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Would you like to learn more about creating a spiritual home or garden? Sacredhome.com, in association with Amazon.com, has assembled a focused selection of books to guide and inspire your efforts. From exquisitely rendered photographic essays to practical resource references, we're sure you will find something here that will delight you. And if you know of a book you would like us to include, please let us know.

GARDENS
		Feng Shui in the Garden Richard Webster Create more ch'i (universal energy) by selecting the most beneficial location and laying out a harmonious garden based on proven feng shui principles. Illustrations.
		Feng Shui in Your Garden Roni Jay, Richard Craze This book combines the world's most popular hobby with Feng Shui, the Chinese art of placement. The authors demonstrate that by employing the principles of Feng Shui to a garden space, the optimum benefit can be attained. Suggestions are included for creating six popular types of gardens. Full-color illustrations.
		Gardens of the Spirit Roni Jay Now you can create a bit of heaven on earth by arranging and tending a garden that fosters spiritual renewal and provides earthly enjoyment. No other spot better lends itself to reflection, relaxation, and peace. Build a tranquil Japanese Zen garden, an Oriental teahouse, an Italian Renaissance garden, medieval herb garden, and more. Just follow the detailed blueprints and instructions in this gorgeous, full-color volume.
		How to Grow Fresh Air B. C. Wolverton Plants are the lungs of the earth. This revolutionary guide, based on 25 years of research by NASA, shows how common houseplants can combat sick building syndrome and cleanse the home or office of common pollutants.
		Sacred Flowers: Creating a Heavenly Garden Roni Jay With language that flows like the curves of delicate flowers, Roni Jay describes the spiritual symbolism behind many well-known flowers and plants. Graceful, full-color illustrations accompany the text, and page after page is surrounded by colorful, floral borders.
		Spiritual Gardening: Creating Sacred Space Outdoor Peg Streep, John Glover (Photographer)
		The Inward Garden Julie Moir Messervy, Sam Abell (Photographer) Describing a new movement in landscape design, the author invites readers to look within themselves, use their imaginations, and create an original garden that is beautiful and personally meaningful--a garden that reflects the soul. 10,000 first printing.
		The Medicine Wheel Garden E. Barrie Kavasch The American Indian medicine wheel was an ancient way of creating sacred space and calling forth the healing energies of nature. Now, drawing on a lifetime of study with native healers, herbalist and ethnobotanist E. Barrie Kavasch offers a step-by-step guide to bringing this beautiful tradition into your own life--from vibrantly colorful outdoor circle designs to miniature dish, windowsill, or home altar adaptations.
		The Sacred Garden Patricia R. Barrett Thousands today are discovering that gardening is more than a hobby. Sowing, raking, weeding,and watching them grow can also be a spiritual practice. No one knows this better than the former journalist and gardening author turned postulant for Holy Orders. Each of the meditations in the book is based on a quotation from the NRSV Bible, and includes gardening instructions as well as food for the soul.
		The Sanctuary Garden Christopher Forrest McDowell The founders of an extraordinary, world-renowned garden in the Pacific Northwest have elegantly intertwined spiritual inspiration with practical, how-to advice on designing garden spots that please the senses and touch the soul. Illustrations, many in color.
		Zen in Your Garden Jenny Hendy The Japanese Zen garden is a triumph of simplicity, a space where balance is emphasized to create a sanctuary of stillness and meditation. This book shows readers how to achieve that balance, and turn an ordinary garden from something to look at to an experience. Here, Jenny Hendy shows how to create a garden with different energies, from the soothing to the invigorating; how to incorporate different styles of gardens, from rock and gravel to water gardens, from wildlife gardens to a woodland style. Exploring the basics of both planting and design, this book helps readers lay out a landscape that will have something for all seasons and all senses. Beautifully illustrated with helpful color drawings, Zen in Your Garden is a perfect book for anyone seeking to create a sacred space.

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