Goddess Garden Atlanta — Attraction in Atlanta

If you're coming over from Europe, prepare for a bit of a shock. I know Goddess spirituality from the Goddess Temple in Glastonbury and was very excited to find out about the Goddess garden. However, neither the pictures, the website, nor the amazed reviews did prepare me for the reality of this place. It's really shady and shabby, the garden is in bad shape and the decoration / furniture is full of cheap plastic items that look like they're from some flee market or the trash. I don't mean to look down if you don't have much money to put into this, but really it just looked all randomly assembled, dirty and strange.

We were first greeted by an older man whose first sentence was something about tasting meteorites and then rambled on about vegan/vegetarian food making you smell better. Wtf. When we went into the garden (which is just on a private property btw and not a public place), he followed us around and was trying to invite us to tea or something. Idk, it was really odd. Didn't feel like a very safe place too. Also, it's full of mosquitoes.

The Goddess statue was right at the entrance. Despite everything, I stayed there for a moment for a short prayer. Instead of fresh flowers or herbs there were just some odd plastic figures (dolphins and a bird with one wing) lying on top of it. Put them up and wished Goddess the best.

All in all, the whole place felt as if you needed to be really high on drugs to enjoy it. Otherwise, it's absolutely heartbreaking. The energy is very low and disturbing.

It may be an accurate representation of the state of the divine feminine in the US, though. You can definitely meet Goddess there, but you will feel mostly her pain and need for healing. Maybe this makes sense in the middle of an American city. Idk.

My boyfriend later said he saw Shakta come out of her house and that she looked a lot less crazy than the old man. At this point I had already zoned out too much from the shock, and maybe for the better as I otherwise would have gotten really angry.

I wish I could have said something nicer in this review, but really, long way to go. Much cleaning and healing is needed here. I wish you all the best and Goddess blessings, in any case. Looking at other reviews I guess it still helps the people here, but as a European, I'd say prepare to get your heart broken and don't come alone.

One solid star is for the cat that said...

The Goddess Garden is unlike any place I’ve ever been: a realm of exquisite balance, where nature is honored as sacred. More than an urban wildlife sanctuary, it is a refuge for the human spirit, inviting all who enter to experience the profound beauty and peace found in simply Being.

For me, each visit is a renewal, a quiet purification. Life moves in harmony here - the trees and flowers shifting with the seasons, creatures co-existing in a natural rhythm, the resident cats basking in the sun, wholly at home.

I am so grateful for the Goddess Garden, my sanctuary, a place where the world...

Visited this garden recently which sits on a property owned and managed by Shasta, a priestess that leads teachings on the Divine Feminine - hence this place being called the Goddess Garden. There’s several small shrines to different goddesses of various origin but this small hidden gem attracts a lot of wildlife, not to mention cats (all vaccinated and spayed/neutered upon joining). The air out here...