The Healing Landscape: Therapeutic Outdoor Environments

Book info: The Healing Landscape: Therapeutic Outdoor Environments (Hardcover, 224 pages) – McGraw-Hill, 1998. Language: English.

Design landscapes that heal? Here's how! Here are the principles and strategies you need to plan, design and build therapeutic gardens and other outdoor landscaped areas in hospitals, healthcare facilities and assisted-living environments. In The Healing Landscape: Therapeutic Outdoor Environments, Martha M. Tyson gives you a hands-on understanding of the therapeutic potential of outdoor spaces, and how they help heal both the body and spirit. Loaded with case studies of successful outdoor enviornments, this practical design tool uses classic design theory and people/environment research to guide you step-by-step through creating spaces for children, the elderly, disabled, and rehabbing populations...adapting your designs to various types of facilities, climates, social and physical contexts, plant materials and architectural styles...understanding the healing process, design goals and garden elements...installing your garden...integrating indoor and outdoor design elements...and much more. Editorial Reviews From the Back Cover "The power of gardening to heal and help us grow has been recognized since the beginning of civilization. Used therapeutically, nature and gardening have helped restore people to health through both the restful and quiet viewing of lovely gardens and the sunlight, fresh air, and moderate exercise offered by outdoor gardens."--B. Moore, Growing with Gardening.