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Therapeutic gardens : design for healing spaces / Daniel Winterbottom and Amy Wagenfeld.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First editionDescription: 323 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1604694424
  • 9781604694420
Subject(s):
Contents:
Foundations -- Collaborative design -- Gardens for movement and physical rehabilitation -- Gardens for solace and comfort -- Learning gardens -- Sensory gardens -- Community gardens -- Maintaining the therapeutic garden.
Summary: More than ever before, landscape architects, garden designers, and healthcare professionals are asked to create gardens that meet the physical, psychological, emotional, and social needs of a wide range of user groups. Landscape architect Daniel Winterbottom and occupational therapist Amy Wagenfeld present a collaborative approach that successfully translates the principles of therapeutic design into practice. Using examples from around the world, this practical guide demonstrates how gardens can support learning, movement, reconciliation, and memorialization, as well as improve physical and psychological health.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 712 W787 Checked out 05/14/2024 33111008034130
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"For those who believe in the healing power of nature, or those who are interested in the history of therapeutic garden design and philosophies, Therapeutic Gardens is a great resource and a fascinating book." -- NYBG's Plant Talk

In Therapeutic Gardens , landscape architect Daniel Winterbottom and occupational therapist Amy Wagenfeld present an innovative approach that translates therapeutic design principles into practice. This comprehensive book uses examples from around the world to demonstrate how healing spaces can be designed to support learning, movement, sensory nurturance, and reconciliation, as well as improved health. This important book sheds lights on how the combined strength of multiple disciplines provide the tools necessary to design meaningful and successful landscapes for those in the greatest need.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foundations -- Collaborative design -- Gardens for movement and physical rehabilitation -- Gardens for solace and comfort -- Learning gardens -- Sensory gardens -- Community gardens -- Maintaining the therapeutic garden.

More than ever before, landscape architects, garden designers, and healthcare professionals are asked to create gardens that meet the physical, psychological, emotional, and social needs of a wide range of user groups. Landscape architect Daniel Winterbottom and occupational therapist Amy Wagenfeld present a collaborative approach that successfully translates the principles of therapeutic design into practice. Using examples from around the world, this practical guide demonstrates how gardens can support learning, movement, reconciliation, and memorialization, as well as improve physical and psychological health.

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