“Gardens for Ghosts: The Art, Ritual, & Magick of Planting for the Dead” Paperback – October 1, 2025
by Christina Wilke-Burbach PhD (Author)
Published by Gray House Publishing
Death unites us all. Gardens help us remember. Every life eventually encounters loss-the passing of loved ones, friends, and, ultimately, ourselves. In Gardens for Ghosts, spiritual and paranormal psychologist Christina Wilke-Burbach, PhD, guides readers into the sacred practice of creating memorial gardens. Blending psychology, folklore, and spiritual insight, Gardens for Ghosts explores how we can honor the dead through intentional planting and thoughtful design. From cemeteries and ancient burial grounds to intimate backyard sanctuaries, you’ll discover:
-The symbolic language of flowers across cultures and traditions
-How to design spaces that foster remembrance, healing, and connection
-Rituals, meditations, and practices to deepen your relationship with the departed
-Practical tips for cultivating beauty that comforts the living while honoring the dead
-Gardens for Ghosts is an invitation to reimagine loss, weaving memory and meaning into the soil beneath our feet. For mourners, gardeners, and seekers alike, it offers a path toward creating living sanctuaries–gardens that bloom with love long after death.
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Bio for Christina Wilke‑Burbach PhD: Christina is a Spiritual/Transpersonal Psychologist, Anthropologist, Death Witch, Death Doula, Deathwalker, Psychopomp, Psychic, Poisoner, Occultist, Cemeterian, and works full-time in deathcare. She is a High Priestess with The New York City Wiccan Family Temple. Her specialty is working with the dead. Her ministry and craft focus on death and dying, guiding souls to the otherworld, facilitating communication and messages between the dead and the living as a medium, leading séances, paranormal investigations and clearings, performing death rites and funerals, helping people with their death wishes and plans, writing obituaries, supporting green burials, and arranging funeral flowers.
Christina is also a Master Gardener, Herbalist, Level 2 Certified Aromatherapist, Gardening Instructor, Botanical Artist, and Natural Perfumer. She specializes in Poison Gardens, Heirloom Gardening, Gothic Gardening, Graveyard Gardening, Carnivorous Plants, and Gardening for the Dead. Christina has over 28 years of higher education and experience in psychology, spirituality, magick, the occult, and metaphysics. Based in the Midwest, she operates Mind, Soul, and Self LLC.
She holds a PhD in Health Psychology, a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology, a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, a Bachelor’s Degree in Cultural Anthropology, a minor in Sociology, and training in Transpersonal Psychology, having studied under Dr. Stan Grof, the founder of the field. Christina is a Reiki Master Teacher, Ordained Minister, Archetypal Astrologer, Awakening Your Light Body graduate, and a Psychic. She is a published author and award-winning researcher. Her specializations include Transpersonal Psychology, Spiritual Awakenings, Possession, Shadow Work, and Psychic Development.
Memento Vivere, quia Memento Mori… Remember to live, because remember you die.