Author: Juliet Blankespoor Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 0358313384 Category : GARDENING Languages : en Pages : 0
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Herb gardens bring us deep into the heart of our medicine: when we step inside, their beauty and healing literally surround us. Blankespoor shows how to design a herb garden, and organically grow some of the most healing plants on the planet. Detailed herbal profiles, and clear instructions on transforming your garden harvests into botanical medicine and health-giving foods are also covered. -- adapted from back cover
Author: Clare Cooper Marcus Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 9780471192039 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 644
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Although the healing qualities of nature have been recognized and relied on for centuries as a valuable part of convalescence, recent history has seen nature's therapeutic role virtually eclipsed by the technological dominance of modern medicine. As the twentieth century comes to a close and the medical community reacknowledges the importance of the environment to recovery, the healing garden is emerging as a supplement to drug- or technology-based treatments. Healing Gardens celebrates this renewed interest in nature as a catalyst for healing and renewal by examining the different therapeutic benefits of healing gardens and offering essential design guidance from experts in the field. Unique and comprehensive, Healing Gardens provides up-to-date coverage of research findings, relevant design principles and approaches, and best practice examples of different types of healing gardens. It begins by exploring what current research reveals about the connection between nature, human stress reduction, and medical outcomes. It then presents case studies and design guidelines for outdoor spaces in medical settings that include general, psychiatric, and children's hospitals as well as hospices, nursing homes, and Alzheimer's facilities. Historical information, literature reviews, and studies on use are included for each type of outdoor space covered, offering important insights into what works in healing gardens-and what doesn't. Generously supplemented with photographs, site plans, anecdotes, and more, Healing Gardens is an invaluable practical guide for landscape architects and others involved in creating and maintaining medical facilities, and an extremely useful reference for those responsible for patient care. A unique and comprehensive look at the therapeutic effects and design of healing gardens For more and more people, the shortest road to recovery is the one that leads through a healing garden. Combining up-to-date information on the therapeutic benefits of healing gardens with practical design guidance from leading experts in the field, Healing Gardens is an important resource for landscape architects and others working in this emerging area. With the help of site plans, photographs, and more, it presents design guidelines and case studies for outdoor spaces in a range of medical settings, including: * Acute care general hospitals. * Psychiatric hospitals. * Children's hospitals. * Nursing homes. * Alzheimer's facilities. * Hospices.
Author: Deb Soule Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 1648960332 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 223
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In The Healing Garden, Deb Soule, founder of Avena Botanicals, offers an inspiring guide to herb gardening and crafting herbal remedies that promote wellness of spirit and body. Soule combines her passion for plants gardens, and healing with her extensive experience working with medicinal herbs, flowers, roots, and berries. Her practical advice addresses each aspect of fostering a garden filled with helpful, healing plants: biodynamic gardening practices; gathering plants and setting up a drying room; and creating herbal teas, decoctions, tinctures, syrups, tonics, vinegars, essences, and more. A chapter outlining eighteen medicinal herbs provides detailed information on their cultivation and healing properties. Molly Haley's colorful photography showcases Avena Botanicals' lush herb gardens in all seasons. The Healing Garden is grounded in respect for the interconnectedness of all living beings and is an eloquent plea for spiritual awareness and the wholeness of individuals, communities, and our planet.
Author: Clare Cooper Marcus Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118231910 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 338
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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.
Author: Daniel Winterbottom Publisher: Timber Press ISBN: 1604694424 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 325
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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.
Author: Romy Rawlings Publisher: ISBN: 9781572232082 Category : Garden ecology Languages : en Pages : 0
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The author demonstrates how alternative therapies such as meditation, aromatherapy, feng shui, and color therapy can be put into practice in the home garden for maximum results. 80 color photos.
Author: Marjorie Harris Publisher: ISBN: 9780999998410 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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It's been known for centuries that plants have the power to heal the body, but their ability to soothe the spirit and refresh the senses has not always been given the same attention. Now. at a time when so many of us are seeking spiritual renewal through the natural world, comes a wonderful new book from one of our best known and most personal garden writers. Marjorie Harris' The Heading Garden is a thoughtful exploration how much gardens can restore, teach, soothe and heal our minds and souls.The Healing Garden opens with a journey into the firs healing garden -- the wilderness, moving on to a history of how and why plants have been used as medicine, and then fully exploring how contemporary "horticultural therapy" is becoming an important part of the healing process for the sick or infirm. Harris looks at how gardens affect our senses; how colors and floral scents affect our moods, and how the power of a natural view may actually help people recover more quickly.Finally, she explains how we can design our own healing gardens to reflect our own personalities and spiritual needs. Whether you crave the solitude of a "Contemplative Garden", the sensuality of a "Tactile Garden", or the abandon of a "Wild Garden", Marjorie Hams shows simple and inexpensive ways to transform even the smallest garden into a personal healing sanctuary.Written in Marjorie Harris' very personal style, The Healing Garden will open another window of pleasure for all gardeners who already enjoy their own green oasis.
Author: Juliet Blankespoor Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0358278945 Category : Gardening Languages : en Pages : 921
Book Description
A comprehensive and lushly photographed guide to growing and using healing plants, including recipes, from the founder of the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine This is the ultimate reference for anyone looking to bring the beauty and therapeutic properties of plants into their garden, kitchen, and home apothecary. Both informative and accessible, it covers how to plan your garden (including container gardening for small spaces); essential information on seed propagation, soil quality, and holistic gardening practices; 30 detailed profiles of must-know plants (including growing information, medicinal properties, and how to use them); foundational principles of herbalism; step-by-step photographic tutorials for preparing botanical medicine and healing foods; and 70 recipes for teas, tinctures, oils, salves, syrups, and more. Packed with sumptuous photography, this book will appeal to home gardeners who want to branch out to culinary and medicinal herbs, home cooks and those interested in natural wellness, and novice and skillful herbalists alike.
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