Hearing about Findhorn for the first time
Blackpool pals before Findhorn, summer 1968, Carly, Matthew, Mik. Early Spring 1970 my friends and I in Blackpool, Lancashire were wondering where our pal Ian was. We knew he’d gone to Scotland to
A personal message in the Central Garden
I did my Experience Week at the end of January 1977. One day I was walking from the Park building through the Central Garden and as I came abreast of the large pine tree by
Peter Caddy in the Garden
I knew Peter Caddy, the co-founder of Findhorn, as a tall, restless figure often seen walking at speed along the warren of pathways in the caravan park. I usually avoided him. I never knew what
A Job to Do
DOROTHY MACLEAN: A Job to Do Many are the pages filled with the messages Dorothy received from the devic and angelic realms. However, it is important to remember that Dorothy had spent nearly 10 years
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
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
