Sharing 40 years of experience in the garden to help people live in a way that helps the planet
Sharing 40 years of experience in the garden to help people live in a way that helps the planet
New thought, Organic, Sustainable living
Practically Pagan - An Alternative Guide to Gardening takes the spooky out of alternative and keeps the magic. Elen Sentier brings together, and expands on, recent scientific discoveries, and shows how close they are to the old ways that were labelled as superstition in the 20th century. Sentier's writing is accessible and opens up the down-to-earth practicalism of pagans as people of the land to all, for that's what the word pagan means, 'of the land'. Sentier doesn't preach or proselytise folk to become pagan, but brings to light how you've been thinking this way for years.
Elen Sentier is a best-selling author of British native shamanism. She also writes paranormal mystery-suspense novels. She’s a wilderness woman, born on Dartmoor and grew up on Exmoor in a family who had practiced the old British magic for hundreds of years. Her books include Pagan Portals - Merlin: Once and Future Wizard (Moon Books, 2016), and Gardening with the Moon & Stars (Moon Books, 2015).
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An interesting perspective on gardening techniques and philosophy. ~ Kayleigh Haskin (Librarian) , Netgalley
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars. Such a fascinating book and I learned so much about paganism and gardening and ways to be more in tune with the world! Loved reading this! ~ Sara Strauss (Reviewer), NetGalley
Rating 5*. A delightful little book. Like most gardeners if you're like me you like certain tools for certain jobs, you have a handy length of twine, a penknife tucked away for certain gardening situations, maybe a good set of secateurs. A gardeners tools are their pride and joy. And now you can have this little pocket rocket of information that links so beautifully who wish to put their hands in be the earth and feel that wonderful connection with what after all is our source of life in the earth. It opened my eyes to different angles of interpretation on a vast subject matter which I really enjoy. Whether you're pagan (as I am) or merely wanting to feel more connected in how you garden in your daily lives and want to understand and maybe take those connections to a deeper level of understanding then this just might well be a book for your perusal....I certainly enjoyed it. ~ Tim, Amazon UK
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars. Informative, well researched and full of ideas and hints. I loved this book as I'm a keen gardener and I loved how it helps you to garden in a way that is respectful of Nature and how it is related to the Wheel of Time. Highly recommended. ~ Anna Maria Giacomasso (Reviewer) , NetGalley
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars. Quick, easy, informative, and enjoyable read! I am a pagan and a gardener. I love finding and reading books on the old, new, ways, Elen Sentier also offers insight into paganism in bite-sized, understandable portions for non-pagans. It's well-written, with lots of great gardening nature's way advice and instruction. I wish the book could have been longer with some photos. But overall, I did enjoy this book and look forward to rereading it this winter. ~ Catherine Hankins (Reviewer) , NetGalley
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars. I found this an enjoyable and fascinating way to find out more about pagans and a different way to approach gardening. The author uses her own experiences for taking you through each season - 8 seasons in the pagan calendar, not 4! - and sharing lists of different jobs to do at that time, along with plants looking their best or ready for planting at that time. I really found the pagan side of the book enlightening and has now got me interested in finding out more about pagans as I found myself connecting with many of her ways! She explains about pagan holidays and celebrations, alongside meditations and rituals that you can easily follow. But at the heart of the book is a year of gardening tips and hints, and learning more about the plants she uses in her garden that can also be used in cooking, rituals etc. I really liked her approach to the world and gardening - she let her garden evolve to suit her needs at different times instead of being very rigid with her planning and structure. I like the mix of family anecdotes throughout, and am sure this book is best read in stages, especially to correlate with the time of the year it relates to, which will help you garden well. It looks at different flowers and vegetables for each season, along with meanings of them for medicinal purposes so I've learnt a little more about certain plants in my garden, and ones I want to add in the future! ~ karen mace (Reviewer), NetGalley
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars. An absolutely wonderful book, containing a wealth of information in addition to gardening. Brilliant, I really enjoyed it. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for giving me a copy of the book. ~ Mary Hawkes (Reviewer), NetGalley
