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Healing Gardens: Creating Places for Restoration, Meditation, and Sanctuary

The "healing garden" is an evolving concept that is gaining popularity today. What is a healing garden? Why is one garden called a healing garden and not another? How is a healing garden defined? In what way are gardens healing? This thesis describes the ways in which healing gardens are beneficial in healthcare and residential settings. A set of guidelines for the design of healing gardens is created as a result of research findings as well as three design projects that are illustrated in the document. / Master of Landscape Architecture

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/32684
Date22 May 2002
CreatorsVapaa, Annalisa Gartman
ContributorsLandscape Architecture, Bryant, Margaret M., Katen, Brian F., Mills, William
PublisherVirginia Tech
Source SetsVirginia Tech Theses and Dissertation
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatapplication/pdf
RightsIn Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
RelationHealing_Gardens_Thesis_Vapaa.PDF

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