Gardens and Grace

Soul Sanctuary, Quiet Delight
May 27 - 31, 2007

Kanuga is partnering with nearby Brevard College to offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for this conference. There will be a $25 processing fee for anyone who wants to take advantage of this program. Participants will receive detailed information upon arrival. These credits may be applied toward Master Gardener certification; please check with your local cooperative extension office for requirements.

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“Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” - Mark 6:31

Gardens large or small, wild or 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, workshops, teaching, sharing and celebrating will encourage a deepening of faith, hope and love.

Come and see how the garden grows!

About the keynoters

Philip Roderick

Philip Roderick

Workshops

A wide variety of workshops will be offered, as well as opportunities for gardeners or anyone interested in spiritual growth to gather together. Participants also will have the chance to work on a gardening project on the Kanuga campus.

Workshops topics may include

  • Sound Healing, Sacred Posture: An extraordinary combination of the hang drum, improvisational chant, body prayer and syncopation. Led by the Rev. Philip Roderick.
  • A Geranium Farm Garden Writers Colony: Talk with author Barbara Crafton about the garden as a muse.
  • Incorporating Texts into the Spirit and Structure of Your Garden: Use lines of poetry, a verse of Scripture or other phrases to inform your garden plan. Led by Denise Inge.
  • Garden Design 101: A basic practical how-to for topics such as site analysis, design and choosing and grouping plant material. Led by Marguerite Batkin.
  • Wild Flowers and Gardening with Native Plants: Led by Marguerite Batkin.
  • The Gospel According to My Garden: Led by Rebecca Brown.
  • Garden Writing A – From Leaf to Pen: Ideas for writing about the plants, gardens and nature that inspire you. Led by Debra Prinzing.
  • Garden Writing B – Word Pictures: Review and editing of our own essays and stories. Led by Debra Prinzing.
  • Garden Design – Dynamic Plant Combinations: Learn inspiring ways to combine and group plants for color, form, texture and habit. Led by Debra Prinzing.
  • Environmental Hospitality in the Quiet Garden: How to be totally organic, chemical-free and provide a healthy, lush, safe, welcoming environment for all of creation. Led by Gloria Waggoner.
  • Being, Resting and Becoming Still: Led by the Rev. Keith Green.
  • Labyrinths – Walking Prayers in Gardens: When walking a labyrinth, spirit, mind and body balance to allow us to pray with our whole being. Learn about the gifts of the labyrinth and how one might be built in your garden. Led by Joy Bergfalk.
  • Healing in an African Garden – A Traveler on the Way: The Rev. Martha Macgill will talk about healing, transformation and reconciliation during her time as a parish priest for three years in South Africa.
  • Finding God in the Garden: Learn to engage the senses and create a restful spot where a person can sit and take it all in. Led by Kathleen Johnson.
  • Monarch Waystations: Butterfly gardening with emphasis on larval food plants for the survival of monarch butterflies. Led by Ina Warren.
  • Get Comfortable: Explore the basic meaning of security and experience the comfort that comes when we relax and accept both our goodness and our limitations. Led by the Rev. Lee Jaster.

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 "Celtic Spirituality: Rooted and Grounded in God's Love."

Terry Hershey

Terry Hershey

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, "The Sacrament of the Blessed Present," will study the garden as metaphor for living with intention.

Barbara Crafton

Barbara Crafton

The Rev. Barbara Crafton is a spiritual director and award-winning author. She was rector of St. Clement's Church in Manhattan's Theatre district and served both historic Trinity Church, Wall Street and St. John's Church in Greenwich Village. She was a chaplain at Ground Zero during the recovery effort after the Sept. 11 attacks.

She is seen frequently on television both as a preacher and as a commentator on Hallmark's "New Morning" and "America at Worship." Her web site, The Geranium Farm, is an online institute for the promotion of spiritual growth which publishes the Almost-Daily eMos, read by thousands worldwide.

Her keynote address, "We Who Are About to Die Salute You!", will explore how unexpected beauty before a loss opens the heart to sanctify it.

Denise Inge

Denise Inge

Denise Inge, a committed Anglican, mother and writer, was born and raised in America. As a specialist on the writings of the seventeenth-century priest and poet Thomas Traherne, she speaks regularly at quiet days, retreats and conferences. She is a keen gardener who has created four open gardens. She lives near Cambridge, England, with her husband, the Bishop of Huntingdon, and their two daughters.

Her keynote speech, "Echoed Ecstasy: Thomas Traherne and the World as 'an Epistle of God’s love,'" will focus on Traherne’s vibrant spirituality of nature.

Additional Staff

Cost

Double Occupancy

$510 per person
Includes program, lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities.

Single Occupancy

$630 per person
Includes same as above. (Based on availability)

Participating Spouse

$420 per person
Includes same as above.

Non-Participating Spouse

$250 per person
Includes lodging, meals and use of recreational facilities.

Commuter

$230 per person
Includes program, lunches and suppers. (Residents of Henderson and bordering North Carolina or South Carolina counties)

Payment

Deposit

$50 Per Person
(Non-refundable. Deposit will be deducted from balance.)

Balance Due

April 27
(To register after this date, please send a check or use a credit card for the full amount.)

Start/End Times

Check-In

4-6 p.m. Sunday, May 27

Check-Out

After breakfast Thursday, May 31

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