Sacred Places
Inspiration Point, in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation
The project that started it all.
WHERE
Annapolis, MD
SETTING
Neighborhood
PARTNER INSTITUTION
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Visit
Where it is
6 Herndon Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21403
What happens here
Sitting on the bench, the only sounds are deer, fox, and squirrels rustling in the surrounding woods and insects in the green space. Even after a short time here one forgets the daily tasks and to-do lists, and on leaving, the path lets a person come back to the world slowly.
HOW IT CAME TO BE
1996. The first one.
Drag to see the transformation.
01
The Need
Nothing in the network existed yet.
02
The Vision
1996 marked the first official Nature Sacred space with a signature bench and journal, at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's headquarters in Annapolis. The source calls it the project that started it all.
03
The Transformation
A long path canopied by vibrant trees, plants, and flowers leads to a destination point overlooking one of the many back creeks on the Chesapeake Bay. The path does work at both ends: it carries visitors in, and on the way out it lets them return to the world gradually rather than all at once.
WHO TENDS IT
Paul Willey
Firesoul, Inspiration Point, in partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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