Today kicks off National Garden Week. That means this is a great time to do a garden blessing. Collect five quarter-size stones, crystals, or glass drops to represent air, fire, water, earth, and spirit. Select five points in your garden marking east, south, west, north, and center. This is where you will deposit your markers. You can leave them showing or bury them if you're concerned that someone may wander off with them.

Start in the east and place the air stone. Say:

Air, bring easy breezes to carry pollinators to my blooms.

Go to the south and place the fire stone. Say:

Fire, bring enough sunshine for healthy growth.

Go to the west and place the water stone. Say:

Water, be present with gentle rains to nourish and refresh.

Go to the north and place the earth stone. Say:

Earth, be fertile and blessed with balanced abundance.

Go to the center and place the spirit stone. Say:

Blessed be the spirits of the garden. May this be a garden of peace and harmony!