I am a long time gardener and reuse artist.
I use photography, watercolor, embroidery, water meditations, prayers, rituals, mandalas, found wood, recycled materials, recycled clothes and fabric with flowers and plants for dyeing, tints and glues.
Love bring inspiration to me.
Click on the Image to find out more! And see more products.
I use photography, watercolor, embroidery, water meditations, prayers, rituals, mandalas, found wood, recycled materials, recycled clothes and fabric with flowers and plants for dyeing, tints and glues.
Love bring inspiration to me.
Click on the Image to find out more! And see more products.
Be A Climate Change Gardener with Cloud Layer Gardening- 16 page Booklet digital download
$9.00
SECOND ADDITION!
Digital Download!
16 page instruction gardening booklet about how to work with gardening in this changing climate: visualize water meditation, whole community actions, seed blessing ceremony, soil renewal ritual: a field remedy, carbon sequester, make berms and swales, keep moisture in your yard and plant covercrops. Background with my with ecoprinted paper from the garden!
Cloud Layer Gardening brings together several methods: lasagna, permaculture, no-dig and rain gardening. These methods keep the unseen moisture in water vapor in the local water cycle nourishing soil and plants. When you have thriving microbes, you store carbon! Layer, build and texture the landscape like clouds using berms, swales, walls and trees keeping moisture in your garden. When we have a hot summer, we want to regulate the amount of solar energy reaching the microbes in the dirt. Covering and protecting the precious life giving microbes, keeping them alive is key. This keeps the carbon in the ground. We not only contribute to the health of the soil, but also keep the climate in balance. That is the goal and I call this Cloud Layer Gardening.
Digital Download!
16 page instruction gardening booklet about how to work with gardening in this changing climate: visualize water meditation, whole community actions, seed blessing ceremony, soil renewal ritual: a field remedy, carbon sequester, make berms and swales, keep moisture in your yard and plant covercrops. Background with my with ecoprinted paper from the garden!
Cloud Layer Gardening brings together several methods: lasagna, permaculture, no-dig and rain gardening. These methods keep the unseen moisture in water vapor in the local water cycle nourishing soil and plants. When you have thriving microbes, you store carbon! Layer, build and texture the landscape like clouds using berms, swales, walls and trees keeping moisture in your garden. When we have a hot summer, we want to regulate the amount of solar energy reaching the microbes in the dirt. Covering and protecting the precious life giving microbes, keeping them alive is key. This keeps the carbon in the ground. We not only contribute to the health of the soil, but also keep the climate in balance. That is the goal and I call this Cloud Layer Gardening.
How to Love Youself with Water and be a Water Transformer
$5.00
Digital Downloadable booklet for Transforming Yourself with Water.
Learn how to pray, meditate, dance, sing and, create with water enhancing your well-being and the water within you. Thus changing your relationship with all the waters of the world. Enhanced with my original watercolors and photographs. Many interactive links to How To Videos, Including Dance The Watercycle dance with me.
I dance with Love
the water cycle,
to enhance and transform my love with water
I connect with love to transform the water cycle at home and in my life. Water transforms me. I keep water on the property thru right vegetation, cover crops and grasses. I mulch to slow evaporation, I create berms and swales to direct the flow of the water to plants. I notice how evaporation occurs more quickly with unmulched, uncovered, uncovercropped dirt and take steps to slow it. I am responsible for and transformed by my water. I notice how water condensates and I use water from the a/c. I notice the condensate (dew) on the long-grass. This creates more humidity, less dryness in summer. I collect precipitation with swales, water barrels and totes and use ollas in drier areas for slow drip.
Perfect for:
* Emotional Transformation
* Going to a body of water to center yourself
* Group centering activity at body of water
* Client calming upon arrival at body of water
* Great Water Activities for children
* Gift for someone who loves water
* Pick an activity for moving forward in your life
* Pick an activity to start your day
Learn how to pray, meditate, dance, sing and, create with water enhancing your well-being and the water within you. Thus changing your relationship with all the waters of the world. Enhanced with my original watercolors and photographs. Many interactive links to How To Videos, Including Dance The Watercycle dance with me.
I dance with Love
the water cycle,
to enhance and transform my love with water
I connect with love to transform the water cycle at home and in my life. Water transforms me. I keep water on the property thru right vegetation, cover crops and grasses. I mulch to slow evaporation, I create berms and swales to direct the flow of the water to plants. I notice how evaporation occurs more quickly with unmulched, uncovered, uncovercropped dirt and take steps to slow it. I am responsible for and transformed by my water. I notice how water condensates and I use water from the a/c. I notice the condensate (dew) on the long-grass. This creates more humidity, less dryness in summer. I collect precipitation with swales, water barrels and totes and use ollas in drier areas for slow drip.
Perfect for:
* Emotional Transformation
* Going to a body of water to center yourself
* Group centering activity at body of water
* Client calming upon arrival at body of water
* Great Water Activities for children
* Gift for someone who loves water
* Pick an activity for moving forward in your life
* Pick an activity to start your day
Make a Mpatapo Knot - Reconcile your mind and heart instructions tutorial
$3.00
Transform yourself and others by making this simple knot!
This is a pdf tutorial and extra page to print out for making your own.
Mpatapo or the “knot of pacification/reconciliation” is the symbol of peacemaking.
Mpatapo represents the bond or knot that binds parties in a dispute to a peaceful, harmonious reconciliation after strife. When you make this or give it to someone you are symbolically reconciling and transforming the relationship with whom it is given. Use it to transform peace in your own life with the people you love or that need some healing or whom you need to reconcile with.
Watch Video here.
https://youtu.be/rfCZ8wG_qnI
How To Make
Folded paper Mpatapo
1. Print on wrong side of printed/
colored paper
2. Cut out shapes
3. Extra sheet for making 6
In Buddhism, loving-kindness (maitri) is a
Buddhist virtue and cultivated in meditation practice.
Translated as love or loving-kindness, maitri also means loving-kindness to oneself. Breathe in the difficulty you feel, breathe out compassion.
Where is compassion needed?
• What conflict is in this situation?
• How is compassion difficult for you?
• Can you first give it to yourself?
• Create an mpatapo flower knot giving compassion for yourself.
• Then make a knot sending the compassion out.
• Link the two mpatapo knots together giving you the opportunity the situation presents to make a difference using loving kindness and forgiveness.
• Tie your knot to others’ knots to create a symbol of unity, compassion, forgiveness and reconciliation
This is a pdf tutorial and extra page to print out for making your own.
Mpatapo or the “knot of pacification/reconciliation” is the symbol of peacemaking.
Mpatapo represents the bond or knot that binds parties in a dispute to a peaceful, harmonious reconciliation after strife. When you make this or give it to someone you are symbolically reconciling and transforming the relationship with whom it is given. Use it to transform peace in your own life with the people you love or that need some healing or whom you need to reconcile with.
Watch Video here.
https://youtu.be/rfCZ8wG_qnI
How To Make
Folded paper Mpatapo
1. Print on wrong side of printed/
colored paper
2. Cut out shapes
3. Extra sheet for making 6
In Buddhism, loving-kindness (maitri) is a
Buddhist virtue and cultivated in meditation practice.
Translated as love or loving-kindness, maitri also means loving-kindness to oneself. Breathe in the difficulty you feel, breathe out compassion.
Where is compassion needed?
• What conflict is in this situation?
• How is compassion difficult for you?
• Can you first give it to yourself?
• Create an mpatapo flower knot giving compassion for yourself.
• Then make a knot sending the compassion out.
• Link the two mpatapo knots together giving you the opportunity the situation presents to make a difference using loving kindness and forgiveness.
• Tie your knot to others’ knots to create a symbol of unity, compassion, forgiveness and reconciliation
Flowering Mandala Cards - Transform yourself with Flowers
$32.00
Perfect for use in your healing practice!
* Use in meditation space for centering!
* Great for group mediation activity
* Client picks a card for calming upon arrival
* Great for outer office table activity
* Use for a gift for someone with life change
* Pick a card for moving forward after a session
* Pick a card to start your day
Invite the healing love of flowers into your heart.
Say I love you with flowers!
Or A gift for yourself!
Love yourself more deeply.
Feel my love pour into you each time you use a card.
I made these cards like flower essences, at their freshest and then “bottled”
them into cards. Use their essence to unlock your desires.
Flowers have a shape, smell, and vibration that are music to the senses, impacting us in ways that are basic and primal. By touching our essential nature, flowers contain attraction, sexuality, and the elixir of life-nectar. Our magnetism to them is unmistakable, infused with healing aspects, they take on a life of their own. Capturing this quality, I made them into cards. Enjoy and relish this life-giving quality.
Includes:
• 32 Flowering Mandala Cards and Meditations with
• Hand batiked bag from Africa.
• Descriptive Flower Power booklet!
* Use in meditation space for centering!
* Great for group mediation activity
* Client picks a card for calming upon arrival
* Great for outer office table activity
* Use for a gift for someone with life change
* Pick a card for moving forward after a session
* Pick a card to start your day
Invite the healing love of flowers into your heart.
Say I love you with flowers!
Or A gift for yourself!
Love yourself more deeply.
Feel my love pour into you each time you use a card.
I made these cards like flower essences, at their freshest and then “bottled”
them into cards. Use their essence to unlock your desires.
Flowers have a shape, smell, and vibration that are music to the senses, impacting us in ways that are basic and primal. By touching our essential nature, flowers contain attraction, sexuality, and the elixir of life-nectar. Our magnetism to them is unmistakable, infused with healing aspects, they take on a life of their own. Capturing this quality, I made them into cards. Enjoy and relish this life-giving quality.
Includes:
• 32 Flowering Mandala Cards and Meditations with
• Hand batiked bag from Africa.
• Descriptive Flower Power booklet!
Rose Nectar
$12.00
The rose symbolizes eternal love give these to those you love or that you know their heart is hurting.
Rose Nectar is a organic, milk-free, and sugar-free syrup. It is sweetened with a natural sweetener derived from cacti called blue agave nectar. The syrup is made with fresh organic rose petals harvested from Rosa Milagrosa garden of Austin, Texas. Let the Rose Nectar open your heart to the bliss of love.
This is a small size 1.5 ounce container perfect for wedding party favors which also consist of a cute label with a love quote for guests to read.
Keep frozen to preserve freshness.
Local orders only
Rose Nectar is a organic, milk-free, and sugar-free syrup. It is sweetened with a natural sweetener derived from cacti called blue agave nectar. The syrup is made with fresh organic rose petals harvested from Rosa Milagrosa garden of Austin, Texas. Let the Rose Nectar open your heart to the bliss of love.
This is a small size 1.5 ounce container perfect for wedding party favors which also consist of a cute label with a love quote for guests to read.
Keep frozen to preserve freshness.
Local orders only
Wildflower Angel
$15.00
High Quality Digital Art Print of a Handmade Wildflower fairy made with Indian Paintbrush, grape leaf, Indian blanket, Cosmo, Four o clocks, and Violet flowers
Flower Mandala Making Kit
$12.00
Only a few left!
This Pressed Dried Flower Mandala Making Kit can help remind us all to protect our beautiful relationships and spread love to those in our lives. Grown and made ethically by me. Includes two choice of 1 mandala sheet of 3 blank hand-drawn flower mandalas with love messages on the back and a packet of dried pressed flowers.
Blank on the inside to give with personal message.
Use the dried flowers provided to glue or add your own coloring to create your own Mandalas.
These are a perfect gift for any holiday or celebration.
With your heart, listen and receive and give a emotional healing from those you love.
Turn it over and a healing message is written out on the back.
You need glue, markers, scissors, paint brush for applying glue. Cut them out to give as gift cards with special message on the back.
25% of sales goes to https://www.foundationhomeless.org/programs
Supporting people to be the change they wish to see in the world. Win win!:)
Blank on the inside to give with personal message.
Use the dried flowers provided to glue or add your own coloring to create your own Mandalas.
These are a perfect gift for any holiday or celebration.
With your heart, listen and receive and give a emotional healing from those you love.
Turn it over and a healing message is written out on the back.
You need glue, markers, scissors, paint brush for applying glue. Cut them out to give as gift cards with special message on the back.
25% of sales goes to https://www.foundationhomeless.org/programs
Supporting people to be the change they wish to see in the world. Win win!:)
Silk Altar Cloth or wall hanging dyed with woad
$73.00
Only a few left!
Handmade silk piece made with recycled fabric. Dyed with woad plants with a shibori sewn resist and hand embroidered. Made to represent the semamori symbol of asanoha this is a blessing for strong growth. I hope to bless you in your endeavors and heal everyone on the earth as to work together for climate solutions rapidly and with strong growth.
Water thundering into flowers - I Am Water
$95.00
Only a few left!
Let yourself go into the path of the thundering waterfall and feel it pour over you. You are water!
I hand pieced this unique of of a kind mini-quilt prayer flag, hand embroidered the waterfall with thunder sashiko pattern and used batik fabric backing.
Use it as wall hanging, it comes with special clips, as an altar cloth or magic wrap me. Tiny and petite 11 inches by 7 1/2. Perfect for a small focus area of an altar or statue. Comes with clips for hanging.
Magic Wrap Me is a special fabric wrapping cloth for someone you love.
Made with Love.
I hand pieced this unique of of a kind mini-quilt prayer flag, hand embroidered the waterfall with thunder sashiko pattern and used batik fabric backing.
Use it as wall hanging, it comes with special clips, as an altar cloth or magic wrap me. Tiny and petite 11 inches by 7 1/2. Perfect for a small focus area of an altar or statue. Comes with clips for hanging.
Magic Wrap Me is a special fabric wrapping cloth for someone you love.
Made with Love.
Water flowing - Follow your Butterfly Heart
$95.00
Only a few left!
Let yourself go the path of the butterfly and feel it’s lightness of being.
I hand painted and batiked this unique one of a kind hand embroidered sun and waterway fabric wall hanging. The butterfly fabric backing is made by @batikbydesign
Use it as wall hanging, it comes with special clips, altar cloth or magic wrap me.
Magic Wrap Me is a special fabric wrapping cloth for someone you love.
Made with Love.
I hand painted and batiked this unique one of a kind hand embroidered sun and waterway fabric wall hanging. The butterfly fabric backing is made by @batikbydesign
Use it as wall hanging, it comes with special clips, altar cloth or magic wrap me.
Magic Wrap Me is a special fabric wrapping cloth for someone you love.
Made with Love.
Chrysanthemum- Magic Wrap Me -Furoshiki
$95.00
Only a few left!
This Wrap represents Chrysanthemum the symbol of long life. It has it embroidered on the top “Have a homemade life” by me for wishes of sustainability.
Chrysanthemum represents happiness, joy life and rebirth.
When you use this or give it away you are symbolically wishing happiness and transforming with whom it is given. Or you can use it to transform your own life if you need some joy.
This Gift wrapping or altar cloth is made in the spirit of a Traditional Japanese Furoshiki
It has a reversible Finished back. It is made with the traditional way of hiding seams inside with no raw edges. It takes extra time to do this additional step.
What is Furoshiki (Japanese fabric wrapping)
I love this Japanese art form of reducing my footprint and making art at the same time. My greatest wish is to receive one back wrapped in a gift!!! It is meant to be circular.
When it comes to gift-wrapping furoshiki is the perfect way to convey thoughtfulness and courtesy through the care taken in the choice of wrapping and in the way the fabric is folded and tied.
When plastic bags began being used in Japan, furoshiki use declined substantially. A resurgence in the artform has occurred as environmental awareness is increasing and many modern furoshiki are designed with contemporary fabrics seeking to appeal to younger generations. Whereas regular bags have a fixed amount of space that can only carry a particular type of object, a furoshiki is highly versatile and can be adapted to suit the exacts needs of the specific objects to be carried.
Traditionally both the colour and the printed design on the furoshiki is meaningful, so it's important to choose the correct cloth for the occasion. The giver presents the receiver with the gift, unveils it then keeps the cloth for the next use
FUROSHIKI EMBRACES THE PHILOSOPHY OF ECO-FRIENDLY LIVING BY CHALLENGING US ON HOW MANY ITEMS WE REALLY NEED. THIS BEAUTIFUL AND INGENIOUS ART ALLOWS ONE OBJECT TO HAVE MANY USES SIMPLY BY FOLDING AND TYING THE CLOTH IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
Traditional Furoshiki
While Japanese culture is not alone in using fabric wrapping, furoshiki has a distinctive style reflecting their interest in ceremony, beauty, multi-functional objects and thoughtful detail in their approach to everyday living.
Cloth wrapping has been used for over 1200 years in Japan and the word furoshiki came about during the Edo period (1603-1868) when the cloths were commonly used in bath houses to wrap clothes and as a bath mat. The word furoshiki means 'bath spread'.
Over time, they developed a multitude of uses and patterns that are both elegant and functional. One furoshiki cloth can be used for:
wrapping a gift
a bag for shopping
decorating a handbag
a picnic hamper
a tablecloth
household decor
a scarf, belt or bandana
wrapping clothes when travelling
Eco-fabric wrapping
Western culture is beginning to pick up on furoshiki and it's easy to wrap your own gifts. It's even quicker than paper wrapping!
Including some instructions on how to tie a furoshiki as part of your gift is a nice touch, and it's also great to give the person a demonstration to show them just how easy it is. This ensures your furoshiki is high chance of being passed on and spreading and eco-friendly fabric wrapping message on its' journey.
Here are some affordable and eco-friendly ideas for acquiring or making your furoshiki cloths:
1. find scarfs in op-shops
2. find fabric at an op-shop
3. decorate calico fabric using dyes, fabric paint or fabric pens
4. cut up old sheets and decorate them
5. use fabric samples from a recycling centre
6. ask friends who sew for any unwanted over-cuts
7. use a bandana, handkerchief or teatowel (although it's not square you can still use it to flat wrap a present).
Also
Korean wrapping cloths (known as bojagi in Korean) are celebrated for both their form and function. As wrapping cloths, bojagi were used ubiquitously in premodern Korea to wrap items for transport or storage, to cover food, and even to protect precious goods. Designs range from embroidered symbolic depictions of nature to patchworks of random scraps of cloth in an array of colors. Popularly used by all classes of Korean society, these square- or rectangle-shaped textiles were made from various materials such as silk, ramie (a linen- or silk-like fabric made from ramie, a perennial plant from the nettle family native to eastern Asia), gossamer, and cotton. Although historical records like the Samguk sagi (Annals of the Three Kingdoms) indicate the use of bojagi as early as the Three Kingdoms period (57 B.C.–A.D. 668), extant examples are largely from the Joseon period (1392–1910).Covering Cloth (Bojagi), Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910), late 19th–early 20th century, Costume Council Fund
Exclusively produced by women, the colorfully creative and whimsical nature of these textiles extols the artistic virtues of Korean women in a society long dominated by the Confucian hierarchy and male intellectual pursuits. Records indicate that making bojagi was a source of bonding and expression for Korean women who sewed their creations to be given as heirloom mementos to their daughters and daughters-in-law.
Chrysanthemum represents happiness, joy life and rebirth.
When you use this or give it away you are symbolically wishing happiness and transforming with whom it is given. Or you can use it to transform your own life if you need some joy.
This Gift wrapping or altar cloth is made in the spirit of a Traditional Japanese Furoshiki
It has a reversible Finished back. It is made with the traditional way of hiding seams inside with no raw edges. It takes extra time to do this additional step.
What is Furoshiki (Japanese fabric wrapping)
I love this Japanese art form of reducing my footprint and making art at the same time. My greatest wish is to receive one back wrapped in a gift!!! It is meant to be circular.
When it comes to gift-wrapping furoshiki is the perfect way to convey thoughtfulness and courtesy through the care taken in the choice of wrapping and in the way the fabric is folded and tied.
When plastic bags began being used in Japan, furoshiki use declined substantially. A resurgence in the artform has occurred as environmental awareness is increasing and many modern furoshiki are designed with contemporary fabrics seeking to appeal to younger generations. Whereas regular bags have a fixed amount of space that can only carry a particular type of object, a furoshiki is highly versatile and can be adapted to suit the exacts needs of the specific objects to be carried.
Traditionally both the colour and the printed design on the furoshiki is meaningful, so it's important to choose the correct cloth for the occasion. The giver presents the receiver with the gift, unveils it then keeps the cloth for the next use
FUROSHIKI EMBRACES THE PHILOSOPHY OF ECO-FRIENDLY LIVING BY CHALLENGING US ON HOW MANY ITEMS WE REALLY NEED. THIS BEAUTIFUL AND INGENIOUS ART ALLOWS ONE OBJECT TO HAVE MANY USES SIMPLY BY FOLDING AND TYING THE CLOTH IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
Traditional Furoshiki
While Japanese culture is not alone in using fabric wrapping, furoshiki has a distinctive style reflecting their interest in ceremony, beauty, multi-functional objects and thoughtful detail in their approach to everyday living.
Cloth wrapping has been used for over 1200 years in Japan and the word furoshiki came about during the Edo period (1603-1868) when the cloths were commonly used in bath houses to wrap clothes and as a bath mat. The word furoshiki means 'bath spread'.
Over time, they developed a multitude of uses and patterns that are both elegant and functional. One furoshiki cloth can be used for:
wrapping a gift
a bag for shopping
decorating a handbag
a picnic hamper
a tablecloth
household decor
a scarf, belt or bandana
wrapping clothes when travelling
Eco-fabric wrapping
Western culture is beginning to pick up on furoshiki and it's easy to wrap your own gifts. It's even quicker than paper wrapping!
Including some instructions on how to tie a furoshiki as part of your gift is a nice touch, and it's also great to give the person a demonstration to show them just how easy it is. This ensures your furoshiki is high chance of being passed on and spreading and eco-friendly fabric wrapping message on its' journey.
Here are some affordable and eco-friendly ideas for acquiring or making your furoshiki cloths:
1. find scarfs in op-shops
2. find fabric at an op-shop
3. decorate calico fabric using dyes, fabric paint or fabric pens
4. cut up old sheets and decorate them
5. use fabric samples from a recycling centre
6. ask friends who sew for any unwanted over-cuts
7. use a bandana, handkerchief or teatowel (although it's not square you can still use it to flat wrap a present).
Also
Korean wrapping cloths (known as bojagi in Korean) are celebrated for both their form and function. As wrapping cloths, bojagi were used ubiquitously in premodern Korea to wrap items for transport or storage, to cover food, and even to protect precious goods. Designs range from embroidered symbolic depictions of nature to patchworks of random scraps of cloth in an array of colors. Popularly used by all classes of Korean society, these square- or rectangle-shaped textiles were made from various materials such as silk, ramie (a linen- or silk-like fabric made from ramie, a perennial plant from the nettle family native to eastern Asia), gossamer, and cotton. Although historical records like the Samguk sagi (Annals of the Three Kingdoms) indicate the use of bojagi as early as the Three Kingdoms period (57 B.C.–A.D. 668), extant examples are largely from the Joseon period (1392–1910).Covering Cloth (Bojagi), Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910), late 19th–early 20th century, Costume Council Fund
Exclusively produced by women, the colorfully creative and whimsical nature of these textiles extols the artistic virtues of Korean women in a society long dominated by the Confucian hierarchy and male intellectual pursuits. Records indicate that making bojagi was a source of bonding and expression for Korean women who sewed their creations to be given as heirloom mementos to their daughters and daughters-in-law.
Conch Altar Cloth - Furoshiki
$125.00
Sold out
This handmade wrap I made from recycled fabrics represents the conch shell. Embroidered and blessed with the sacred conch. Embroidered with the words CONCH - I FIND MY PLEASURE WITHIN
It is a holy cloth for your altar, made to help you with your feminine voice.
Conch shells symbolize such feminine aspects as birth, regeneration, marriage and fertility. We really need to visualize coming into sacred femininity pleasure to give us confidence to the changes that we need to make in the world. Do you need the conch sacred qualities in your life?
The conch has a long history of ritualistic use in a variety of cultures and religions. Ancient believers in these practices have maintained that conch shells hold certain metaphysical and spiritual qualities. Conch shells also are used by Buddhists as receptacles for holy water. God Vishnu blew into a conch shell and made the first sound in all creation, a sacred sound known as "aum." Representing the five elements--earth, water, fire, air and space, the conch shell is blown at the beginning of sacred rituals because of the belief that the vibrations emitted from the conch shell will dispel negative energy and purify the environment. In Islam, the conch shell represents hearing the divine word, while ancient Greeks and Romans used the conch shell to symbolize their respective sea deities. The conch shell was even part of the belief system of the ancient Mayans, who believed its spiral shape represented infinity.
YOU CAN NOW HAVE THIS ON YOUR VERY OWN ALTAR!
Conch shown not included.
It is a holy cloth for your altar, made to help you with your feminine voice.
Conch shells symbolize such feminine aspects as birth, regeneration, marriage and fertility. We really need to visualize coming into sacred femininity pleasure to give us confidence to the changes that we need to make in the world. Do you need the conch sacred qualities in your life?
The conch has a long history of ritualistic use in a variety of cultures and religions. Ancient believers in these practices have maintained that conch shells hold certain metaphysical and spiritual qualities. Conch shells also are used by Buddhists as receptacles for holy water. God Vishnu blew into a conch shell and made the first sound in all creation, a sacred sound known as "aum." Representing the five elements--earth, water, fire, air and space, the conch shell is blown at the beginning of sacred rituals because of the belief that the vibrations emitted from the conch shell will dispel negative energy and purify the environment. In Islam, the conch shell represents hearing the divine word, while ancient Greeks and Romans used the conch shell to symbolize their respective sea deities. The conch shell was even part of the belief system of the ancient Mayans, who believed its spiral shape represented infinity.
YOU CAN NOW HAVE THIS ON YOUR VERY OWN ALTAR!
Conch shown not included.
How to create a pond from the pond angel
$8.00
Laminated pond creating guide for creating habitat from rainwater in your yard.
Easy to use laminated so you can use outside.
Easy to use laminated so you can use outside.
How to plant covercrops laminated guide
$8.00
How to Covercrops from the climate gardening angel!
Laminated guide for easy reference on how to plant covercrops for home use. Why? Mitigating climate change, conserve soil and water. All things you desperately need in this changing climate.
Be A Climate Change Gardener with Cloud Layer Gardening- 16 page Booklet
$10.00
Sold out
SECOND ADDITION!
16 page instruction gardening booklet about how to work with gardening in this changing climate: visualize water meditation, whole community actions, seed blessing ceremony, soil renewal ritual: a field remedy, carbon sequester, make berms and swales, keep moisture in your yard and plant covercrops. Background with my with ecoprinted paper from the garden!
Cloud Layer Gardening brings together several methods: lasagna, permaculture, no-dig and rain gardening. These methods keep the unseen moisture in water vapor in the local water cycle nourishing soil and plants. When you have thriving microbes, you store carbon! Layer, build and texture the landscape like clouds using berms, swales, walls and trees keeping moisture in your garden. When we have a hot summer, we want to regulate the amount of solar energy reaching the microbes in the dirt. Covering and protecting the precious life giving microbes, keeping them alive is key. This keeps the carbon in the ground. We not only contribute to the health of the soil, but also keep the climate in balance. That is the goal and I call this Cloud Layer Gardening.
16 page instruction gardening booklet about how to work with gardening in this changing climate: visualize water meditation, whole community actions, seed blessing ceremony, soil renewal ritual: a field remedy, carbon sequester, make berms and swales, keep moisture in your yard and plant covercrops. Background with my with ecoprinted paper from the garden!
Cloud Layer Gardening brings together several methods: lasagna, permaculture, no-dig and rain gardening. These methods keep the unseen moisture in water vapor in the local water cycle nourishing soil and plants. When you have thriving microbes, you store carbon! Layer, build and texture the landscape like clouds using berms, swales, walls and trees keeping moisture in your garden. When we have a hot summer, we want to regulate the amount of solar energy reaching the microbes in the dirt. Covering and protecting the precious life giving microbes, keeping them alive is key. This keeps the carbon in the ground. We not only contribute to the health of the soil, but also keep the climate in balance. That is the goal and I call this Cloud Layer Gardening.