Greenhouse - Tips and Advice: Plan Your Garden with Feng Shui for Harmony
by Anneli Motntine
These flowers keep us Swedes going when winter keeps on coming ;o)
There are a few simple principles in feng shui that can be used by basically everyone with a garden. Feng shui is about living in harmony and balance with nature, so what place could be better than the garden to begin with? * Explore your possibilities to use rounded shapes more in your garden. Could you place your vegetable rows in wavy or oval shape this time? Is there a way to softly make the fence bend slightly around the corner of the entrance way? Is there place enough to put a rose bow where all your guests enter your garden? Use your imagination and think "rounded shapes", that ought to add some really exciting and harmonious ideas coming true in your green home! (Note: we intuitively/instinctively associate with the female quality of life when we spot rounded shapes, so do this to increase the female presence in your life - either inside your self, or outside ;o) * Find out what colors really make you smile of happiness! If blue is heaven to you, then add blue, either lots of it or in very highlighted places, like pots on the stair, blue garden furniture etc. * Make sure to have separate parts of the garden for rest and activity. This way the kids playing ball won't annoy the reader sitting in the shadow of a tree (and the other way round ;o) * The entrance(gate, center and boundaries are very important aspects of any given place when you work according to the principles of feng shui. The entrance should be very welcoming and easy accessible, and the number on the house very clear, and preferably placed so on looks up to it and easily finds it. (That is, unless you really have a deep desire to just "cave in" for a while, then the absence of numbers and mail box names etc should to the trick for you ;o). The boundaries should be obvious and stable, unless you really long for people that keep stepping over them, both symbolically and physically! The center, or the heart, of your garden is basically the place you feel most for, even if it is not actually in the physical center of your garden. It could be a calm, little place with a zen feeling about it, or it could be a magnificent magnolia or some other bush, tree etc that you love especially much. It could also be the playground, sand pile etc where your kids hang out! * Keep the plants that are healthy, and make sure you get rid of the ones that have started to give up and that looks like if they can't wait to have their eternal rest on the compositional pile... What you surround yourself with is also what will have an important influence on your thoughts and feelings about life and yourself and others. This is important also for your physical health - don't keep nurturing something that is dying, but let it die and go back to our mother Earth, and let the new life blossom and take its place. This has nothing to do with old, sick people and the idea of "your dying, lets get rid of you" (absolutely not!), but it rather has to do with letting go of old ideas, old emotional patterns and degenerating behavioral habits. It is an excellent practice for anyone wishing to end something in their life and start out on a new path! * Look around for sharp edges and corners - and if you find any; even if it means the corner of the neighbor's garage, then you should also look for means to hide this from your view as effectively and beautifully as possible. A wind chime that caught your attention, hanging in a tree in front of the corner could be very useful. We tend to instinctively feel threatened and stay alerted when sharp corners or edges etc are pointed our way. Try to pay attention to this also where you sleep and sit during your days and nights. * Another tip is to choose one place for each family member and say "Here you are, you can do whatever you want to with this spot". As everybody really feel good when they have their own special place inside the house, it is equally nice to know that "Oh, here is my special place, I can grow carrots, roses or build sand castles as much as I want to, cool!" Have a very nice time altering your "Green Castle" to benefit both you, your family and your visitors with even more harmony and balance now!
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