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Medicine Wheel Garden
Wisdom of Co-creation with Nature
Magical space for strengthening and healing your body, mind, and
spirit in your backyard.
I love gardening. It’s a passion, a the four directions, north, east, south,
meditation, a place that reconnects me west, plus the direction of center, or
to the Earth over and over again. I find “within”, marked off at the center of
that as I enter the garden, I step into a the circle. Stones are also designated
magical world… out of reach of time. for Grandmother Moon, Grandfather
My consciousness shifts as the garden Sun, Mother Earth, and Father Sky.
itself starts speaking to me. Some of my Depending upon how detailed, the
most profound insights are realized while Medicine Wheel may include stones
gardening or wild-crafting. around its circumference, each one
representing a different quality.
I have a Medicine Wheel Garden
that is about 35 feet in diameter. It’s The Medicine Wheel is a sacred space, a
quite a lot of space that I haven’t quite tool for spiritual growth. It’s a teaching
filled yet. It’s a work in progress that I tool and a healing vortex. Given their
believe most gardeners can relate to. sacredness and connection to the
“What’s a Medicine Wheel Garden?”, Creator, planting medicinal plants
you ask? A Medicine Wheel Garden within this framework is a natural
is a garden arranged within a circle interpretation of this space. Plants
with, at a minimum, stones marking off can be arranged by their elemental
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