The Healing Garden: A Place Of Peace

Gardening For The Soil Gardening For The Soul

Finding Solace In A Changing World

ISBN 0-9733085-0-8

By Gwen Nyhus Stewart

Category: Personal Growth/Gardening/Lifestyle

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Reviews and Testimonials

Gwen Nyhus Stewart’s The Healing Garden: A Place Of Peace describes how all

things on our planet, both animate and inanimate, are related and must be in harmony for peace and balance both within ourselves and the earth. It is a positive, practical guide devoted to teaching readers to review and assess their current lifestyles while identifying and determining if this approach is beneficial for themselves. It also highlights the need for conservation of the earth’s resources if we are going to have a healthy place to pass on to our children and grandchildren.

“This book is a positive, practical guide to creating an environment that is in peace and balance with ourselves and the earth. There are, for example, step-by-step instructions for creating healing gardens using flowers and herbs. And the recipes for making natural cleaning products are a highlight. But the book is also about cultivating an inner garden, a healing attitude that brings peace to oneself, to our loved ones, and to the world. How to commit random acts of kindness, how to create sacred spaces, and how to live in balance at work and at home, all help to create the inner garden.”

- Richter’s Herbs

“This is a commendable book about gardening for your well-being. Gwen Nyhus Stewart teaches how to have peace and balance with thought-provoking questions for self-analysis, and covers topics such as forgiveness, gratitude, time and stress management. She also provides instructions on how to create environmentally friendly outdoor and indoor gardens to promote health and healing. Additionally, there is a section on environmental stewardship, with many alternatives to hazardous household products. This book is loaded with information and is a practical guide for anyone who wants to find harmony within themselves and this world.”

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“This book will teach you how to apply this philosophy of peace and balance to your own life. It integrates ideas on how to attain peace within yourself and when dealing with others while working to create a healthy, fruitful place on earth. This book is user-friendly, with an easy writing style and exercises that are usable and practical in bringing awareness about your life. Regardless of your background, I genuinely feel this book will help you to center yourself and establish peace, with yourself, the earth, and other beings.”

- Carol Turner, Consultant, Quality Management, Toronto, Ontario

“As a parent of a young family, Ms. Stewart’s book is a great reference tool for replacing household cleaning products with non-hazardous materials. The use of specific colours in gardening, in our homes, and in the foods we eat will benefit this family through its busy and hectic days.”

- Karen Treso, Home-maker, Pilot Butte, Saskatchewan

“Gwen Nyhus Stewart, educator and lecturer for over twenty years has established her reputation through personal insight, life learning, and belief in the positive development of human capacity. Among her many workshops and seminars, Gwen is known for “Forgiveness and Gratitude,” Creating Sacred Space,” and Feng Shui in the Garden.” And now this talented lady has taken another step in helping individuals achieve harmony in their lives with her first book. Gwen’s background as a Social Worker, Master Gardner, and Horticultural Therapist provides her with necessary tools to open the door of creative ability and potential that resides within each of us.”

- Judy Brochu, Owner, Insight–Out, Regina, Saskatchewan

“A lively and highly practical book, full of wisdom and pragmatic solutions. Reading The Healing Garden: A Place of Peace is like sitting down with a wise and caring friend. You always come away refreshed, rejuvenated, and inspired by dozens of ways to re-energize (your life/yourself). To do more, have more, and be more… read, absorb, and apply this wonderful book into your daily life. I will recommend it to my family and friends.”

- Gursh Madher, Manager, Community Programming Access Communications

Regina, Saskatchewan

Topics covered in the book The Healing Garden: A Place Of Peace have been taught as workshops to thousands of students and groups over the past thirty years. See Workshops for more information about topics and comments.