Mindful Gardening

Days of Mindful Gardening 

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In our tradition of mindfulness, we train ourselves to experience the reality of interbeing—the interconnectedness of ourselves with the rest of the natural world—such that caring for the Earth is also caring for ourselves. The Days of Mindful Gardening arise from this understanding as earth-based, engaged mindfulness practices offered by True Peace Toronto.

Our gardening days are rooted in a 40-hectare (100-acre) landscape of forest, gardens, and meadows in Cavan-Monaghan, within Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg territory. The Days of Mindful Gardening offer opportunities for individuals to cultivate mindfulness, concentration, compassion, and insight on the land, in service of the well-being of both human and more-than-human communities amid today’s unfolding polycrisis.

Days of Mindful Gardening focus on growing a demonstration food forest, using mindful permaculture and syntropic farming techniques, aligning us and our needs with our plant, animal, fungal, and mineral co-inhabitants.

Throughout the days, mindfulness activities such as guided meditation, walking meditation, eating meditation, and Dharma sharing are woven into our gardening work. This work includes mindful weeding, planting, mulching, pruning fruit and nut trees, making natural fertilizers, caring for native plants, harvesting, and seed saving.

The days start at 10:00 am, and finish around 4:30 pm.

Participants are invited to bring a packed lunch, a travel mug, and their own eating utensils.