Monday 7 May 2012

Magical Crystal Garden at The Stumpery, Ickworth House, Bury St Edmunds

18th and 19th August 2012
                                    6th and 7th October 2012(during the Ickworth Wood Fair)

Come and visit the continually evolving stumpery at Ickworth House for the weekend of 18th and 19th August and the 6th and 7th of October as we transform an area of the stumpery into a magical crystal garden.
In their own right, the upturned stumps of trees from an earlier age set out amongst living trees and plants of contemporary life, set within the Italianate garden of Ickworth create a mystical garden of dragons and myths of the past. Combining the esoteric idea of the relationship between the macrocosm and the microcosm, these external gardens represent the internal layout of Ickworth House. Adding crystals, representing the structure of the house with the natural flints and mineral composition of the earth, which are, essentially quartz, help to understand this micro/macro cosmic relationship. Most of our buildings are crystalline; sandstone blocks, red bricks, slate, glass, sand and cement, limestone, lime mortar to name but a few. Combining this with the still much  used Roman building technique of a structure of wooden floors and supporting beams and  windows and carvings contained within a stone one,  there is a strong connection between the buildings, the gardens and the woods we live, work, and play in.
At Ickworth, seen from above, it does seem to represent a particularly unusual space ship ! With its geometric shapes and balanced symmetry between garden and building, east wing and west wing we are reminded of the symmetry that exists in all our crystaline structures represented here during the weekend. This is the same symmetry that exists throughout our modern technology, enabling the transmission of light, through semi conductors of silicon, driving our computors, mobile phones and televisions. The same symmetry indeed, linking classical Greek architecture with Italian Palladian architecture and their connection with the cosmos, beautifully recreated at Ickworth House... who would have believed it... set in the rolling Suffolk countryside !

We will be running a series of workshops relating to crystals, dowsing and ley lines  alongside getting creative with wand making and breaking open geodes for children. There will be dragons, singing bowls and story telling in our yurt, crystal card readings and guidance of how crystals can help with people experiencing challenges in their lives.

Saturday and Sunday workshops:

12.00 Wand making (wood kindly donated by  Ickworth) using crystals, feathers, glitter and leaves
2.30   Talk on crystals, ley lines and dowsing with Cosmo Verner (approx 1 hr)
4.00   Story telling

All workshops and visit to the stumpery are free.
Crystals for wand making are for sale.
All crystals on display in the stumpery and in the yurt will be for sale

We will be collecting donations for East Anglia's Childrens Hospices
www.each.org.uk/

The Crystal Energy Centre
www.crystalenergycentre.co.uk
cosmo@crystalenergycentre.co.uk
07799 393794


Magical Crystal Garden  18th and 19th August /  6th and 7th October 2012
The Stumpery, Italianate Garden
The Rotunda, Ickworth House
Horringer
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP29 5QE