The Garden Awakening

Bring in the energy of wild places and work in harmony with the land to grow your own food and live sustainably.

In this beautifully illustrated book, award-winning garden designer Mary Reynolds encourages us to create a bond with the land to restore its health and feel its energy. Drawing inspiration from permaculture traditions as well as the ancient multi-tiered approach of forest gardening, Mary demonstrates how to create a magical garden that is an expanding, living, interconnected ecosystem.

The Garden Awakening is both art and inspiration for any garden lover seeking to create a positive and natural space while incorporating sustainable living such as growing your own food. It combines practical step-by-step instructions with spiritual, ancient Celtic stories to help you awaken any garden space, nurturing it to benefit both the land and the people in it. This design approach allows ecosystems to be whole and in balance while providing a place for human beings to live happy and productive lives.

Transform your garden into a vibrant, wild area that embraces the spiritual side of nature with this wonderful read.

Autorentext

Mary Reynolds is an Irish garden and landscape designer known for her wild garden at Kew Royal Botanical Gardens in London (2003 - 2008). She is the youngest ever woman to win a gold medal at Chelsea Flower Show and her life has been the inspiration for the film Dare to be Wild.

Zusammenfassung
The Garden Awakening is a garden design book with a difference. Mary re-imagines the garden for the times we live in, looking at land the way a parent looks at a child - as a gift and a responsibility. Learn how to design and nurture a beautiful, vibrant and magical space. Bring the energy and atmosphere of wild places into your garden while incorporating sustainable living, especially growing your own food, all in harmony with nature's own intentions. You will never look at your garden in the same way again.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements
Foreword by Larry Korn
Introduction

I. Restoring Wellness
Sacred Spaces
Nature is Stronger than Nurture
Finding Your Roots
Restoring Health to your Land

II. Garden Design
Gardens as expressions of beauty
The five elements for designing gardens in partnership with nature
Design element 1: The tool of intention. Magic uncloaked
Design element 2: Selecting areas to hold specific intentions
Design element 3: Designing with the patterns and shapes of nature
Design element 4: The power of symbols and imagery
Design element 5: Putting your design on paper

III. The Forest Garden
Forging an alliance
Listen
I Never Liked Planting Plans
Grow Your Own
Forest Gardening
Successional Planting
Forest Gardening in Steps
The Seven Layers of a Forest Garden
Bees for Life
Joe

IV. Alternative Management Practices
Mulching
Ways to Clear the Land
Lawns and Lawn Maintenance
Pest Control
Natural Remedies
Tonics, Fertilizers, Potting Mixtures and Tree Protection
The Cultivation and Care of Trees

Resources
Index