A serene feature of this garden is a twenty-foot diameter meditation garden. Completed April 17, 2011, the meditation circle contains a labyrinth for walking meditations. A mix of evergreen perennials and annuals are used to form walls between the paths and the plantings continue to evolve.
Meditation Circle April 17, 2012
I wrote a reflection of the meditation garden in October 2011.
Here are some scenes of the meditation garden during its first year.
Inaugural Meditation Walk April 15, 2011
June 2, 2011
Meditation Circle July 31, 2011
Meditation Circle September 18, 2011
Meditation Circle December 31, 2011
Meditation Garden On Rainy Spring Morning March 24, 2012
Meditation Circle April 15, 2012
Early Morning Garden After Rain, June 29, 2013
April 2017
Snapdragons in Meditation Circle
May 2017 – Short video
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Susie,
Your garden is lovely and the meditation circle and labyrinth appear to be a work of love. You should be very proud. It must give you a sense of peace and calm so needed in the chaotic and hectic world. Take care. Carol
Thanks Carol. Yes it is a special place of respite.
A beautiful, calming space, what a lovely concept.
Thanks. I can’t imagine my garden without it now-it brings such peace.
I can imagine, it looks like a real haven.
what a beautiful idea, I think it’s lovely, thanks for sharing, Frances
Thanks Frances.
what a wonderful idea and beautiful place you meditation garden is.
Claire, thank you so much. I find it peaceful for walking meditations and like the way it accentuates the garden.
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I love this idea! You’ve given me fresh inspiration for replacing an area of lawn (which we have no business having in our drought-parched area of Silicon Valley.) This is beautiful. I’ve studied mediation and yoga, want to mediate daily (and don’t). There is something about this walking mediation garden that really speaks to me.
Glad you like the meditation circle. I don’t meditate every day either but being in the garden puts me halfway there. Thanks so much for visiting today.
Isn’t that the truth. It’s hard to be stressed out in a garden.
I have just found your blog via Cathy at Herbs and Words. Circles are such a good garden design feature, a meditation circle is wonderful, gardens can be such calming relaxing place. We have an Oriental Garden in Our Garden@19 which is very calming to sit in.
Thanks for stopping by Brian. Cathy’s blog is great. The meditation circle has become a nice focal point and I love walking it at special times of the day. I checked out your blog for a few minutes but didn’t come across the Oriental garden yet. It sounds lovely. Susie
Hi PBMgarden,
I was hoping to get permission to use one of your photos of Monarda didyma. Please send me an email address where I can reach you. Thanks
Jennifer
Thanks Jennifer, I will contact you.
Susie
Hi pbmGarden!
I stumbled across your blog while searching for Perennial Dusty Miller. I love the meditation circle – what a wonderful idea. Could you recommend a source for the dusty miller? I haven’t been able to find it online. I used to have some that was passed along from my grandmothers garden but alas it has not come back.
Judi
Glad you like the meditation circle. It brings great pleasure. My perennial Dusty Miller is a pass-along also, from a dear relative many years ago. Have never seen it sold anywhere. Are you local to Chapel Hill? Perhaps I can get you a piece.
Thanks for the response. How wonderful! I’d love a piece of the dusty miller. That’s so kind! I live in Greensboro which is about an hour away. Maybe this fall?