QGT GQT – Introduction
Over the next few weeks we will be running the Quiet Garden Trust Gardeners Question Time... Aka QGT GQT! You are invited to submit your gardening questions about what makes a Quiet Garden and how to design one. Each week…
Meditation cards from Degibna Prayer Chapel
This is a series of meditation cards from Degibna Prayer Chapel in Cornwall that we recently shared over the course of a week or so online via our social media channels. 1st‘Mightier than the thunder of the great waters,mightier than…
Virtual Quiet Day at Moray Cottage Quiet Garden
Kate and Judy have been running the Quiet Garden at Moray Cottage, in Sussex, UK, for nearly four years. They decided that they didn't want to stop because of social isolation, and on the contrary wanted to continue because of…
A Contemplative Path Through the Crisis…
Our friends at the World Community for Christian Mediation (WCCM) have created a Contemplative Path Through the Crisis. They say, "Meditation will not instantly solve all problems. But it changes how we view and deal with the challenges we face. It…
Virtual Quiet Gardens #2
A little earlier this time due to Easter, please do read on for some resources we thought you'd like and updates from Quiet Gardens. Next week we'll be sharing some lovely photo based reflections from Degibna Prayer Garden in Cornwall.…
Virtual Quiet Gardens #1
Snowdrops at St Oswalds, Methley, in Yorkshire, UK Over the weeks ahead we are going to be sharing Quiet Gardens virtually. It may be prayers or poems, photographs or short video tours, soundscapes or audio reflections. Offering a glimpse and taste of…
Sharing Quiet Gardens during Covid-19 pandemic
During this difficult time we are sharing collective resources of resilience and hope to nurture our wellbeing and souls.
Psalm 23 Garden launching at Chelsea Flower Show
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…
Forest garden evolving at Redstone Wood Cottage
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 newsletter – Advent 2019
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…