Turtle Teachings
Shhh, no, I can’t stay quiet: Meaning is getting made in the moss garden. When animals come to us from the wild it is often a very intimate experience and hard to talk about, especially when it is a synchronous … Continued
Earth Day: Temenos Garden Sanctuary
This Earth Day, to honor the Earth, I’m making a small ceremony to dedicate Temenos Garden. I am taking this opportunity to go out to the green and growing Spring and speak a promise aloud to the unfolding white atamasco … Continued
Inventory of Garden Native Plants and Animals
Several years ago we restored the bottomland forest of our semi-rural acre with plants rescued from development, and we continue to add native plants from the wonderfully increasing numbers of native plant nurseries. We now live with well over 250 … Continued
Happily the Rains Subside
Happily the rains subside. Mud turtle crossing the yard to the swollen creek stops stock still. Distracted, I turn away for a moment. Turning back, he’s gone. Two pipevine swallowtails, turquoise flashing against black, sipping the last of the … Continued
Pollinator Garden
When a section of our small restored forest had to be removed in order to replace the aging septic system, we took this opportunity to begin creating a pollinator garden of mostly native flowers on the now sunny slope. We … Continued
Ancestor Ritual in the Moss Garden Sanctuary
It has been a year since our beloved friend Mary Barakha died, and the beautiful garden sprite she had created that hung in the little spirit-house we made for it in the Moss Garden, had gotten weathered. It seemed a … Continued
Moss Garden Gallery
Here are photos of our Moss Garden in Spring, Summer, and Winter including the Earth Shrine, Quartz Spiral, Puzzle Stones, Radiating Steps, Mandala-Making Area, and Spirit House.
Moss Garden Sanctuary
The moss garden is a place of healing. If I’m tired and do some moss-weeding I feel rejuvenated. I call it “bending to the green” and feel like I’m bathing in green endorphins. Lying on the soft bed of moss … Continued
Gallery of Butterflies and Skippers
We are excited that all these butterflies and skippers have been visiting the flowers in our newly created Pollinator Garden in Chapel Hill, North Carolina!