Summer Solstice occurs on Thursday, June 20th at 1:50 pm Pacific Time.
If you’re local to Port Townsend, WA, please join the Summer Solstice Celebration at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship!
This time of year, the garden is coming into fullness. In summer, we tend to focus on all the flowers that are blossoming—and it’s amazing how flowers are coming into their own right now!
The roses began opening last week—the wild Nootka, the Red Rose I don’t know the name of, as well as the mature Floribunda bush mom planted years ago. And the Foxglove spires reach for the sky, their buds bursting into flowers as blooming energy travels up their stalks. The bright orange-red and the pink Poppies are smiling and the dusky white Astrantia is face-open to the sun. The Rhododendrons and the Korean Lilac are almost done, as well as some bolting, flowering Kale, Arugula, and Collards that I am still harvesting from overwintering in the veggie garden.
And so much more is still to come into flower as the weather continues to warm and the light is long!
What brings so much blooming forth?
It’s the natural unfolding of the plants’ inner instructions, for sure, but we can also look a little more widely at all the factors that help a garden to grow:
- The space we clear for the plants,
- The nutrients we add to the soil, be that mulch, compost, or specific amendments,
- The work we do to clear the soil of impediments—removing rocks, slugs, rabbits, voles (all in my gardens), etc.,
- The supplying of water and counting on enough sun and warmth,
- The good wishes, prayers, and songs to feed their spirits.
Just like the blossoming of the plants, our blossoming is also supported by much-needed toil and loving attention. The conditions we create allow our inner and outer gardens to flourish and bloom.
Are there nutrients or other conditions needed
in your life to support your blossoming
into fullness this summer?
How will you support this?
Nourishing Wholeness 