As the darkness of winter started to lift and during the coldest week of the year, 40 hardy, wonderful people camped out at Broadhembury to help Buddhafield create our forest garden. This was a funded event by the National Lottery and a massive boost to the work involved at creating this garden. So much was achieve in this week, and all of us at Buddhafield (and there are a lot that have had some involvement in this project at one point or another) just want to say a massive thank you to all those who came and helped.
Here are some pictures:
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| Our temporary community at dusk. |
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| Putting up the changing dome for the sauna - a perfect way to warm up and get clean on cold muddy sites! |
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| This site used to be a whetstone quarry and every-so-often massive holes appear... |
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| On the hill side looking out over the valley that used to be the sea bed! |
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| Dear old oak tree supporting us in so many ways! |
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| A captivated audience. |
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| Prayer flags glowing with the sunset. |
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| Teaching.. |
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Carrying..
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| Searching.. |
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| Along with the actual forest garden work, Rupadarshin also needed help building his sweet track, a method of crossing bogs/marshland. It crosses a particularly boggy part of the woodland. A stunning addition to the land here, it has opened up more of the sight for comtemplation. Walk across in the moonlight and feel the ancientness!! |
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| Well earned lunch! |
Our next event is the
Scared Landscape Yatra, a 6 day walking meditation from Goring-on-Thames to Stonehenge along the Ridgeway. For more information on this have a look on this blog for the write up from last year. To book go
here.
All photos by Kirsty Porter
