I think that every magickal person has at least tried at one time or another to grow a garden, even if they don’t currently have one. I understand that not everyone, even in the Pagan community, has a green thumb. Still, I do believe that if you just take your time and have some patience, you can grow anything. Even the most experienced gardeners can have problems with some things. For me, it’s garlic; for others, it’s cactus or succulents; and for some, tomatoes. These things happen. But I digress from my main topic.
When I wrote this post, I had just planted some flowers for a cutting garden I am doing this year. That isn’t the only sort of garden one can have, of course, and neither is a vegetable garden. In fact, there are so many different kinds of gardens that it’s a rabbit hole all its own (a favorite saying of mine of late).
Types of gardens you could grow include medicinal gardens, tea gardens, dye gardens, fiber gardens, berry patches, and briers, even poison gardens (primarily for beauty only, although many poisonous plants do have some legitimate uses). If you have the land, you can have orchards and groves of trees, as well. The possibilities are endless. If you wish, you can also do a search for some Pagan gardening books to help you create gardens for meditation, labyrinths, a witch’s garden, a wizard’s garden, and gardens for any number of the Gods. The list goes on and on.
This time of year is a wonderful time to plant some beautiful, oxygen-giving friends with gorgeous colors, and even some tasty additions to your cooking. Won’t you give it a try? Or just add one or two new friends to your green family. We are all connected to nature and the earth. What better way to understand that than by planting some green allies and learning how to work with plant spirits?
If you do, please share a picture of what you have done. Till then.
Blessings!
HE Redhawk
