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Gardens large and small, wild and manicured, can be places for prayer, creativity and healing.

This unique conference, in an exquisite outdoor setting, will provide breathing space, time for solitude and community, time for relaxation and restoration and time to learn about and to cherish the natural world.

Inspirational meditations and workshops, teaching and input, sharing and celebrating will encourage a deepening of faith, hope and love.

Come and see how the garden grows!

Workshops

A wide variety of workshops will be offered, as well as opportunities for gardeners or anyone interested in spiritual growth to gather together. Optional visits to local private gardens will be arranged.

Workshop topics may include

• Soul Gardening – Lessons the garden teaches about living fully and with passion
• Creating a Sanctuary Garden – Practical suggestions for making a sacred space of any size
• The Garden and Sabbath – Slowing down and stillness
• The Gift of the Garden – Spiritual, emotional and social benefits
• Garden Design – Basics to consider for designing personal gardens
• Creating a Garden of Abundance – Tips and techniques on the nine aspects of an abundant garden
• The Quiet Garden
• Creating Memorial Gardens
• Caring for the Earth
• Labyrinths and the Garden
• Writing in the Garden
• Why Nature Sings ... to the Teenager
• Living Fully – The art of paying attention
• Leading into Stillness – How to landscape our inner journey
• Body Prayer – The gentle interplay between heaven and earth
• The Cardboard Band – Contemplative Christian chant with an Afro-Celtic flavor
• Still Walk – A walk of awareness around Kanuga's 30-acre lake

About the keynoters/workshop leaders

The Rev. Philip Roderick is an Anglican priest, Celtic educator and percussionist, who has lectured and led workshops extensively in the United States and in Europe over the past 15 years.

He founded the Quiet Garden Movement in 1992 in England. Since then, it has fostered 260 oases of stillness and beauty in private homes and gardens, churches, inner city areas and elsewhere.

His keynote address is titled Communion With God Through Earth: The Ecospirituality of Teilhard de Chardin.

From the Welsh border, Esther de Waal is an Anglican lay woman, internationally known author and scholar of the Cistercian, Benedictine and Celtic traditions of Christian spirituality.

She has written many books, including Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict, The Way of Simplicity: The Cistercian Tradition and God Under My Roof: Celtic Songs and Blessings.

Her latest book, Lost in Wonder: The Spiritual Art of Attentiveness, has been extremely popular and touches on aspects of spirituality relevant to the topic she will address at this conference. Her keynote speech is titled A Dialogue With the Garden: From Darkness to Light.

Terry Hershey of Vashon, Wash., has served as a Protestant minister and now works as a writer and landscape designer. Storyteller, philosopher and humorist, he speaks throughout the United States and Canada on relationships, spirituality and gardening.

His books include Soul Gardening and Sacred Necessities. His gardens and books have been featured in Pacific Northwest Magazine (Seattle Times), Seattle Homes and Lifestyle and the Tacoma News Tribune.

His keynote speech is titled The Art of Doing Nothing: Finding Sabbath in the Garden/The Writings of Rabbi Abraham Heschel.

Leonard Sweet, historian, theologian and futurist, is a professor of evangelism at Drew Theological School, Madison, N.J., and a visiting professor at George Fox University, Portland, Ore.

He is the author of more than 100 articles, 600 published sermons and 27 books, including his recent Summoned to Lead and Out of the Question...Into the Mystery.

He is a frequent speaker at conferences across the United States and around the globe. His keynote address is titled The G.O.O.D. (Get Out Of Doors) Church.

Additional Staff

• Chaplain and Workshop Leader: The Rt. Rev. Edward Holland, retired bishop, chairman of the Trustees of the Quiet Garden Movement, London.
• Chaplain and Workshop Leader: The Rev. Keith Green, retired minister, chaplain of the Quiet Garden Movement, Oxfordshire, England.
• Workshop Leader: Marguerite Batkin, garden designer and owner of Sanctuaries, Gardens to Restore the Soul, Saluda, N.C.
• Workshop Leader: Debra Prinzing, freelance garden writer and Master Gardener, Seattle.
• Workshop Leader and Musician: Rebecca Brown, youth minister and gardener, Florida.
• Coordinator: Jackie Lock, administrative director of the Quiet Garden Movement, Buckinghamshire, England.

Cost
Double Occupancy	$395 Per Person Includes program, double occupancy lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities.
Single Occupancy	$485 Per Person Includes same as above. (Based on availability)
Participating Spouse	$325 Per Person Includes same as above.
Non-Participating Spouse	$245 Per Person Includes lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities.
Commuter	$225 Per Person Includes program, lunches and suppers. (Residents of Henderson and bordering North and South Carolina counties)
Payment
Deposit	$50 Per Person (Non-refundable. Deposit will be deducted from balance.)
Balance Due	April 21 (To register after that, please send a check or use a credit card for the full amount.)
Start/End Times
Check-In	4-6 p.m. Sunday, May 21
Check-Out	After breakfast Wednesday, May 24
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