You’ve planted many seeds.  Create your own seasons to harvest and enjoy the fruits of your labours.  Get in touch with what means most to you and how to appreciate that bounty you can share with your family, friends, students and teachers.

Selia's Sites:
Selia’s Garden – a rainbow meditation - http://www.astralsite.com/Garden/seliagarden.html
The Fountain - resources for contemplative practitioners - http://www.astralsite.com/holistic/fountain.html
Selia’s Spa – oasis on the web for holistic educators - http://astralsite.com/SPA
Fountain Gallery – photos of fountains - http://astralsite.com/holistic/gallery.html
Notes and Sketches – an exploration of fountains and gardens - http://astralsite.com/holistic/fountain_read.html

Garden Links
Japanese Gardens - http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2099.html
Anna's Attic: Garden Metaphors - http://annayoda.wordpress.com/2007/05/25/garden-metaphors/
Learn about Matcha Tea for Japanese tea ceremonies - Matcha Kari
HeyKid Blog: Garden Metaphors - http://hey-kid.blogspot.com/2006/07/garden-metaphors.html
Around the World in Beautiful Gardens - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_80_Gardens
Crescent Bloom: Famous Estate Gardens -http://www.crescentbloom.com/II/F/default.htm
Japanese Tea Ceremonies: Gardens of Japan - http://japanese-tea-ceremony.net/teagarden.html
Lost Gardens of Heligan - http://www.heligan.com/the-story/heligan-scenes
Garden Search (for botanical gardens in the world) http://www.bgci.org/garden_search.php
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett - http://www.online-literature.com/burnett/secretgarden/
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - http://astralsite.com/holistic/marys-garden.html

Garden Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrBvqHV6VHo - Hidcote Manor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GxNJlmzqz4 - Zen Garden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G4tbxhrlUg - South East England
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdZFnqVPDho - Sissinghurst Castle Garden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvae8nxzVz4 - Beautiful Flower Gardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWcmuk2tN7M - Dream Window: Reflections on the Japanese Garden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amwT_-weevs - Keukenhof Gardens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiYfLdyCMmk - Lost Gardens of Heligan

Garden Blogs
http://canadiangardenjoy.blogspot.com - Canadian Garden Joy
http://www.empressofdirt.net - Empress of Dirt Blog: organic gardening in Middlesex County Ontario
http://heavypetal.ca/ - Heavy Petal Blog: organic gardening in Vancouver, B.C
http://citygardeningonline.com/ - http://torontogardens.blogspot.com/  Toronto Gardening Blogs
http://www.yougrowgirl.com/ - community gardening
http://awaytogarden.com/  - A Way to Garden: the source for garden information and inspiration
https://www.thegreenpinky.com - How to become a successful gardener
http://plantavenue.blogspot.com/ - Plant Avenue: notes by a novice gardener
http://icangarden.com - I Can Garden

Garden Ideas: http://astralsite.com/holistic/garden-ideas.html

Activities:
Make a collection of Garden metaphors and images
Inventory garden-related experiences and ideas in poems and short stories
Translate metaphors into action plans for your dreams and goals
Map a future garden you fantacize

References:
1. Fields of Dreams:  Travels in the Wildflower Meadows of America – Tim Fitzharris (1995)
2. The Cultivated Gardener:  Trees – ed. Kristin Joyce (1997)
3. Heligan Wild: A Year of Nature in the Lost Gardens – Colin Howlett (1999)
4. The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Gardening Vol 17 – Pro to Reg  ed. T. H. Everett
5. A New Leaf – Merilyn Simonds (2011)
6. Inventing the Garden – Matteo Vercelloni (2010)

Last Update  May 1, 2022
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