Planting a Druid's Grove - My Magical Garden & Outdoor Sacred Space
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- It is with great pleasure that I share my baby Oak Grove with you! This grove is where I do ritual and magical workings outside. Obviously, not all Druid's need to plant a grove or create an outdoor sacred space, but it's something I've been dreaming about for many years. Thanks for letting me share it with you!
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The desire for a grove I think is a universal desire among Druids. Even if someone lives in an apartment or rental property you can still surround a room in indoor plants. It's about that natural connections. Not even just plants but our animal families as well. I don't own alot of land, and miss the small bit of brush I had behind my mom's house growing up. However in my backyard we have a silver maple (excellent for healing wands when the branches fall) and also planted what I believe is a Yamazakura. Slowly I plan to turn it more and more into a small grove.
It's interesting how responsive plants are, you can tell the mood or vibration of neighborhood by the trees. Negative places you will see the trees wilting and unhealthy looking where positive places filled with warm families and love the trees will be vibrant and alive.
Hi Danni. It would be a real treat to get an update on your sacred grove after a couple of years have passed! I hope you will be able to do something like that. Thanks for your videos.
So magical. I can’t wait to plant a sacred grove of my own.
what a wonderfull blessing of a video. Thank you!
We have a modest yard in a subdivision here in Central Ohio. There are two large ponds behind us and beyond that is a metro park. We have been working and ritualing in/on our grove for twenty years and the Garden/Nemeton has 17 of the 25 Ogham trees, bushes and vines growing in it. We have a small stone circle and firepit (4 "megalithic yards" in diameter) The energies are amazing. Blessings upon you and your sacred grove. I look forward to seeing it develop and deepen as it evolves. Namaste' Danni. 🔥💜🔥
Hi Danni. Congratulations on taking the first steps to creating your sacred space. May you be blessed with many acorns.🌳.
I planted a small mixed wood with a small stone circle in it. My trees a 10 years old now and create a nice little retreat.
Love oaks, but as I am sure you know they are slow grower's. I am lucky to have a 500ish year old sessile oak in the ancient hedgerow that borders my wood. Just to stand beneath it is humbling.
Keep planting trees . Best wishes from the Emerald Isle.
Your grove sounds like a sanctuary! How magical to have such an ancient Oak near you. I can only hope that my Oaks are given the chance to grow to 500 years. We do have a couple older Oaks in our woods, but do to overgrazing most of our trees are not that old. Thank you so much for sharing a bit of your sacred space with us!
Wow another great video :) As always, I'm so inspired. During my Bardic journey I was encouraged and inspired to create a Grove in our backyard. Spiritually I had always known that was my sacred place within our yard, so 2018 I made my Inner Grove meet my Outer Grove, so to speak. We brought in boulders and had them placed, and planted a few new trees (Oak and Birch), but we already had many. We even went so far as to start a Seed Group for our area because there wasn't any local Druids. I don't have the words to explain how incredible this experience has been and I'm wishing you best on your journey
I had to watch this twice! I have a goal to own land in the near future to do just this as well. We currently own our home. When we first looked at it, I connected to the energy and asked if we could live here and got a strong and definite yes. As I have created flower beds, I have again asked if the and spirits were ok with my plant choices. I have gotten plenty of no's and discovered looking back that all of the no's have been non-native plants. I do have some non-native plants in the beds but the majority are native. I also daily connect with the spirits on my little plot of land daily and have strong connections with my maple trees.
Good luck connecting with your space and new grove!
Great video!! I really love your choice of Oaks. We used what our land had already provided us in the South half of our Grove, but were able to build our own vision in the North half.
As you know, it's always a work in progress.
I really am delighted seeing this video, & can just imagine your excitement! I too follow a druid path, & we have a similar sized parcel of land, (just under 10 acres of wind exposed elevated valley anciently glacial previously degraded ex-dairy land) in warm temperate/'mediteranean' climate South Australia. We live an hour away from it but are there each weekend & othertimes also. Planting & caring for trees is the great joy of it. I've not planted a grove as such, yet, as simply planting for shelter has been the priority. Some of the species you mention do well in parts of our state, burr oak particularly. Just getting the overgrazing cattle off it has allowed a diverse layer of grasses & herbs to regenerate, & kangaroos are keeping things grazed to a useful level, maintaining active growth without overgrazing. Their numbers are conveniently managed by local hunters. They do increase the costs of establishing trees rather dramatically! We've planted mostly nitrogen fixing fire retardant evergreen habitat/nectar producing natives (assorted acacias) along our road verges, & in the swampy valley floor, many deciduous for their higher transpiration capacity.. Poplar ssp, English & Mexican Alder, Weeping Willow, River & Silver birch, Claret & Golden Ash, Prunes, Hazels, Amelanchiers, Crab Apples, & Almonds on our higher sandy soil. We're in our mid 50's so it should be pretty fab by the time we're 70!😂🌱🌳🌲🍀
I envy your rainfall & more clement climate, it sounds & looks delightful! Cheers!👍/l\☺
Blessings for your new grove🙏🏻
Thank you ! 💕🌻
I’m currently in my first month of college in a new city and finding sacred areas has definitely been difficult here! I have basically covered my dorm room with plants though, and I’m hoping to find a more secluded spot near the river on campus where I can meditate. I would love to plant my own grove someday though! My university’s been planting more trees lately as well so I have that going for me.
excellent video! i hope it inspires people to do the same!! unfortunately over here in the UK "sacred groves are diminishing, my family's bloodline come's from north Wales, there is one particular grove in "Bethesda" thats more powerful than ive ever experienced! Ancient Oaks splitting the bedrock into boulders over 1000s of years spilling out quartz and other crystals. Truly magical place for those who can see it!
if you use standing stones in your grove, make sure they have a high vibration. something like "preseli bluestone" or someting as ancient. this will help massively!
Thanks for the tip! A local landscaper has some amethyst boulders which I thought might be an interesting frequency
So awesome, Danni! I’m excited to see how your grove grows. I also have a homestead with some land that came with a huge pine grove and a smaller ash grove, but it does have some beautiful oaks and other types of trees. I’m planning out my sacred grove as well. I just love the angel (live) oaks, so it is my goal to plant five in a circle. I had to meditate on the number, but I like the idea of them representing spirit, water, fire, earth, and air. Plus, the angel oaks need a wide spread, and I don’t think the designated area will hold more than five. It’s also my goal to place a boulder in the center, and I’ve been meditating on whether to put one in-between each tree. I think I will wait a couple of years for that to see how my new oaks do. But, I’m so excited just as you are. Do you use ArborDay.org for any of your trees? Membership is only $10, and you can choose up to 10 free trees with that. I’m ordering 10 white dogwoods that I’m going to plant in another grove. If you do use them, what do you think about the quality of their trees?
LOVE IT! Angel oaks don't do well here but they are something special. Your grove will be beautiful! I don't use arbor day instead I use a local greenhouse. It has good prices for older trees and close enough I can take them home myself. Good luck with your tree order!
Hooray! I love oaks. Hope to see the grove again once the trees have grown awhile.
My ideal Sacred Grove is one with pine trees. Last year I planted three pines on my land. They are just 'babies' now but pines grow quickly, so I hope to see them tall and strong soon. And yes - working in a real Sacred Grove is a very different experience. To me it was confusing first time.
Exciting! Congratulations on your new grove. You’ll enjoy watching the trees grow over the years. I also have a natural grove in the forest on my land here in far Northern Maine. It’s one of my favorite places to be.
Thank you! A natural grove must be a delight to practice in.
That's really exciting be able to grow your own grove! I don't have land, but my roommate lets me do the gardening. Lol. This video seems like a sign 😁
Sounds like a great roommate, if they let you do the gardening!
I attend school in LA but my at my family home in Montana we just planted a bur oak and a Norwegian maple. We have some beautiful popplars, aspens, pine trees, etc.
I love your vids!
I love the mix of trees you have!
Beautiful! I hope your trees grow strong. I live in the Atlanta area and have a very thickly wooded yard, so no need for me to plant a grove; it's already here! I have post oaks, mulberries, black cherry, ash, elder, sassafras, live oaks, water oaks, pines, and even some holly. (There are SO MANY native oak species in Georgia!) However, I have a strong affinity for fire, so I am in the process of building a fire pit in the back yard. There is conveniently a large triangular boulder near the place where I'm planning to dig, so that makes for a great natural altar. Great to see another video from you as always.
Wow your place sounds fantastic! The firepit plan sounds perfect too. I'd be curious to hear how it goes when you finish that project!
I wish I had land to have a garden
I'm not exactly a sapling, but more of a seed in the wind that sometimes lands, but keeps moving. jk haha
Completely new to Druidry. I think Druid is the direction I want to go instead of Ovate and Bard. I'm a math major, 28, and have considered myself atheist for four years starting this December.
I like the idea of being an advocate for nature though and changing the world around you as you are on youtube and in real life. I am just not sure about the magic thing, but I do appreciate a non witch type of magic, but then again I am 98% ignorant of that magic too. I also believe that I can still connect with nature even though I have doubts of spirituality being real or spirits existing and all that : )
Anyway, I have a long way to go in developing my own nature practices and defining my own druidry, but not sure if I will ever be able to call myself a druid, but who knows.
First of all, I'm an ENTP on myers briggs too! Now on to your delightful comment. Many of Druids practice Druidry as a philosophy and not spirituality allowing for plenty of atheists to enjoy the richness of Druidry. Plenty of others also don't practice witchcraft/magic/spellcraft. There is certainly room for you in Druidry considering those items! I so appreciate your openness to what this journey might bring you. May your journey bring you peace and wisdom!
G'da Sheledon, & Danni. Sheledon, I think as you investigate you will find an approach that works for you. I am an agnostic (trending athiest) secular druid. The majority of my druid mates are theists but we manage to get along with open communication. Mostly I practise alone though, as for me, it has always been, & increasingly about practical engagement the land.
I really hope that when I move out of my parents place, I'll be able to find a place with a relatively big garden in ^^ I'm going to be planting an Ash tree this year, but I hope to not plant it until I've found a place I really want it to go (my current garden is a big small and I won't be staying here, I want the ash tree to stay with me if possible ^^"
hello. Danni? i have some questions and don't know of a particular way to contact someone that might be able to answer them. would you be able to help or point me in the right direction of someone that i would be able to converse with about? any help with receiving new knowledge will be greatly appreciated. :)
You might try connecting with a local grove to find a teacher who is open to chatting or visiting the group. ADF and OBOD both have some listings of local groups that are open to the public. Otherwise there are Druids online that answer questions through videos or IG posts or twitter which might have already answered yours :)
Hi great video. Is this your own land or is it a public space?
It's my own land. My husband and I own 8.8 acres in the driftless region of wi. We are very lucky!