Worth Abbey
Quiet Garden

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Quiet Gardens form a world-wide network of local opportunities for prayer, silence, reflection and the appreciation of beauty in creation; for learning about Christian life and spirituality; and for experiencing the creativity and healing of God's love. They are open to Christians of all denominations, as well as those who are simply 'searching'.

Jesus said to them, "Come away with me. Let us go alone to a quiet place and rest for a while." (Mark 6:31)

This biblical text has inspired many to set aside places, large and small as Quiet Gardens.

Photo by Lewis Durham, Kent News and Pictures

Benedictine spirituality has long been associated with respect for the local environment and appreciation of God's work in nature. Worth Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in West Sussex, has set aside a couple of acres as a Quiet Garden, available to anybody prepared to encounter God through prayer and reflection on nature and creation.

Worth Abbey Quiet Garden is in a rock garden around a large pond to the south of the buildings. The first Lord Cowdray, whose country estate this was before the monastery purchased it in 1933, had it planted with shrubs and alpine plants over a hundred years ago.

From the main car park there is well signposted trail of about 500m to the Quiet Garden.

See the NEWS pages for recent developments in the garden.

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Jesus said to them, "Come away with me. Let us go alone to a quiet place and rest for a while." (Mark 6:31)