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Mago Garden: An Environment That Fosters Introspection & Reflection
Mago Garden is a Sedona, Arizona retreat center for students of Sun Tao, a Korean Taoist tradition developed over 10,000 years ago. The tranquil desert environment fosters inner reflection, prayer, and meditation, making it an excellent place for those looking to enrich their spiritual awareness.
Retreats held at the Mago Garden Center are intended as introductions to Sun Tao. Those looking for a more comprehensive, in-depth experience should consider enrolling in Tao Fellowship's training courses. Mago Garden is not, however, a vacation center. Those visiting the center should focus on attaining highly levels of spiritual awareness.
In keeping with Sun Tao's basic teachings, Mago Garden strives to operate in harmony with nature. It has received the highest rating from the Northern Arizona Green Checklist. The center places a heavy emphasis on recycling and using recycled products. It also aims to become completely energy self-sufficient within the next few years.
Tao Services
Mago Garden is a retreat center operated by Tao Fellowship in Sedona, Arizona. The center provides groups and individuals with services that can help them better understand the teachings of Sun Tao, an ancient form of Taoism that originated in Korea more than 10,000 years ago. The center also opens its retreat facilities to members of other faiths.
Mago Garden Sunday Tao Service
Mago Garden hosts a weekly Sunday Tao Service led by Sun Tao masters. The service includes teachings and lectures as well as ceremonies, prayers, and meditation.
An open house is held immediately after the Sunday Tao Service. The open house provides a fellowship opportunity for practitioners of Sun Tao. It also gives interested parties an opportunity to learn more about the three major principles of Sun Tao (meditation, ki-gong, and Tao healing). Those who wish to do so may join Tao Fellowship. A complimentary vegetarian lunch is served at the open house.
All are welcome at the Sunday Tao Service and open house.
Retreats at Mago Garden
Mago Garden holds retreats that are intended as intensive introductions to the lessons of Sun Tao. The retreats allow interested individuals and groups to spend a few days learning about the benefits of Sun Tao in a quiet, relaxing environment that fosters peacefulness.
Those who practice other faiths are also welcome to use the Mago Garden Retreat Center. Mago Garden offers Sun Tao courses on request, but they are not required. Tao Fellowship wishes to use Mago Garden to create an interfaith community built on respect and understanding.
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Mago Garden is a tranquil place where students of Sun Tao gather to learn more about Meditation, Healing, and Ki-Gong.
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How to encourage wildife in your garden
Our native wildlife is under pressure like never before - from erosion of habitats, climate changes and diseases such as that affecting bees. But with a little effort (or even lack of it - see below) we can all do our bit to help. "But what difference can I make", you say, "I only have a small urban garden". In fact you have a million acres! Not you personally, of course, but all of you together, so if we all do a bit, the overall effect could be very significant. And we will also improve our own personal environment, by encouraging the hedgehogs, birds, butterflies and bees we love to see. Here are our top tips for encouraging wildlife in your garden:
Save the bees
The number of bees in the UK is declining at an alarming rate, yet there are few explanations. It's suggested that the decline in native and wild flower rich grassland could be a cause. To help save the bees, we have put together a list of bee friendly varieties for you to grow, to encourage and feed the bees in and around your garden. If you wanted to choose just one or two varieties to grow to help the bees, we suggest any variety of Scabiosa or a wild flower would be ideal wildlife-friendly plants.
Give a hedgehog a home
Hedgehogs are on the decline, according to a new report, but there are plenty of things you can do to encourage them into your garden. Hedgehogs will travel approximately one mile each night to forage for food, find shelter or search for a mate. To roam freely they need open gardens, but if yours is enclosed and you can create a gap (15cm will do) in a fence or dig a channel under it, this will help them a great deal. Food supplies can run low in cold or very dry weather and hedgehogs are very fond of meaty dog food, mealworms, sunflower hearts and unsalted peanuts. You can also buy ready-made hedgehog food. Leave out some water (if you already do this for the birds, the hedgehogs will drink it too), but please don't give them milk. Gardening organically helps too - slug pellets are harmful to hedgehogs, so if you can use natural deterrents such as beer traps or broken eggshells, this will help to boost hedgehog survival rates. And, last of all, if you spot an injured or sick hedgehog, contact the British Hedgehog Preservation Society on 01584 890801.
Flowers for colour - and more.
It may seem obvious but don't forget to include plenty of colourful flowers to attract and feed butterflies and other insects as well as bees. Almost all flowers will do (that is what they are for, after all) but some are particularly suitable. We also offer a range of wildflowers which are ideal for wildlife.
Take another look at your lawn
You may not think lawns can offer much for wildlife , but in fact they are home to a host of insects which in turn provide food for birds and other animals. By avoiding the use of chemicals, leaving the grass a lttle longer (around 3 - 5cm) and mowing less often (say, every two weeks but certainly no more than weekly) you will encourage these harmless insects to thrive. Leaving the grass longer during winter and not mowing again until march will provide shelter and hibernation sites for many insects.
Beautiful grasses
If you can leave an area of longer grass - 20-30 cm - that is even better as it will provide shelter for grasshoppers, lacewings and many other creatures, as well as producing seed as food for birds. Alternatively plant taller ornamental grasses in the border, which can have the same effect.
Don't throw out all the deadwood
Leave a pile of dead wood in a shady spot and this will serve as a shelter for beetles and other insects.
Our feathered friends
Birds are among the most welcome garden visitors, so encourage them to stay by providing food and nesting sites such as boxes (out of reach of cats!).
Urban oasis
Even a small pond can be a little oasis for wildlife, attracting beautiful dragonflies, offering water for birds and small animals,and providing habitats for frogs, newts and many aquatic insects.
Natural pest control
Be more patient with pests! Try to avoid the use of chemicals to control pests. - instead, encourage their natural predators with plants which will attract them, for example chamomile, marigolds and hyssop. If you need to tackle a particular problem pest, try our range of natural pest controls.
Grow your own manure
Growing green manure over winter helps maintain nutrients in the soil and provides competition for weeds, minimising the need for weedkillers and reducing the need for additional fertilisers.
Plant a herb garden
Borage, chives, comfrey, fennel, hyssop, lavender, lemon balm, lovage, mint, rosemary and thyme all encourage beneficial insects as well as producing delicious ingredients for the kitchen. Take a look at our herb range.
Lastly and least effort of all - do nothing!
Leave a corner of the garden undisturbed and it will naturally become a haven for wildlife - what could be easier? If there are a few logs and old pots for shelter so much the better.
To buy Bedding Plants and Wildlife plants online visit Thompson & Morgan
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