Description
| Product ID: | 9780719841514 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IN |
| Title: | Designing, Planting and Using a Therapeutic Garden |
| Authors: | Author: Sue Jeffries |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Landscape gardening, Landscape gardening |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The benefits of therapeutic gardens, where users can interact with plants for the purpose of moving towards a specific outcome or meeting a particular need, is increasingly being recognized in healthcare and beyond. This book provides a practical guide for garden designers, horticulture professionals, landscape architects and therapeutic horticulturalists to create a successful and sustainable therapeutic garden space, whether from scratch or working with an existing site. An appreciation of how the garden will be used is an essential part of its design, so this book also outlines therapeutic activities and ideas, making it a valuable resource for healthcare professionals, counsellors, teachers, activity co-ordinators, social prescribers and occupational therapists who are looking to use horticulture in their therapeutic practice too. The benefits of therapeutic gardens, where users can interact with plants for the purpose of moving towards a specific outcome or meeting a particular need, is increasingly being recognized in healthcare and beyond. This book provides a practical guide for garden designers, horticulture professionals, landscape architects and therapeutic horticulturalists to create a successful and sustainable therapeutic garden space, whether from scratch or working with an existing site. An appreciation of how the garden will be used is an essential part of its design, so this book also outlines therapeutic activities and ideas, making it a valuable resource for healthcare professionals, counsellors, teachers, activity co-ordinators, social prescribers and occupational therapists who are looking to use horticulture in their therapeutic practice too. |
| Imprint Name: | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-02-07 |