Feng Shui and Gardening?

What does Feng Shui have to do with gardening?

Gary Hendrickson of Feng Shui Design International tells us the answer. Look for him at our Feng Shui for Your Secret Garden workshop which starts this weekend. Sign up by 5 p.m. Thursday to participate!

What does Feng Shui have to do with gardening?

Lots. Over 6000 years ago, the early principles of feng shui, the ancient Asian art and science of design and placement, were used to create the largest gardens – farms to feed the masses in China. Masters of the discipline evolved and were sought after to guide farmers to find the best location that would produce the most food.

Feng shui developed into many more uses over the years including siting new building locations, and improving the beauty and comfort within existing buildings. Segueing forward to today’s world, entire community developments are now being designed embedding feng shui principles into the very core of the design.

Yet, the most common aim that the pop-culture crowd assigns as tasks to their feng shui practitioners is to assist them in attaining more wealth, health and harmonious relationships. Improving one’s sleep at night, and efficiency and focus at work also more recently became regular goals of utilizing feng shui techniques.

Back to the garden. Feng Shui literally means wind and water. By understanding the principles of wind and water flow, and the five element cycles of metal, water, wood, fire and earth, we can consciously influence the environmental (interiors & exterior garden) impacts on our lives with noticeable beneficial results.

Gary Hendrickson