Launching Spiritual Gardens

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My name is John Stuart Leslie

Hello and welcome to this blog which will endeavor to explore the meaning of Spiritual Gardens and how they can function as a vehicle for personal transformations, soul searching, spiritual development and renewal and many other forms of enlightment. I am starting this blog as the beginning of an online journey into the exploration of the deeper meaning of nature, religion, spirituality, design, art and gardening. My interest stems from my long time interest and pursuit of spiritually through eastern philosophy, metaphysical concepts, self development, nature and a career in landscape architecture, construction and design. I have always been interested in spirituality as a whole: meditation, native American beliefs, Taoism, Zen Buddhism, and most “mainstream new age” belief systems. I also spend a lot of time in my own garden where I am immersed in the tasks of planting, digging, building and observing plants and nature as a whole. It came to me that there is a strong connection between gardening/landscaping/nature and the more transcendental form of spirituality that is actually contained within the garden. I shall share with you my thoughts, comments, articles and other musings as we enjoy this journey together. Stay tuned for more entries.

-JSL