The Original Garden
The Original Garden My involvement with the Original Garden began one freezing winter morning in 2009, at a meeting to discuss the deer fence. Posts and gates had already gone up, to some dismay and
The Future
The Future Eileen always asked: Why are you here? If you’re here for community, it’s the wrong place. If you’re here for the ecovillage or education, it’s the wrong place. But if you’re here
A Statement Of Values – Our Common Ground
A Statement Of Values – Our Common Ground At an Internal Conference in 1996, with a background of bubbling conflicts and questions about our collective identity, people began to ask, What are our deeper values?
Future of Findhorn
Future of Findhorn It WILL be a City of Light. I see it stretching out into the surrounding areas. You can already see the area filling up with like-minded people. I’ve seen it in
Eileen Caddy 1994
Have you ever thought that what you do, how you live and how you think can help or hinder the peace in the world? Eileen Caddy 1994
Spirit of the Future for 2012 and beyond
Spirit of the Future for 2012 and beyond Even though we, as the Findhorn Foundation Community, celebrate our 50th birthday in 2012, we do so knowing the long-term survival of the planet that we all
Attunement to Nature
THE GARDENS THEN AND NOW Attunement to Nature When I arrived in 1979 I had almost no training in gardening at all. My professional background was in forestry and I knew little about carrots
Dancing in the Garden
DANCING IN THE GARDEN In 1971 the original garden was still very much used for our vegetables. They were grown in plain rows; John Hilton was the main gardener at the time. In those days
Peter asked for gardeners
IN THE BEGINNING WERE THE GARDENS Peter asked for gardeners I came on a motorcycle from Blackpool with a friend in 1971; we were professional gardeners and Peter had asked us to come. It was
Contact with Nature Spirits
Contact with Nature Spirits What in the world was all this stuff about devas, pan being alive, and elves, pixies and all manner of fairy folk being real? My background includes five years trying my
