Mansfield Friends open 1647 Garden of Reflection

Friends in Mansfield open a place of contemplation for Quakers and visitors

The 'Reflections' sculpture in the garden. | Photo: Photo: John Adams.

Friends in Mansfield have developed their beautiful walled garden into a place of contemplation for Quakers and visitors.  George Fox experienced his first ‘opening’ in Mansfield in 1647 and the garden has been named, in celebration of that event, the ‘1647 Garden of Reflection’.

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