Mindfulness Garden Games
by Joann Calabrese
author of Growing Mindful

Gardens

Garden Mandalas

Categories Gardens, mandala, Mindfulness
Garden Mandala

Garden Mandala Creation The plant designs in the photos were created as part of a mindfulness garden games workshop I led on July 12th  at the National Children and Youth Garden Symposium here in Denver (It was sponsored by the American Horticultural Society.)  The designs are a type of mandala,  a centering device used in  traditional … Read more

My Favorite Chinese Herb

Categories dandelion, Gardens, healing plants, Mindfulness

My favorite Chinese herb is called huang hua ti ting. In the garden, huang hua ti ting flowers attract bees and other pollinators. It is also a dynamic accumulator, a plant whose long tap root digs deep and breaks up compacted soil, pulling minerals up to its leaves. The plant can then be added to compost piles to release these minerals into the soil.

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