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Cranfield Trust – Journey to Excellence
Our journey to increasing our number of gardnes and reaching out to those who will benefit from stillness, time for reflection and space to just ‘be’ has been richely supported…
Read MoreBeyond Belief
The Quiet Garden Movement has this week featured on Radio 4! ‘Beyond Belief’, is a half hour weekly programme which ‘explores the place and nature of faith in today’s world’,…
Read MoreThe Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE
Bishop of London We are overjoyed that Dame Sarah has joined our group of Patrons. As Bishop of London, a former nurse and – when time permits – an occasional…
Read MoreThe Quiet Path – contemplative practices for daily life by Andrew Rudd
Blending reflection and poetry, The Quiet Path explores walking and noticing, recognizing and writing. These ordinary practices, available to all, become small journeys into small journeys into spirituality and depth.…
Read MoreMoments that make a difference – from a host
We have not been idle and we have had many visitors even in the bad weather as the log burner is nearly always on and is so welcoming. Sadly, one…
Read More“Reconnecting to the divine in nature retreat”
“Reconnecting to the divine in nature” is a retreat running at Hilfield Friary on Friday 26 th (from 12pm ) to Sunday 28 th (3pm) July 2024 geared at Christians…
Read MoreNewsletter 2024
Foreword by Jonathan Herbert member of Hilfield Priory and author of Accompaniment, Community and Nature. Click here to download a copy
Read MoreIt is spring – a poem for Easter by Catherine James
It is Spring,when the world sighs and stretches and wakesand terraced hills,stepped once in green,now glow in goldas barley ripens. To read on or download click here
Read MorePhilip Roderick recogised and awarded a Points of Light Award
Philip is recieves a Points of Light Award fro No 10.
Read MoreDegibna Prayer Garden and St Winwaloe’s Church
Two beautiful places, just a short walk apart, offering rest and spiritual renewal in the south west of Cornwall. To download a leaflet click here
Read MoreIn the Midst! Brian Draper Advent Series
Advent 2023 is a unique series of short e-mail reflections, which I write day-to-day in Advent – meaning we can stay flexible and alive to the moment, as the series progresses!If you sign…
Read MoreQuiet Places winter 2023
To access a PDF version please click on the click here or to access the online vesion via ISSU please click on the link here
Read MoreWelcome to our new gardens
Wrentham Chapel (URC) Quiet Garden in Suffolk Treargel Retreat in Cornwall Hazel Cottage in Surrey Kendal Unitarian Chapel in Cumbria
Read MoreQuiet Places spring/summer 2023
Spring/summer edition of the Quiet Garden Movement newsletter. Click on the link here to read on
Read MoreFor reckoning sweet and wholesome hours
Sarah Meyrick hears about the fortunes of the Quiet Garden…
Read MoreBreathing Space – Allesley Village, Coventry, West Midlands
Trustees of Breathing Space Coventry are looking for individuals or couples who might be interested in becoming resident hosts…
Read MoreHoliday for the Soul – A Summer-Time Audio Retreat! with Brian Draper
An hour long audio resource featuring five short summer-themed reflections…
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