Healing Gardens of Heysham

Hi

We're currently looking for people who would like to be involved with this project.  The Healing Gardens is at a very early stage and we really need others involved in order to get things going.

We are also really keen to hear what others think as this is intended as a project to help people.

The idea of a healing gardens came about because we felt there was no such other therapeutic garden for people to go to relax, to de-stress themselves or simply to find new meaning in their lives through nature.  The hope here that it should benefit the whole community in which it is situated.  It should also be available for anyone who needs it.

The main focus for this project is the Heysham area in North Lancashire.

The hope is to set up a therapeutic garden which provides holistic healing, places to relax, food gardening.  Some of the ideas are as follows:

Garden Sitting Area - Relaxing therapeutic garden with sensory plants, colour, artwork, chimes to sit and simply relax.

Kitchen Garden - where people can grow fruit and veg.  Can be a therapeutic exercise in itself.  Watching what you're planted grow over the months and then harvesting the results afterwards :)

Woodland area(s) - Simply somewhere to wander and find oneself within the natural landscape of nature itself.

Water Gardens

Therapeutic Activities

Natural Healing activities like Yoga, Tai Chi, Meditation and relaxation.  Can be done inside or out on the grass or a camomile lawn in nice weather.

Craft Making Activities like card making, fabric creations (sewing, fabric painting, making things etc...), woodworking, mosaic creations, baking,

Tea Gardens - A place for the public and visitors to access to see and experience what we're doing here.

Peace Garden - For meditation and relaxation.

Funding - The idea here is that eventually it could be as easy to maintain as possible and to be able to be self funding wherever possible.  This could be done by sale of plants, produce and crafts to the public as well as the possibility of applying for grants and any other funding we can access.

If you're interested in helping or becoming involved in this project do get in contact so we can move this project onto the next stage and hopefully get something up and running as soon as is practical :)


Peace and Happiness  x