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…
Growing evidence suggests that nature connection boosts our physical and psychological well-being and deepens our ecological sensitivity. This won’t be a surprise to many readers, nature connection is after all one of the core values of the Quiet Garden Movement,…
