Here, you are not a visitor. You are a participant.
The Calling
Elysienne opened her gates to the public on June 28, 2025 — a sun-kissed afternoon when friends and newly acquainted guests gathered in joyful communion for her christening garden party. The air shimmered with intention, beauty, and a sense of becoming.
This land has been quietly tended for many years. Gardeners will tell you: what begins as a personal desire often becomes a sacred dialogue.
The garden listens. The forest listens. And those who dwell here, if they also listen, begin to understand — this place has its own will, its own timing, and its own name.
So it was that the steward of Elysienne listened, dreamed, and waited. And in the spring of 2025, the land whispered clearly: We are ready. It is time to make of us an offering.
And so it is.
Your Arrival
You are invited to arrive in your own perfect time, just as you are. No need to hurry. No need to prepare. The invitation has already been accepted by your soul.
Allow the hush of the forest to wrap around your being.
Here, the language is silence, and the presence is vast.
Let the fern-fringed fairy trail guide your steps with tenderness.
Allow yourself to be led into deeper belonging.
As you walk, the trees open their arms,
and just ahead, light glimmers —an opening.
You step out into the Forest Garden Sanctuary.
Offerings
Elysienne is more than a venue.
She is a sanctuary of remembrance —
a place where stillness is presence.
What she offers is beyond a fixed schedule.
Instead, she invites you into relationship.
A walk in the garden.
A private retreat.
A circle of kindred spirits gathered under the trees.
She offers opportunities for events and practices.
• Sacred gatherings and soul ceremonies
• Seasonal celebrations and solstice observances
• Intimate circles for healing, wisdom-sharing, or artistic unfolding
• Guided walks and meditative immersions in the forest, garden, and meadow
• Private retreats for restoration and visioning
• Collaborative workshops or creative residencies
• Opportunities to simply be in silence and sacred presence
But always, always — the deeper invitation is:
Come home to your Self.
Divining
You found your way here. Perhaps by accident. Perhaps by longing.
Perhaps by something ancient moving beneath your thoughts.
And now you wonder:
Is this for me? Am I meant to come?
How are you to know?
One way — not the only way, but one way —
is by Divining
You can close your eyes, and ask the forest aloud,
then open a book and read the first word that appears —
Or light a candle and watch how the flame leans —
Or stand barefoot in the garden of your own land
and speak softly to the wind —
Or place a hand over your heart,
and feel which direction it turns.
There is no right way. Only your way.
You will know if the path is yours.
And if it is…
We await you in the hush beyond your next breath
— Elysienne
Garden and Grove
The gardens of Elysienne are a conversation between
human hands and the living earth.
Every stone was placed with intention.
Every plant chosen for its resonance.
And yet — not all choices were fully known at the time.
Some were guided by something more subtle than thought — a feeling, a nudge, a whisper in the soil.
The hands moved, and only later did the mind understand.
The gardens reflect a practice of listening.
Of responding.
Of allowing beauty to emerge through relationship.
Here, you are not a visitor.
You are a participant.
Let the land speak to you —
in the language of root and wind and wing.
Blessings for your
Journey Home
— A Parting Gift from Elysienne —
Thank you for arriving here — with your presence, your wonder, your soul.
Whether you came to walk beneath the forest canopy,
to rest among the roses,
to listen to the hush between your thoughts,
or to remember a part of yourself long quiet —
you were received
in my presence.
And now, you, too,
are part of this sanctuary —
woven of earth and intention,
of mystery and listening,
of hands and heart and healing.
And though your visit may now draw to a close,
Something of the peace you felt here is yours to keep.
Something soft and sacred now travels with you.
As you leave, you will find
that you are arriving again —
to yourself.
So go gently, traveler.
Trust the quiet that lingers.
Let beauty walk beside you.
Let grace take your hand.
And should you ever feel far from yourself,
remember — you were here.
You are always welcome.
With open heart,
I await your return
to walk again in shared Beauty.
