A selection of meditations, prayers and poems for use in Quiet Gardens

Author and Quiet Garden host, Ann Mary Ridout, shares her experiences of encountering God in life’s ‘thin places’

Wild places and wonderings. A selection of books and poetry resources

Author, Esther de Waal, draws on the life and writings of Thomas Merton to accompany her on a seven day spiritual journey

In Seasons of Grace, author Ann Lewin weaves poetry with creative prose to provide fresh ideas for the liturgical year

This book, by Graham B. Usher, seems to flow from Graham’s love of the natural environment and…

Written by Ryan Holiday, this small book presents a range of simple universal practices for finding peace

Author Nicola Slee invites us to move away from our driveness, our striving for success, and embrace the Sabbath

Philip Roderick, Founder of the Quiet Garden Movement, reviews In the Stillness: poems, prayers, reflections by Elizabeth Mills.

An attractive booklet of reflections and aid to contemplation and prayer by Mollie Robinson

Catherine James has recently published a collection of her reflective poems in response to the suffering of the people of Ukraine.

Carol Byde, Meditations and prayers based on garden themes set in a framework suggested by a mediaeval Book of Hours.

Tony Rutherford

by Philip Roderick, published in Retreats 2022

A booklet of poetry by Andrew Rudd, Poet in Residence, Manchester Cathedral