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    Connectedness in the Garden
    Connectedness in the Garden
    Connectedness in the Garden
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    Connectedness in the Garden

    By Ross Lamond

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    The art of ‘connectedness’ is something new and different. I like those connotations and want to be part of them. Sure there are risks of some kind, but also a surprise and reward, and they could be worth the experience.
    That is why I wrote ‘Connectedness to the Garden’ as an adjunct to the publication, ‘Connections to the Earth’. I wanted to express the idea a garden offers an alternative to a world of our making, symbolised as becoming locked within walls of glass, concrete and steel, and unable to reach and touch the raw Earth. We can return to it by simply walking through a door, and stepping into a garden.
    It is not through the waving of a magical wand to leave one world behind by simply stepping through one door to enter another, but it helps, and through a wantonness to connect, we leave one world to enter another. There’s nothing wrong in becoming a gardener if it is there to provide that solution. Just like putting on a favourite gardening hat, our distinct gardening attire, and those shoes that seem to be at home in the garden and nowhere else, picking up a gardening fork or whatever, and go out there and garden.
    Is the pursuit of gardening an art form and pathway to connectedness?
    Maybe it is expressed by going out there and getting the hands dirty or admiring a flower on a plant; something personal and potentially spiritual. Maybe it is about nature, joining with it and being within and absorbing the gardens energy. Being close to and experiencing the wonderment of nature; surely that is an art from!
    Gardening remains a popular recreational activity, and practiced in whatever climate, whatever location, in whatever size or configuration, and within whatever soils. The area of a garden could be profound and go beyond what the eye can see or occupy a few square feet. Garden styles are endless and represent the land, culture and personalities of those who attend to them.
    Walking along a suburban street introduces the gardens that face the street, and collectively they image the character of the neighbourhood, but subtle differences are to be seen and represent something of their owner. The images present symbols of ‘connectedness’, be they intense or obscure.
    Connectedness to the garden maybe something basic such as tending to some plants in a tub or growing something we fancy such as herbs, vegetables, fruits, flowers, annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs, and many gardeners seek to mix and match them all, a challenge between us and the land, a footprint of some sort and achievement when it comes to meet us.
    I’ve presented some topics to personalise connectedness with the garden and suggest the garden provides us with an opportunity to connect with nature through a gardens scents, sounds, taste and touch, and the bonus of sharing the garden’s visual delights alongside those of other creatures such as birds and insects. I like to visualise a gardens connectedness as something deeper, maybe spiritual as our personal connection becomes more intimate.
    My interest in Feng Shui is presented to remove some of Feng Shui mysteries. I like to visualise the garden as something of Chi, Yin and Yang, and something that Eastern gardening styles portrait. Such gardens invite connectedness and are fluid in their expression, although any garden wherever, has an ability to offer connectedness. I found Chi does offer connectedness and opens a door to some secrets of nature!
    I’m suggesting the gardener is offered a chance meeting with connectedness, for connectedness comes to us when part of our mind joins with its surroundings. We can take it, run with it and become absorbed within it; then we have separated from outsides worlds, and that is worth the risk.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRoss Lamond
    Release dateJun 25, 2013
    ISBN9780987477026
    Connectedness in the Garden
    Author

    Ross Lamond

    Ross Lamond is the youngest member of a well-known and respected dairy farming family of the New South Wales South Coast, Australia. He schooled away from home, completing secondary studies at Sydney Grammar School, Sydney. Upon leaving school, Ross returned to the family farm and over a forty year period, gained extensive experience in dairying, beef cattle production, sugarcane, small crop cultivation and horticulture. An ever present interest in the garden naturalised into that of a nurseryman, landscape gardener and grower of in ground trees for landscape. Concern about environmental issues such as tree decline, dry land salinity and habitat degradation led Ross into external studies in Environment at Mitchell College of Advanced Education at Bathurst, followed by post graduate studies in Urban and Regional planning at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. A chance reading of a Feng Shui publication in 1998, introduced Ross to Feng Shui and its influence on our lives and surroundings. He applied some of its principles into the garden and developed his own interpretation of Feng Shui garnished through personal experience and observation. The interest has led Ross into a journey of self-discovery including that of nature, environmentalism and spirituality. It’s an ever growing interest. Ross lives by himself, has four grown up children, and likes to travel and garden and write about his experiences and observations.

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      Connectedness in the Garden - Ross Lamond

      Connectedness in the Garden

      Published by RossLamond.com at Smashwords

      Copyright © 2013 by Ross Lamond

      All rights reserved.

      This work is owned by Ross Lamond and may not be reproduced in whole or in part in any manner without the exclusive permission of the owner. All materials including photos, illustrations, diagrams and character names are subject to copyright.

      For information regarding other books by Ross Lamond, please contact

      rosspalm7@hotmail.com

      Connectedness in the Garden

      ISBN 978-0-9874770-2-6

      Acknowledgements

      I would like to acknowledge the generosity of people who kindly let me photograph their gardens. The images presented through the text were photographed by myself and represent individual places and themes. Jannette Tibbs of Holistic Therapy Connections, Bahrs Scrub, Brisbane, has kindly lent support and advice throughout my writing career. Her knowledge as a professional Feng Shui Practitioner is appreciated, while Jannette’s skill preparing my books for installation onto the internet has been very gratifying.

      Quotations used throughout the text are attributed to Ross Lamond unless otherwise acknowledged.

      About the Author

      Ross Lamond is the youngest member of a well-known and respected dairy farming family of the South Coast of New South Wales. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School and upon leaving returned to the family dairy farm at Nowra.

      Over a forty year period, Ross gained extensive experience in dairying, beef cattle production, sugar cane, small crop cultivation and horticulture. A continued interest in the garden materialised into that of a nurseryman, landscape gardener and grower of in ground trees. Concern about environmental issues such as tree decline, dry land salinity and habitat degradation led Ross into external studies in Environment followed by a Post Graduate in Urban and Regional Planning gained through QUT, Brisbane in Queensland.

      A chance spiritual reading in 1998 introduced Ross to Feng Shui and Chi energy. Sustainable Feng Shui Gardening is the compilation of extensive experiences and hopefully introduces a unique vision towards sustainability in our lives and surroundings.

      Contents

      Preface: The Art of Connectedness

      Linking to Nature

      Getting the Yang Right, the Balance

      Harmony and the Eight Elements

      A Special Space, the Garden and Connectedness

      Something of Chi, a Natural Energy

      Building a Package

      Something Unique and natural, a Water Dragon

      Sounds, Nature’s Gifts for Connectedness

      Feeling Instead of Thinking

      Nature’s hosts-Wind and Water

      The Zen Garden and Connectedness

      Connectedness in the Garden

      Preface: The Art of Connectedness

      The art of ‘connectedness’ is something new and different. I like those connotations and want to be part of them. Sure there are risks of some kind, but also a surprise and reward, and they could be worth the experience.

      That is why I wrote ‘Connectedness to the Garden’ as an adjunct to the publication, ‘Connections to the Earth’. I wanted to express the idea a garden offers an alternative to a world of our making, symbolised as becoming locked within walls of glass, concrete and steel, and unable to reach and touch the raw Earth. We can return to it by simply walking through a door, and stepping into a garden.

      It is not through the waving of a magical wand to leave one world behind by simply stepping through one door to enter another, but it helps, and through a wantonness to connect, we leave one world to enter another. There’s nothing wrong in becoming a gardener if it is

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