The Gardens
What is a Healing Garden? The phrase, "healing garden" does not stress the idea of curing a person. The benefits are more related to the alleviation of stress and the abilities of the space to sooth, calm, rejuvenate or restore ones mental and emotional health. A Healing Garden is a space dedicated to providing sanctuary, allowing meditation or to inspire our innate healing qualities to arise in the garden visitor. At HCM we are concentrating on creating such a space.
Healing Gardens are gaining popularity today. Throughout the ages, gardens have been an important part of human life. The great Egyptian Gardens offered protection from harsh weather conditions, as well as soothing the spirit. European Monastic gardens, or Cloister Gardens, were most likely the first type of Healing Gardens used. Monks maintained these gardens for growing medicinal plants. They actually allowed the sick to dwell in the gardens. A separate medicinal garden often grew next to their hospital buildings. With the decline of Monasticism, due to changes in the 14th and 15th century the significance of the Middle Ages /Restorative Gardens declined.
There is a trend now for large healthcare facilities to include Healing Gardens. Today, gardens offer people an escape from an often-hectic lifestyle. In a garden, the possibilities are endless and can have a variety of meanings for the person who creates it or enjoys it. The gardens symbolize the cycle of life.
In the near future HCM will be building such a garden. We encourage you to visit, and join us in connecting your human spirit to the restorative power of the garden.
"The Gardens at HCM" will be opening in the near future. We will post information on events, memberships and visiting hours as it becomes available.
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Perennials, annuals, and herbs will be available in the spring of 2010. We specialize in morning glories, cypress vine, hyacinth bean, cardinal climber, moon flower, and other "climbers" to accompany and accent your garden iron.
"Those who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God" Thomas Jefferson
"God almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures." Francis Bacon
"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses." Abraham Lincoln
Unique wrought iron gift items designed by HCM for your home and garden. These items are available throughout the year at "The Gardens at HCM".
HCM will be offering a selection of hand-thrown pots in various colors and sizes to compliment your choice of herbs and flowers. These will be available at "The Gardens at HCM" in the near future.