Healing Gardens at Stone Hill Farm

A Sanctuary for Healing, Growth and Balance

2024 Sundays in the Gardens:

5/12, 6/9, 7/14, 8/11, 9/8, 10/13

Choices for Visits: 

1. Healing Gardens is Open to the Public from May through October the second Sunday of the month from 11 AM to 4 PM.
No need to make a reservation.

2. Any other time, text (preferred) or Call 630-740-2597 to make a reservation from April 1 to November 30. 

Another Nature Lesson

Like giant sentinels the old black honey locust trees stand guard in our small woods.
They do not waver in their job of being a honey locust tree.
A firm, vibrant, constant presence, they do not take on my concerns or worries.
They don't care whether I am successful or not, or whether the tree next to them is taller, fuller, or better.
This is comforting to me, the same solid egoless presence as if they know what is important.
They know that failing or falling short does not have the power to name who they are.
My lovely, wise trees with no thoughts of I’m not good enough, or I don't measure up.
Trees know they are enough and happy to be what they were created to be.
This awareness keeps me grounded and then I can say,
 I am enough too.

~ Deborah Marqui

New eBook

Healing Gardens: Where the Soul Is Tended   is a short eBook that was recently published.
It is available through Amazon for $2.99 and can be streamed through any preferred device.

To My Readers: 

Upon reading Healing Gardens: Where the Soul is Tended you will discover the motivation
and my compelling commitment to share the experience of Healing Gardens with others.

But what was the reason behind the creation of Healing Gardens at Stone Hill Farm?

I invite you to read the whole story from the beginning in my newly published memoir, 
From the Fire Into the Garden: A Healing Journey.

The Memoir

“In this profoundly intimate and soul-baring memoir, Deborah Marqui reveals how her tenacious journey through cancer transcended her physical healing.  At its heart, From the Fire into the Garden: A Healing Journey reaffirms in compelling fashion the power of faith, family, friends, self-compassion & surrender to the grace of God and the healing power of Nature in the face of suffering…  By the time you finish soaking up her story, you will have a sense that Deb has invited you to sit with her as she takes in the beauty of her Healing Gardens.” - Jim Otepka, LMFT, Psychotherapist, Former Director of Tri City Family Services

Deborah writes in her memoir: “I came across the body of a chickadee on our deck that looked dead; yet, as I reached down to move the little bird there was a tiny heartbeat. I waited and watched as it regained consciousness and flew away... Humans, like myself, need to be stunned sometimes to wake up to the beauty and gift that surrounds them."