Gardening with Soul: Healing the Earth and Ourselves with Feng Shui and Environmental Awareness [Paperback]

Gaylah Balter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2003

This book is part of a new genre of gardening literature presenting the spiritual side of gardening and bestowing information that aids in personal growth and awareness of the needs of the Earth as a living being. The soul, spirit, or inner-self clamours for the nurturing which can only come from a connection to the Earth that includes all living things. The book's beautiful and artistic format, along with Gaylah's open and simple style of writing, will take you on a journey to find soul in your garden. As you explore the environment, history, Feng Shui, gardening, and hundreds of interesting and unusual quotes, humour, facts, and gardening tips, you will discover ways to feed your own soul. It has resulted in a book that will be a treasure to gardening enthusiasts, environmentalists, and spiritual seekers alike.

Editorial Reviews

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This exquisite, yet simple book, will re-ignite a belief that all living things have a spark of the Divine..." -- Awareness Magazine, March/April 2003

From the Publisher

Gardening with Soul is an inspiring contribution to garden literature that offers ways to fall in love anew with the life around us in Nature while finding healing and peace in our gardens. It will become a treasure to garden enthusiasts, environmentalists, and spiritual seekers alike.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 146 pages
• Publisher: Learning Tree Books (February 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970786115
• ISBN-13: 978-0970786111
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,433,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for creating your peace garden, February 13, 2003

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This review is from: Gardening with Soul: Healing the Earth and Ourselves with Feng Shui and Environmental Awareness (Paperback)

"Gardening With Soul" in its most basic form is a book about establishing a garden using Feng Shui techniques. Gardens have traditionally been a place of solace and recharging our energy levels. In this book Gaylah Balter takes us through the steps of planning that place of sanctuary and then creating it. From discussing the qualities of trees, plants, water and soil to a discussion of color coordination, use of rocks, insects, butterflies and wildlife it covers all you need to know to create a garden that is in harmony. I particularly liked the chart that provided a list of plants to be protected, the insects that attack them and the guard plant that will repel that insect.

While useful for those who are not of the New Age mindset, the last half of the book includes a chapter on communicating with angels and fairies to help with your garden and an extensive section on Feng Shui. The Feng Shui section details various ways to lay out your garden that promote centering and harmony and is very good. For those who want to create a garden sanctuary this is an informative and recommended book.