From Hamblin’s Home to the Green Door Centre

Green Door Centre 
www.greendooruk.com
01243 572109

There are places in the world that seem to hold a quiet charge — a sense that something meaningful has unfolded there, and continues to unfold. Bosham House, where Henry Thomas Hamblin lived, worked, wrote and meditated, is one such place. For decades, the grounds of Hamblin’s former home have supported seekers in every stage of life: those in grief, those in transition, those longing for companionship, clarity, healing, or simply a reminder that peace is possible.

From the founding of The Hamblin Trust in 1960, the site became home not just to readers of spiritual texts, but to a living, breathing community. Meditation groups, discussion circles, healing therapies, retreats, holistic training, counselling, yoga, nature-based practices, — all these found a home within the Centre and its gardens. Thousands passed through the doors in quiet need or deep curiosity, meeting one another in sincerity, vulnerability and hope.

When the stewardship of the land passed to Green Door Centre in May 2023, something simple, natural and very beautiful happened — not an ending as some of us might have feared but a continuation. A new flowering of the same spirit.

A New Chapter on Sacred Ground

Emma, Marianne and the Green Door team stepped forward with a vision that resonated deeply with Hamblin’s own: simple, heart-led spirituality, grounded in nature, intuition, community, and inner transformation. Their first two years has already seen the land and the spaces at the centre continuing to thrive in new and vibrant ways.

A New Chapter on Sacred Ground

Emma, Marianne and the Green Door team stepped into the role of caretakers with a vision that resonated deeply with Hamblin’s own: simple, heart-led spirituality, grounded in nature, intuition, community, and inner transformation. Their first year has already seen the land return to life in vibrant new ways.

• Cacao ceremonies with shamanic journeys.
• Community Wednesdays with tea & coffee from the Diddy Van.
• Children’s forest school, teen wellbeing programmes, and mindfulness sessions.
• Weekly free meditations.
• A full calendar of groups, workshops and gatherings.

One of their mantras, “slow is the new go”,  echoes Hamblin’s own emphasis on gentleness, reflection, and aligning with the deeper currents of life.

It is no exaggeration to say that the centre is bursting with life.

Continuity Through Change

Though The Hamblin Trust has now closed, its greatest gifts live on:

• The teachings continue through Hamblin Vision Publishing

• The community continues through the work at Green Door

• The spirit of the land continues to nurture all who come

• The new generation — children and young people — are now central to the Centre’s mission

Hamblin was always a teacher of beginnings, of quiet rebirths, of rediscovering the divine spark within. It is fitting that the home where he lived now holds space for people to reconnect, reimagine, heal, and grow.

We are delighted to honour and support the work of Green Door Centre — and to recognise it as a living continuation of Hamblin’s legacy, unfolding in its own authentic, creative, grounded way.

Below is a video interview I recored with Emma Owen-Smith of Green Door. We hope you enjoy it.