From Fulligrove House Garden, Bristol, UK During this difficult time, and with many Quiet Gardens closed, the Quiet Garden Movement will be sharing collective resources of resilience and hope from Quiet Gardens to nurture our wellbeing and souls. It may…
A 'Psalm 23 Garden' is being launched at Chelsea Flower Show in May 2020 by the Bible Society to inspire the creation of new community gardens. The Psalm 23 Garden, designed by multi-award-winning designer Sarah Eberle (pictured right), brings the famous…
Suzanne Harrison, host of Redstone Wood Cottage, Surrey has started developing a Forest Garden with her community. Following an event she held, called Wisdom of Trees, a group has been meeting to discuss ways in which they can work for…
Pause, our regular newsletter, shares news and views from the Quiet Garden Movement. In this edition, we look at the relationship between ‘doing’ and ‘being’ - the activist and contemplative - and Quiet Gardens, as well as hear from Tessa…
“Be here. Be all of you. Be present. And if you’ve had trouble with this in the past? That’s okay. That’s the nice thing about the present. It keeps showing up to give you a second chance.” Written by an…
Wendell Berry’s sequence of Sabbath poems inspires this deep reflection on the practice of Sabbath. Weaving her own words alongside Berry’s prose, Nicola invites us to move away from our regime, our driveness, our striving for success and embrace the…
Chair of Trustees Role Rev Sue Nightingale has announced that she is retiring as Chair of the Quiet Garden Trustees. We will be sorry to say good-bye to Sue in her role as Chair, and the Trustees will be meeting…
The Encountering Silence Podcast speaks to Quiet Gardens Founder and Patron, Rev Phillip Roderick. "Silence is a weaving, it’s like a tapestry or a pattern of presence; it recalls me; but it’s not like a block, it’s more like a…
In 2019 BBC1 ran a series called “Walks of Life”, with each episode following a pilgrimage route and interviewing people along the way. Episode 7 went to Lichfield, following the "The Two Saints Way" pilgrimage route from Chester Cathedral to…