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.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Landscape Architecture

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Landscape Architecture

Department dc:contributor.department

Landscape Architecture

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2002

Author dc:creator

• Vapaa, Annalisa Gartman

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Bryant, Margaret M.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Katen, Brian F.
• Mills, William

• healing gardens
• restoration gardens
• sanctuary gardens

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-05132002-115528

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/32684