Therapeutic Gardens Design For Healing Spaces

Increasingly 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 users. Landscape architect Daniel Winterbottom and occupational therapist Amy Wagenfeld present a collaborative approach that successfully translates the evidence-based principles of therapeutic design into practice using case studies from around the world. This practical guide demonstrates how gardens support learning movement well-being and mental and psychological health. This second edition has been thoroughly updated throughout to include pandemic and mental health design trauma-responsive design designing for neurodivergence and more. Beautifully designed with over 250 color images throughout it also includes chapter introductions summaries case studies and personal vignettes. This book is essential for professionals and students in landscape architecture planning design healthcare and mental health fields. |Therapeutic Gardens Design for Healing Spaces