The Garden Calls - What is your Story?

Listening for the invitations that shape our journey.

written by Christine Lines

Do you remember when you first heard about the Findhorn Garden?

Christine in Australia with Ziggy her miniature piglet.

Maybe it is this moment in time? Or maybe it was many moons ago…

I was on the other side of the world, with a friend in Byron Bay, the most easterly point of mainland Australia. She mentioned the Findhorn Garden and a little book of daily meditations by Eileen Caddy. Something stirred in me and I remember a quiet knowing:

I will visit there one day.

Christine much later in the Findhorn Dunes.

It would be many years later.

During a visit to see my family in the UK, there was a week when everyone already had plans. I remembered that place in the far north of Scotland and discovered something called Experience Week.

I didn’t know what to expect.

Being in the circle with the others in the group, I recall a profoundly healing experience. Simply to feel deeply heard.

Being in the circle I felt deeply heard.

The moment has stayed with me ever since.

Everyone who is touched by Findhorn carries their own story. The people living here and those who carry the inspiration into the world…

Some first hear about the garden through a book, others through a friend, or a quiet inner calling. There are many stories waiting to unfold, of the people who will find their way here. 

Each one of us carries a seed of light.

If you’ve joined an Experience Week since it began in 1974, you are one of over 30,000 people who have carried the light of Findhorn into the world.

Perhaps you’ve attended a different programme here, connected online, joined the daily meditations or long to visit one day.

All of us are carrying the seeds of Light out into the world.

Our ongoing educational purpose and contribution in times of profound change in the world, recognises you are part of the tapestry we’re weaving together.

We would love to hear your Findhorn story, either from being here or feeling connected from afar.

Is there a memory that inspires you in life? You’re welcome to share via connect@findhorn.org