ISSUE NO. 10 | May 31, 2025
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This is part 3 of the Sanctuary of Flowers mini-series helping us all root in the peace and possibility of Healing Nature's nimble way to elicit the feelings of joy, pleasure and serenity with flowers.
Something Wild, In Bloom
"Flowers are medicine for the soul."
There’s a wildness in you that remembers.
Not chaos - but clarity.
Not noise - but nature.
Not recklessness - but rootedness.
Something is blooming again...
The sacred wild within you - that quiet, luminous essence - is awakening, in rhythm with the unfolding petals of the season. Not as a return to do more - but a return to reclaiming you - all parts of you.
And flowers brighten the way.
A Seasonal Awakening
As gardens flourish and wildflower meadows peek beneath a spring sky, you may sense it in your bones: the soft uprising of self. A holy reclaiming of pace, presence, and passion.
Here’s the deeper truth:
No one person blooms in a culture of depletion nor self-abandoning.
We do bloom in a space of intention and self-love.
And flowers - wise, radiant, ancestral - show us how.
Science Meets Spirit: Why Flowers Heal
Environmental psychology, neuroaesthetics, and biophilia all affirm what ancient cultures and our own bodies already know: flowers restore us - not just visually, but physiologically and emotionally.
Research Highlights:
A Rutgers study found that flowers immediately elevate mood and increase social bonding.¹
Floral aromatherapy has been shown to reduce anxiety and improve sleep.²
Color and texture of blooms stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system - inviting calm, curiosity, and comfort.
This is more than décor.
This is design as devotion.
This is sacred tending for your nervous system.
“You are not too much. You are simply blooming back into your natural, sacred shape.”
This is the harmony that your nervous system craves.
This is the Sanctuary of Flowers.
The Something Wild as Sacred Design: Planting from Sanctuary WithinTM
A sanctuary garden - whether on a grand scale or a single window box - becomes an altar to our inner world and personal journey when planted with intention.
When you design with your personal story, values, and desires in mind, and collaborate with natural energies and "intelligence" of the site, you create not just beauty, but belonging and connection.
Your something wild as sacred design might be expressed in:
A visual mantra of plants that silently empower you daily in the season of life (foxglove for courage and confidence, calendula and cosmos for positivity, lavender for tenderness).
A sensory palette designed to soothe your nervous system with textural interplay and gentle color therapy.
A seasonal container that responds to the genius loci - the unique soul of your home and land.
A plant outfit in containers or garden beds that mirror and honor your current emotional and spiritual season - the healing you are committed to embodying. Think “flower companions” that meet you where you are and have your back.
“To plant is to pray with your hands.”
Design becomes sacred when it honors place, memory, mood - and the wild truth of who you are now and who you are reclaiming and becoming.
Ways to Bloom in the Season
This is your season to soften back into your Sanctuary Within. Let your inner and outer sanctuary co-evolve. Try:
🌿 Layered planting design: Match color, form, and mood to your emotional landscape.
🌸 Flower altar rituals: Let a single bloom be your guide for the week or arrange blooms as weekly devotionals.
🛁 Petal floral bathing: Add blossoms to your bath and feel the sacred repair.
🧘 Presence walks: Wander among wild blooms and let yourself connect.
This flower work isn’t about perfection - it’s about presence.
Not performance, but prayer.
Design the Something Wild You’re Ready to Root Into... and Thrive
Your soul’s garden deserves wild beauty - not in rebellion, but in reverence.
If this Sanctuary of Flowers series has stirred something in you - a desire to co-create, to plant, to style your space to nurture your wellbeing and nourish your everyday - I would be honored to help.
🌸 We offer personalized styling commissions and custom sanctuary garden design to elevate your interiors and your outdoor spaces - rooted in story, sensory healing, and seasonal flow - to transform your world so your feel soulfully and scientifically happier.
Whether it’s a container by your doorstep or a full planting plan for your land, your sanctuary can be both soulful and scientific, guided by flower magic and tailored to you .
🌿 In-person and design-at-a-distance options available.
💐 Let’s begin the bloom, together.
👉 Click here to book your complimentary inquiry call.
Until next, I hope you bloom something wild,
Footnotes:
¹ Haviland-Jones, J., et al. (2005). Evolutionary Psychology, 3(1), 104–132.
² Cho, M. Y., et al. (2013). Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
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