GARDENS FOR THE SOUL - Pamela Woods
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Reviewer : Jan Morgan Wood
This is a beautiful book for anyone who is a gardener of any sort and for those seeking the sacred in nature. Within the beautiful feast of words and stunning photographs, we see the natural cultivated world of plants and landscape through the author’s enthusiastic eyes and heart. Yes, heart - for this is a book of passion. In her own words: “ For those in a love affair with nature, gardening can be no less than a taste of heaven itself.”
After many years as an artist and gardener,
Pamela’s own path led her into garden design. Her travels around the
world amongst wild places and ancient sacred landscapes, looking at everything
folk shrines to temple gardens, gave her a deep sense of how we humans have
related to the sacred earth through time. She began to realise the possibility
of building gardens of meaning, “ where the sacred act of placing one’s
feet and hands on the land could once more become alive”
Pamela’s garden designs now draw on this awareness - from tiny courtyards
to large public spaces - express beauty and form, celebrate the sacred, and
aim to harmonise all who walk in them. This comprehensive overview of spiritual
gardening is presented like a delightful tour, with vivid descriptions of
actual places and people. There is no dry theorising - the writing is always
fresh and green and singing - like a good garden should be ! There are fascinating
accounts of how garden designs develop in partnership with her clients, exploring
their spiritual needs and dreams, as their gardens become real energy connecting
and healing places for them.
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Pamela works at the forefront of mainstream contemporary garden design in a wide range of settings and shows us how our cultural awareness of the sacred is now being renewed and re-connected in a very direct, tangible and enjoyable way.
Simple graphic illustrations, helpful plans and John Glover's evocative 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.
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Book Details:
Hardback. 160 pages. Full Colour. Published by Conran Octopus Ltd 2002. ISBN 1 84091 243 X.
