Synopses & Reviews
The need for healing gardens is growing at a global scale as research continues to prove their positive effect on a range of physical and mental conditions. To meet the increased demand, designers, landscape architects, and healthcare providers are looking for comprehensive information on how to design a healing garden in a variety of forms.
In Therapeutic Gardens, landscape architect Daniel Winterbottom and occupational therapist Amy Wagenfeld present an innovative approach for professionals and students that translates the principles of therapeutic design into practice. Using examples from around the world, the authors demonstrate how these spaces can be designed to support learning, movement, sensory nurturance, reconciliation, and memorialization, as well as improved health and participation.
This important book sheds light on how the combined strengths of multiple disciplines can provide the tools to design meaningful and successful landscapes for those in greatest need.
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“This incredible book has that rare combination of beautiful design and applied therapeutic science, which together make it a complete, balanced, and valuable resource.” Charles Christiansen, Executive Director, The American Occupational Therapy Foundation
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“Beautifully illustrated and clearly written from a cross-disciplinary perspective . . . an outstanding contribution to the field of therapeutic garden design.” Reuben Rainey, FASLA, School of Architecture, University of Virginia
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“Expertly captures the art of designing therapeutic gardens.” Teresia Hazen, Coordinator of the Therapeutic Garden Program, Legacy Health, Portland, Oregon
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“Demonstrates how a thoughtful and imaginatively designed garden can assume its rightful place alongside the cadre of helping professions, offering relief, respite, and even repair for what ails the mind, body, and spirit.” Kenneth Helphand, Philip H. Knight Professor of Landscape Architecture Emeritus, University of Oregon
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“Readers seeking ideas and models will happily wear this book out.” Planning
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Winner of the 2016 EDRA Great Spaces Book Award
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.
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"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.
Synopsis
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.
About the Author
Daniel Winterbottom, RLA, FASLA, a Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington and landscape architect whose practice focuses on healing/restorative gardens. His is research focuses on the role of restorative/healing landscapes in the built. He’s been published in Northwest Public Health, Places, the New York Times, Seattle Times, Seattle P.I., Landscape Architecture Magazine and contributed to books on therapeutic landscapes, sustainable design and community service learning. In 1995 he developed a participatory design design/build program with projects in Seattle, New York City, Bedford Hills New York, Mexico, Guatemala, Bosnia/Herzegovina and Croatia. In 2006 he co-developed the Healing Garden Certificate program at the University of Washington.
Amy Wagenfeld, PhD, OTR/L, CAPS, brings a unique perspective to her work by blending occupational therapy, horticulture, and design to make gardens and gardening possible for a wide range of adults and children. Amy’s experiences span academic and clinical settings and social entrepreneurial collaborations with landscape architects on design, programming, and evaluation of outdoor environments in healthcare, community, military, and educational settings. She holds a faculty position in the department of occupational therapy at Western Michigan University and maintains a design consultation practice. Amy has published and spoken widely on the role of occupational therapy in equitable access to nature.