Simple Beauty

Simple Beauty for your home and garden

For the Garden (Scroll down for Home)

Specializing in consultations for the home gardener.

Friendly advice on what will grow where and how to put it

all together, including:

Flowers, shrubs & trees
Vegetables, fruit & herbs
Organic soil improvement
Site planning
Small water gardens
Garden sanctuaries
Expert houseplant advice
Integrating your house and garden
Garden rooms & pathways

Talks and workshops available for your group, at your home include

"Creating a Semi-Wild Medicinal Plant Garden",

"Site, Soil and Sun: Building Blocks for a Great Garden"

"Organic Pest Management for the Home Garden"

Three views of our garden in Brattleboro: "Elliot Paradise" c. 2000

The Sanctuary Gardens

For the Home

Would you enjoy :

A simplified living space?
Clearer energy in your home?
A sense of beauty that suits you?
Gentle, friendly help with large and small decisions?

Sometimes all it takes is a fresh eye to see the simple changes that would make your home feel happier, healthier and more peaceful.

I would love to work together with you to:

Create cozy sitting, eating & sleeping areas
Choose paint and fabric colors to enliven your space
Organize your stuff
Improve traffic flow
Advise about adding windows, skylights and suntubes to get more light into your home
Advise or help with faux painting

As much help as you need, from a one-time consultation to reorganization of the whole house.

This can be fun!

Forest Pathways, Sacred Earthwalking

I have lived in the New England deciduous forest for twenty-three years out of the last 35. I am very knowledgeable of our local trees, shrubs and wildflowers, where they grow, when they bloom and how they are used, including a pretty good knowledge of wild medicinal plants.

Most of my experience creating trails and developing sacred places on the land comes from my two years in Western Massachusetts, living in a cottage called "Dreams By The Stream". It was a magical cottage next to a singing stream, where one could cross over the stream on stepping stones and be in the magical forest. Living at 'Dreams By The Stream' impacted me greatly, because of the way we interacted with the forest and nature spirits there.

We had an opportunity to mythologize the forest and to actually enact over two years a myth that we created from the symbolism of the summer solstice. We formed a group called Mything in Action that met at our house to enact the myth, working simultaneously with the following elements: the sacred cycle of the year, archetypal symbolism of the hero's and the heroine's journeys, masculine/feminine, dark/light, death/rebirth, music, dance and drama. We were always careful to fold in our own personal stories so that the learning could be personal as well as universal.

At Dreams By The Stream I sensed for the first time a strong cooperation from the land itself. The land was participating with us, helping us to explore and go deeper, always with great respect for nature around us and within us.

Other Experience with Sacred Sites

In 1988 I co-led a group journey to Sacred Sites in the British Isles, where I lived in 1986-87. The focus of this group was Sacred Circle Dance and attunement with sacred sites such as stone circles, earthworks, springs, etc.

I have had occasional association with Manitou in Williamsville, VT and have helped create trails, maintain a sacred spring, build a large Chartres-style labyrinth, and participate in sacred earth rituals there over the years.

At my current residence in Westminster West, VT, my husband Peter and I have created Sanctuary, our home and gardens.

I am excited at the prospect of helping landowners create woodland trails that enhance the beauty and spirit of our native forests.





	Simple Beauty for your home and garden For the Garden (Scroll down for Home) Specializing in consultations for the home gardener. Friendly advice on what will grow where and how to put it all together, including: Flowers, shrubs & trees Vegetables, fruit & herbs Organic soil improvement Site planning Small water gardens Garden sanctuaries Expert houseplant advice Integrating your house and garden Garden rooms & pathways Talks and workshops available for your group, at your home include "Creating a Semi-Wild Medicinal Plant Garden", "Site, Soil and Sun: Building Blocks for a Great Garden" "Organic Pest Management for the Home Garden" Three views of our garden in Brattleboro: "Elliot Paradise" c. 2000 The Sanctuary Gardens For the Home Would you enjoy : A simplified living space? Clearer energy in your home? A sense of beauty that suits you? Gentle, friendly help with large and small decisions? Sometimes all it takes is a fresh eye to see the simple changes that would make your home feel happier, healthier and more peaceful. I would love to work together with you to: Create cozy sitting, eating & sleeping areas Choose paint and fabric colors to enliven your space Organize your stuff Improve traffic flow Advise about adding windows, skylights and suntubes to get more light into your home Advise or help with faux painting As much help as you need, from a one-time consultation to reorganization of the whole house. This can be fun! Forest Pathways, Sacred Earthwalking I have lived in the New England deciduous forest for twenty-three years out of the last 35. I am very knowledgeable of our local trees, shrubs and wildflowers, where they grow, when they bloom and how they are used, including a pretty good knowledge of wild medicinal plants. Most of my experience creating trails and developing sacred places on the land comes from my two years in Western Massachusetts, living in a cottage called "Dreams By The Stream". It was a magical cottage next to a singing stream, where one could cross over the stream on stepping stones and be in the magical forest. Living at 'Dreams By The Stream' impacted me greatly, because of the way we interacted with the forest and nature spirits there. We had an opportunity to mythologize the forest and to actually enact over two years a myth that we created from the symbolism of the summer solstice. We formed a group called Mything in Action that met at our house to enact the myth, working simultaneously with the following elements: the sacred cycle of the year, archetypal symbolism of the hero's and the heroine's journeys, masculine/feminine, dark/light, death/rebirth, music, dance and drama. We were always careful to fold in our own personal stories so that the learning could be personal as well as universal. At Dreams By The Stream I sensed for the first time a strong cooperation from the land itself. The land was participating with us, helping us to explore and go deeper, always with great respect for nature around us and within us. Other Experience with Sacred Sites In 1988 I co-led a group journey to Sacred Sites in the British Isles, where I lived in 1986-87. The focus of this group was Sacred Circle Dance and attunement with sacred sites such as stone circles, earthworks, springs, etc. I have had occasional association with Manitou in Williamsville, VT and have helped create trails, maintain a sacred spring, build a large Chartres-style labyrinth, and participate in sacred earth rituals there over the years. At my current residence in Westminster West, VT, my husband Peter and I have created Sanctuary, our home and gardens. I am excited at the prospect of helping landowners create woodland trails that enhance the beauty and spirit of our native forests.