Healing Gardens

This type of garden requires to be well balanced and harmonious to its surroundings as well as having an intense but relaxing energy and feel. The intensity will come from the type of plants used and the positions they are placed within the structure of the whole. This need for a high energy level is to aid in the rejuvenating and healing process.

A HEALING GARDEN

This is a garden in which the central focus is on the whole person, family or group, in body, mind and spirit. It is a place where plants are specially chosen for their medicinal properties, or for their traditional uses in cleansing and restoring our natural balance. This may also be a place where healers, health practitioners and therapists work, so it may contain a room or enclosure surrounded by an oasis of healing plants, including, if needed, health-giving fruit and vegetables. Its key elements are;

• Sensitive and specific planting
• Sensory stimulus using colour, texture and scent
• Harmonious layout and structure
• A relaxing space to enjoy looking at the garden

If required, the principles of spiritual healing can be applied more deeply, with colour therapy to balance the chakras - energy points in the body - and specific plants to aid access to different aspects of spiritual healing.