The secret garden Entry. Eiders : hearing the call ; Snow day : walking into the solitary self ; Compost : confronting the messy space within ; Beach stones : creating necessary boundaries Cultivation. Bittersweet vine : pruning invasive species ; Dragonfly : discovering the shadow sides of silence ; Boneyard : surrendering the need to be right ; Bees : choosing the right words ; Birdsong : learning the difference between listening and waiting to talk Fertilization. Spiderweb : nourishing the creative self ; Conch shell : using silence as an enhancement to health ; Salt march : swimming into deeper waters Harvest. Lone oak : from speechlessness to solitude ; Archer's bow : moving through resistance ; Lily pad : considering spirituality ; September beach : preserving the garden Sowing. Bridge : crossing the threshold to silence
