Therapeutic landscapes

This comprehensive and authoritative guide offers an evidence-based overview of healing gardens and therapeutic landscapes from planning to post-occupancy evaluation. It provides general guidelines for designers and other stakeholders in a variety of projects, as well as patient-specific guidelines covering twelve categories ranging from burn patients, psychiatric patients, to hospice and Alzheimer's patients, among others. Sections on participatory design and funding offer valuable guidance to the entire team, not just designers, while a planting and maintenance chapter gives critical information to ensure that safety, longevity, and budgetary concerns are addressed.History of Hospital Outdoor Space ; Theory, Research, and Design Implications ; Types and Locations of Therapeutic Landscapes in Healthcare ; The Participatory Design Process / Teresia Hazen ; General Design Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities ; Children’s Hospital Gardens ; Gardens for Cancer Patients ; Gardens for the Frail Elderly ; Gardens for People with Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias ; Hospice Gardens ; Gardens for Mental and Behavioral Health Facilities ; Gardens for Veterans and Active Service Personnel ; Rehabilitation Gardens ; Restorative Gardens in Public Spaces ; Horticultural Therapy and Healthcare Garden Design / Teresia Hazen ; Planting and Maintaining Therapeutic Gardens / Marni Barnes ; Therapeutic Landscapes and Sustainability ; The Business Case and Funding for Therapeutic Gardens ; Evaluation of Therapeutic Gardens