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Therapeutic Landscapes Database Blog

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Information, education, and inspiration about healing gardens, restorative environments, and other landscapes that facilitate health and wellness. Published by the Therapeutic Landscapes Network, http://www.healinglandscapes.org.

• Added on: Jan 17th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Naomi
• Listed in: Health Gardening
• Tags: Nature green sanctuary healing gardens restorative landscapes

Recent Posts

• Aging in Nature - It\'s Never Too Late to Play Outdoors!

  Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 16:44 in seniors, backyard sanctuary, landscapes for health

  "Mac" in his garden in Santa Fe, NMIn my next few posts, I'm going to focus on the over 60 set, as there's a lot of great research and design about therapeutic landscapes for seniors. This is such an important area of our field. Having access to and ...

• TKF Foundation Seeks Firesoul Guide & Office Manager

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 11:32 in opportunities

  Image courtesy of Robert Rodriguez Jr. The TKF Foundation, a wonderful organization based in Annapolis, MD, is seeking a "Firesoul Guide" and Office Manager. Firesouls are the "sparks behind the creation of sacred spaces. Their energy, enthusiasm, pa...

• The Seeds That Are Watered Frequently (Thich Nhat Hanh)

  Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 17:49 in Quotations

  Image of bur oak courtesy of Henry Domke Fine ArtYour mind is like a piece of land planted with many different kinds of seeds: seeds of joy, peace, mindfulness, understanding, and love; seeds of craving, anger, fear, hate, and forgetfulness. These wh...

• Tomorrow! Making Space for Therapeutic Horticulture

  Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 13:43 in events, horticultural therapy, conferences

  Image courtesy of Anne DaileyIf you are a horticultural therapist or a designer of healing gardens and other restorative outdoor environments and you live in or near NYC, don't walk - run - to this tomorrow:"Making Space for Therapeutic Horticulture"...

• "Defiant Gardens" and Other Resources for Veterans

  Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 12:48 in books, gardening, veterans, horticultural therapy, conferences, benefits of nature, healing garden, prison gardens

  Image courtesy of Gardening LeaveFor this post, on Veterans Day in the United States, I'd like to share some information about resources specifically for veterans.While many veterans returning home from war have to deal with physical trauma, almost a...

• Green Walls for Healing Gardens

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 10:56 in architecture, products, gardening, horticultural therapy, container garden, building design, healing garden, plants and horticulture, backyard sanctuary

  Patrick Blanc's 'Mur Vegetal' in Paris -Quai BranlyOne of the key elements of a healing garden - a garden designed to facilitate and even improve people's health and well-being - is a high ratio of plant material ("softscape") to paving, walls, stair...

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Pure Wonder

Well-written and relevent--more than personal musings.

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