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Entering Gaia's Garden

Our origin

Gaia's Garden has been a small ecological community of Auroville since 1996. it is perhaps the only flower garden in the area, a sanctuary for exotic tropical plants spreading over 2.67 acres...

Gaia is the Goddess of Mother Earth in Greek Mythology. She creates enormous diversity over and over again with her force which fills us with wonder and admiration at the same time.

Gaia’s Garden has been a small ecological community in Auroville since 1996. It is perhaps the only flower garden in the area, a sanctuary for exotic tropical plants spreading over 2.67 acres.

The garden is a playful experiment in the hot and dry climate of south India - playing with both cultivated and wild plants, grasses, bamboo, shrubs and trees. Lawns consume too much water, so Gaia’s Garden uses pebbles and stones as a counterbalance to harmonise the yin and the yang.

Experimenting and not having over-strict rules in gardening can give unexpected surprises and a new way of gardening. The combinations are endless. A garden is never finished. It is, as Life, an ongoing process and a dialogue with nature; it seeks attention all the time.

To enjoy the abundance of nature, be quiet and just BE. Stop analysing with the mind for a while and just look, listen and feel the whole garden, its light, colours and shapes. Experience THE PRESENCE.

The GG team sincerely asks you to observe our house rules for a harmonious and bliss-filled stay at Gaia’s Garden.

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