GARDENING LECTURES & WORKSHOPS

2007 Schedule
Saturday March 31st - Cedar Rapids, IA
Lecture and Workshop
Master Gardeners Creative Gardening Series
Cedar Rapids Public Library - Free & Open to the Public

Creating a Garden for the Soul Lecture 10- 12 noon
This presentation shows gardeners and non-gardeners alike how important the experience of being and working in a garden is.  Gardens enhance our lives physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.  But we seldom know the ways to experience a garden fully so that our lives are enriched on all levels.  

A Garden Journey through the Six Senses
Workshop1– 4 pm
The most important part of having or visiting gardens is how we experience them.  Participants in this three hour experiential workshop will learn how to fully engage and awaken the five senses, and a sixth sense of being at one with nature while in a garden. 

Tuesday April 17th - Champaign, IL
Lecture
Creating a Garden for the Soul  - 7 pm
This presentation shows gardeners and non-gardeners alike how important the experience of being and working in a garden is.  Gardens enhance our lives physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.  But we seldom know the ways to experience a garden fully so that our lives are enriched on all levels.

Creating a Garden for Your Soul
A garden for your soul brings joy, peace, balance and wholeness to your life. It enhances all parts of your life: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. All types of gardens can be gardens for your soul. What is important is finding the perfect match between your inner landscape and the outer landscape of your garden. This all day workshop will show you how to create, and transform your garden into a personal and meaningful garden for your soul. Learn about the complete creative process of designing a garden, working with nature, nature patterns and the energy of a garden. Information on Feng Shui, Healing, Labyrinth, Religious, Medicine Wheel, Fairy, Wildlife, and other types of gardens will be shared. Some of the class will take place in Linda’s own garden.

Linda’s Creating a Garden for Your Soul workshop and retreat has been taught at Missouri Botanical Garden, Winterthur Garden & Museum, New Harmony, Indiana and in her own garden. The course is centered on The Complete Creative Process™ used by Linda with her clients to create gardens for their soul. The first three steps, Looking Within, Awakening Awareness and Discovering Purpose and Intention honor and enliven the inner landscape of those she works with. The last steps of Harmonious Creation and Continuous Growth match the outer landscape to the inner landscape so that the garden truly becomes a garden for the soul.

The first step Looking Within connects us with our existing relationship with nature and gardens. The second step Awakening Awareness engages the senses on all levels (physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually) so that we are fully in the moment in the garden. The third step Discovering Purpose and Intention explores our goals and dreams, and how our gardens can help us achieve them. Harmonious Creation is the fourth step. It matches the physical form of outer garden, with the inner landscape of our thoughts, feelings, senses and soul. The last step of Continuous Growth and Community recognizes that the process of creating a garden is a cycle, not a completion. There is great joy and satisfaction in nurturing our gardens. There is also great joy and satisfaction in sharing our love and knowledge of gardens with others.”

Please contact Linda if you are interested in her work in the following areas :

• Attending a Creating a Garden for Your Soul course

Linda can be contacted at:

• Email: Creativity4theSoul@swbell.net

• Telephone: 314 504-4266

• Mail: 7275 Creveling Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130 USA