Farm On

Back in episode #16, LARRY KORN was very excited to tell me about an Irish garden designer named MARY REYNOLDS. It turns out he helped to edit and wrote the forward for her phenomenal book THE GARDEN AWAKENING: DESIGNS TO NURTURE OUR LAND AND OURSELVES. Mary's life and work has been committed to discovering the sacred and the magical in every piece of land, because "the veil between this world and the world of spirit is very thin". In this conversation, I ask Mary about fairy magic, sacred spaces, and the independent film inspired by her adventures becoming the youngest person to win the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show, and the romance that surrounded it. The film, DARE TO BE WILD, is set for release in the US sometime this year. We also talk about Mary's own property in Ireland, for which she is seeking funding to build a living version of the book to educate children by connecting them with nature and to teach people how to turn their garden plots into massive opportunities for the land, nature's health