Excerpt from From the Spirit of Gardening. Winter is more quiet and introspective time. The sky is paler blue, the days are shorter, and less time is spend out in the garden—if any time at all. In most areas, Nature uses this season to rest. The focus shifts to the design of the landscape, the structures, and foundation plantings. The color … Read More
It’s starting. Creating a beautiful tulip garden is not a simple task. Scores of volunteers and staff, like Ric have already planted 6,000 bulbs and 2,000 bedding plants such as pansies and forget me not. Planting starts with pulling out existing summer garden plants and flowers. Then we prep the soil, plant bulbs, go back over the planted bulbs and … Read More
Community that has been there raises money for Paradise fire relief A community that once lost everything in a fire is now raising money for victims of the Paradise Camp Fire. Ananda Village, a yoga and meditation community outside of Nevada City, and its private pre-kindergarten through 12th grade Living Wisdom School, is selling Christmas cards to benefit fire victims. … Read More
Crystal Hermitage Gardens: Springtime at Ananda tulip season will celebrate Ananda’s 50th birthday in 2019 Nevada City, CA—Crystal Hermitage Gardens: Springtime at Ananda tulip season will celebrate Ananda’s 50th birthday in 2019. What began 40 years ago as a small private garden is now frequently a top Gorgeous Gardens in the West. Visiting the garden is annual springtime tradition in … Read More
Places to Visit Northern California Crystal Hermitage is a photographer’s dream. If you do an instragram search for #crystalhermitage you will find a wide breath of photos of our gardens. Here is a blog with samples of her photography and blog written by Claire Toney. I heard of this magical place filled with 10,000 tulips. Oh how I longed to … Read More
Learn to Meditate and Yoga Programs Many of our garden visitors inquire about Ananda’s Yoga and Meditation programs and while the Crystal Hermitage location does not offer programs in the gardens. Ananda’s retreat properties Meditation Retreat and Expanding Light offers over a 100 retreat programs each year, and we are open year-round. Book your personal retreat or program for an … Read More
Best Trip Advisor Reviews Crystal Hermitage is a must visit if you like Tulips !!! The Tulips bloom in the spring you can call and check on there status of them before you go. We went twice this season and it was a great trip both times !!! – Goldsmith My husband and I come up to Nevada City about … Read More
Garden Accessibility We get a lot of questions about the garden’s accessibility for wheel chairs and while, we have limited accessibility blogger Jeri writes, “Although the gardens are not 100% accessible for wheelchair users or others who cannot climb stairs, I believe there is enough access to make it worth a visit.” She writes, “While my initial fear was that … Read More
Temple of Light at Ananda Village THE TEMPLE OF LIGHT AT ANANDA VILLAGE WILL BE… A spiritual power center that will uplift human consciousness The spiritual home for seekers of truth worldwide The fulfillment of Paramhansa Yogananda’s and his disciple, Swami Kriyananda’s vision for Worldbrotherhood Communities A celebration of Ananda’s 50th Anniversary in 2019 An example of Paramhansa Yogananda’s inspiration … Read More
Releasing soon in India is a movie written by Swami Kriyananda, founder of Ananda. The Answer tells the powerful true story of an American James Donald Walters, his youthful quest for truth which took him from his birthplace in Romania, to Switzerland and England, as far as the United States, where in 1948 in Hollywood, California he has the extraordinary … Read More