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Gods In The Garden
Gardnerians come in an infinite variety of shapes, sizes,
personalities, and talents. While all share a reverence for the
earth and those living things that share it with us; a few, like
me, manifest that reverence in the physical world in the form of
nurturing a green space of our own. A garden can be as small as
a pot on a veranda or as large as a park. Both can reflect love
for the Gods.
My space is a small urban yard. It began life as the
usual collection of grass and trees that surround so many homes.
Over the years, it has become a work of reverence. Like a giant
bonsai, it is tweaked and pruned and pinched each year to
resemble physically what I see in my mind's eye as a space of
hallowed green space. Here I can sit and feel my tiny space is
part of the huge living organism that is the earth. But also,
with additions of magical aspects, I can feel also the presence
of beings and energies beyond those visible to the eye.
Over the years, my mate and I have hauled in huge
amounts of raw local stone, salvaged from construction sites and
roadsides. Some have been used to create raised beds for plants,
others grew into a delightful fireplace in the south. Some
surround the pond in the west. The space grew into areas
specific to certain magical practices. One area is a magical
circle, with elemental aspects at the cardinal directional
points. Fireplace in the south, pond in the west, Stone alter in
the north, and an apple tree in the east. One area is for the
growing of useful plants. One bed is filled with food plants,
and other with herbs, and still a third with flowers.
One area is simply for beauty, and is being slowly
groomed to reflect nature in Her normal state. The grass area
gets smaller every year as the lawn is taken bit by bit by
expanding areas of plant life. Native plants grow strong and
healthy in their natural habitat, and there are no pesticides or
other poisons in my space.
Many times, I am unaware of changes that will come to my
garden, as I sit in meditation and will suddenly see a vision of
what should come next. I do not doubt that the divine has a hand
in the evolution of my green space. My part is simply to
communicate the vision to my life partner, who transforms that
vision in to reality. He builds, and I plant, and together we
create a living work of magic. Even though we do not share a
religion, his Gods and Mine share space in our garden, and it is
a reflection of our love for one another, and our connection to
the divine.
Rowanfox
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