected by Martha. The three tuteurs   (I call them metal obelisks but what do I know?) in the garden were the lovely feature of the herb beds..... The tuteur in Martha's Herb Garden This herb garden is referred to as an edible garden. I call it an herb garden..this leads me to ask - How is an edible garden different from an herb or vegetable garden?  The contents? The layout? The location? The intent? Garden to the left is also Martha's.

Can you think of a better way to greet visitors to Prospect Park than police barricades? Call for Entries: Create a New Gateway to Prospect Park at Third Street A Design Challenge from the Park Slope Civic Council The Park Slope Civic Council is sponsoring a design competition for a new Third Street entrance gateway to Prospect Park, to replace the existing New York City standard movable barriers, and it will be a highly visible, significant new architectural element of the Park. The Park Prospect Park is a 585-acre urban oasis located in the heart of Brooklyn, New York City’s most populous borough. The masterpiece of famed landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, who also designed Central Park, Prospect Park features the 90-acre Long Meadow, the 60-acre Lake and Brooklyn’s only forest. The nation’s first urban Audubon Center, the Prospect Park Zoo, and the Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival are just a few of the cultural attractions

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Softened preserved natural Norwegian reindeer moss is a fun decorative touch for potted plants, the perfect covering at the base of plants, dried arrangements, mossy tree branches, set around stones, and any other idea you may have. It comes in a wide variety of colors which makes it a must have, especially in autumn... You can buy it in boxes or bags. Here are some colors (among many): It is really a lichen - a combination of a fungus and an alga, which form a symbiotic relationship and a new plant. The algae have chlorophyll and are capable of making their own food, while the fungus has spongy threads to support the plant. There are so many things you can do with this living material....Make items from it like shown below: Or make 'high art' from it.  The artist Olafur Eliasson made an entire wall from reindeer moss and has exhibited it in museums around the world....(why didn't I think of that?) This installation is appropriately titled Moss Wall .  It

Moss and serenity go together...... Many gardeners have become interested in using moss in their landscapes. But imagine capturing the lush serenity of a moss garden and shrinking it down in a miniature tabletop moss garden. The deep colors and textures of moss can create an outdoor (or indoor) container garden that is soothing to look at and fun to touch! How to do this? Well, the Martha Stewart people suggest filling a galvanized-metal planter (available at garden centers) with fresh potting soil and two kinds of Irish moss (the dark-green Sagina subulata and the chartreuse S. subulata 'Aurea') to create a checkerboard pattern. After a few days, they say you plant the moss in your garden. What a great idea! this is from \ - Marthastewart.com: Outdoor Entertaining Ideas and Recipes     The Moss Acres website also sells a Tabletop Zen Garden in a Japanese-style ceramic bowl that features an assortment of Mosses, Christmas Fern, and river stones. You put it together yo

This is art from sculptura  - not the stone spheres Why do we all love round spherical objects in the landscape? Round balls set on the ground, floating on the water, hanging from trees or set in the garden delight us in a way nothing else does.  Is this an atavistic (love that word) urge? Did our ancestors share our affection for round objects? Did they have gazing balls in the Bronze age? Costa Rica Museum  - ancient sculpture? Maybe so - if we use the round stone balls of Costa Rica as evidence... The Diquis Valley of Costa Rica is home to unique and mystifying ancient Stones Spheres. These spheres were carved over a thousand years ago and remained in place until the middle of the 20th Century (1940s) when the United Fruit Company (yes, them) cleared the area for banana plantations. There they were - hundreds of perfectly round spheres  - carved (?) from granodiorite, a hard, igneous granite which was quarried many miles away. The largest reach eight feet in diameter