Gardening with Biodiversity in Mind, Sceal na Cruinne (Story of the Universe) and Natural Rustic Garden Features are among the courses on offer this autumn at An Gáirdín, an oasis of peace and beauty in Portumna, Co Galway.www.angairdin.ie.
Set up by a small group of Mercy Sisters in 1994, An Gairdin’s courses, celebrations and activities are based on “our search, in collaboration with others, to find ways of living in a mutually enhancing relationship with the Earth and the whole Earth Community.”
The sisters’ vision is of “Earth as a living organism, a great web of interconnectedness and interdependent life.” They share the desire “to rediscover together who we humans are as a strand of this magnificent web. You could say we shared the desire to ‘come home’ to Earth after a long absence.”
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