Secrets of the Land - Softcover

Shelley Sparks offers you a unique perspective as author of this book. Trained and licensed as a landscape architect for more than 30 years, she serendipitously began studying Feng Shui eighteen years ago. She brings together traditional architectural design training and the wisdom of thousands of years about the interconnections of life. She has designed gardens ranging from housing developments to Hollywood moguls. Her feng shui consultations have helped the homes, businesses, and gardens of hundreds of people. Shelley loves teaching. She has taught classes throughout the country on healing gardens including The Garden as a Healing Space and various feng shui topics including Feng Shui in the Garden, Feng Shui Basics, Feng Shui and Money, Feng Shui and Love, and Feng Shui and Health. Shelley wrote this book to help people design their own gardens to bring their uniqueness to their space and to help bring the healing effects of the garden together with the wisdom of the ages. With the information in this book, gardeners can see the deeper meaning of their work or hobby and spiritualists will experience practices that promote inner transformation.

Shelley Sparks has written an intelligent, comprehensive yet accessible guide to the use of feng shui principles in garden design. Covering the philosophical background as well as the practical application of feng shui, this book is a welcome addition to our understanding of how the physical environment affects our health and well-being. --Clare Cooper Marcus, Professor Emerita, Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of California, Berkeley. Co - author/editor of Healing Gardens.

Shelley Sparks new book, Secrets of the Land, Designing Harmonious Gardens with Feng Shui has been years in the making and is a most welcome addition to the Feng Shui literature. Secrets of the Land follows the BTB Feng Shui path as taught by Grandmaster Lin Yun and draws on Shelley s deep experience as a landscape expert, weaving together historical, practical, aesthetic, and esoteric factors to help you improve and design your exterior environment. The result is a unique vision for powerfully transforming any landscape to create increased peace, balance, and harmony. Thank you, Shelley, for creating this unique resource. I trust it will help enrich gardens, landscapes and lives everywhere! --David Daniel Kennedy, Author of Feng Shui for Dummies and the Feng Shui Home Study Course

Shelley Sparks, the quintessential "garden whisperer" walks you through all the necessary steps needed to create a "spiritually-based garden" using the tools of Feng Shui design, conscious intention and the secret energies of the transcendental world! Her wonderful new book guides you on how to commune with the chi of the land and plant sacred intentions that will help co-create your life and cultivate your own personal "god-en" within! --Nancy SantoPietro - Feng Shui Expert/Author-Feng Shui & Health: The Anatomy of a Home and Feng Shui: Harmony By Design