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onnections By Minnie Kansman

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Real Fairie Gardens

Learning to create a real Fairie Garden begins with understanding what a Fairie is. I have been connected with this intelligence found in Nature all of my life. They are not just the cute humanized form of a tiny girl with wings, as Disney would like us to believe, but so much more than that.

Fairies are part of the Deva’s of Light called Nature Spirits. Deva’s could be viewed as the overall General Contractors of a specific physical form of matter such as a garden. Nature Spirits, or Fairies, are the energies in charge of the creation of the individual plants and flowers found there. They assist the seeds to grow and your roses to become pink or red in color. They are the worker bees of Nature, the ones responsible for overseeing every single plant in your garden. So to make a real Fairie Garden you must work in a co-creative relationship with these energies. How you do this is by first acknowledging their existence.

The Wayne Dyer quote “You will see it when you believe it,” is helpful to remember here.

Trust that there is an intelligence at work beyond the level of proven science that is often unseen by the human eye. For me it is a comfort and a knowingness that feels right and makes sense for understanding the world around me. How can there be so much beauty and awe here on earth without something orchestrating it all?

There are two well known communities that have been co-creating in the gardening world of Nature Spirits for many years. The first iscalled Findhorn Foundation, in Northern Scotland. This unique garden based community was founded in 1956 by Eileen and Peter Caddy and their friend Dorothy

Maclean. Starting with poor sandy soil and barren ground, these friends began a dialogue about how to grow plants with Nature that is thriving to this day. This is clearly evident by the vibrant flower gardens and abundant produce grown there. Eileen Caddy’s books Foundations of Findhorn and The Findhorn Garden chronicle this journey into listening and following the advice of the Nature Spirits.

Another famous hands-on study of Nature Intelligence is active at Perelandra Gardens in Pennsylvania, cared for by Machaelle Small Wright. Wright’s first book, Behaving as if the God in all Life Matters, shares her beginnings of a lifelong Nature Spirit connection. As Machaelle describes it, gardens are made for humans with Nature Spirits supporting this creative production. I love this quote she received from her Garden Deva, “Humans tend to look at gardens as an expression of nature. Nature looks at gardens as an expression of humans.”

So you see, making a real Fairie garden takes a bit more focus than just placing miniature furniture and fairy figurines in a corner of the garden. But for some, this may be the first step of beginning this relationship. Remember when I said the most important piece of building this connection was acknowledging their existence?

I remember as a very young child I would make Fairie houses out of drift wood, acorns, moss and stones. There was often a table,(one flat stone) with chairs, (four smaller stones), set with acorn top cups and bowls. Moss was placed for beds and sometimes a canopy of twigs and leaves was placed over the bed. There were always flowers strewn everywhere and feathers to decorate with. Finally, gifts of tiny pieces of colorful candy were left to entice the new homeowners. I would leave these houses as offerings to the fairies at the edge of the woods, an invitation to live nearby.

The popularity of making Fairie houses has become a major gardening industry. Entire sections of garden centers are dedicated to tiny figurines, landscaping materials, furniture, and miniature plants. Fairie Gardens can be constructed inside a single low dish or planter, or given an area of garden space just for them. My favorite location for one of these miniature gardens is at the base of a tree or old tree stump.

A magical one I created in Michigan started with a single Fairie door leaned up against a Cherry tree trunk. A walkway was made with small glass tiles, and stones were used to edge the path. I kept the garden somewhat wild and un-manicured, planting tiny flowers such as Johnny-jump-ups, Sedum, and Sweet Alyssum. Patio furniture, garden benches, and eventually a camper complete with campsite and colorful flags were additions to this outdoor diorama over the years. As the Cherry tree slowly started to die, large pieces of bark would fall off it. I asked the Nature Spirits to work with this tree to keep it alive for as long as possible. It stayed alive for the 8 years we lived there. The Spring before we moved I was working in the garden next to it and saw the Fairie door begin to shift back and forth. Moving over to investigate, I opened the door and there to my surprise was a small mouse, dashing down a hole he had created in the ground behind the door. This was a sign to me that Nature had really moved into this magical place I had created.

Gardening co-creatively with Nature Spirits takes a lot of listening and intuition. One must first connect or meditate with the Overlighting Deva of your entire

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garden. This is the opportunity to ask about garden shapes, paths, and structure. I am often shown pictures in my mind and have blank paper and pencil ready to draw a crude sketch at best, just to capture the image given. This is also a great time to connect with the Deva of the Soil and ask if there are any amendments necessary for optimum growth.

Now it is time to actually begin working with the Fairie Realm and go shopping for plants or seeds. At the nursery I look for plants that call me to them, by their color or just their presence. They shine or sparkle more than the others, and often I hear with my inner ear “please take me home.”

Once home, I do not plant them right away, but place them still in their pots where I feel they might like to go. I do consider light requirements, but sometimes logical mind decisions gets overruled. I place them where I think they might thrive and just let them be for a day or two. Then I ask if they are happy there. At this time I am speaking with the Nature Spirit or Fairie of that individual plant. Again, listening with my inner ear I may discover they would like a different neighbor or to be planted in a completely different area of the garden. I listen. Sometimes moving one plant affects the locations of the other plants waiting to be planted. It is like a dance of juxtapositions.

Often times as I am digging their holes they tell me what kind of soil additions they would like to be planted with. Compost, sphagnum moss, worm castings are a few choices. There is much chatter and I have found gardening is at best a solitary affair as there can be no multitasking. Often I enter a meditative Zen-like state and hours fly by during these Nature Spirit conversations.

The joy I receive from gardening in this intuitive way is rewarding and nurturing for my Soul. Guests often comment on how they feel at peace in my gardens, and the sense of magic they inspire. And it has not just been one location I have created magical gardens at, but everywhere I have ever lived. Once you learn how to do this, it can be applied anywhere you go.

So I encourage you to try this unique approach to gardening, Please know you will bring your own gifts to this process and that there is no one correct way to garden co-creatively with Nature. Just bring an open heart and a willingness to listen and believe you have assistance, if you only ask.

Minnie’s next trip with Nature Travel Adventures is to the Scottish Highlands— scheduled for May 2021. There are a few spots left. The Nature Spirits of Findhorn, the Callanish Stone Circle, and Isle of Skye and Isle of Iona are all part of this Sacred Journey. The full detailed itinerary is now posted on her website www. minniekansman.com.

Minnie Kansman and her business Eco~Balance Humanity in Harmony with Nature have assisted others with Feng Shui, Sacred Space Clearing, and Nature Spirit Connection since 1994. A certified Master Feng Shui Consultant and Educator and Nature and Forest Therapy Guide, Minnie lives lightly on the land and honors the power of Spirit in all things. The author of Spirit Gardens: Rekindling our Nature Connection, and Missing Nana: Lessons from the Nature Spirits, a playful children’s story about the afterlife based on love, available on her website. Join Minnie for her Nature Connections live stream the fourth Weds. of the month at 4 pm ET, and contact her for long distance and on-site Feng Shui Consultations and Space Clearing Ceremonies. Check out her website for a Forest Therapy walk near you. www.minniekansman.com ecobalance99@gmail.com FB: minniekansman99 FB: Nature Connections with Minnie Kansman

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June 2020 Update

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