Essays about: "healing garden"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 essays containing the words healing garden.

  1. 1. Lush Mental Landscapes : effects of Horticulture Therapy on Depression, Anxiety Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Katarzyna Domachowska; [2024]
    Keywords : mental disorders; horticultural therapy; effects of horticulture therapy on human; health; stress reduction; depression; anxiety; PTSD; ASD; therapeutic garden; hospital healing garden; effects of horticulture therapy on depression; effects of horticulture therapy on anxiety; effects of horticulture therapy on PTSD; effects of horticulture therapy on ASD;

    Abstract : Every developing human brain is formed by the environment, which is why our surroundings are an important factor for mental health. The natural surroundings have been shown to enhance mood and reduce stress. Being in a natural environment offers a refreshing setting that enables the brain to recover from mental fatigue. READ MORE

  3. 2. Helande trädgård i sjukhusmiljö : exemplet Karolinska sjukhuset i Solna

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Nabila Al Tallaj; [2023]
    Keywords : designrekommendationer för helande trädgårdar; helande trädgård; Karolinska sjukhuset; sjukhuspark;

    Abstract : De positiva effekterna på hälsan av att vistas i naturen är något som varit känt i många decennier och som idag är fastställt. Numera börjar vi förstå vikten av helande trädgårdar och hälsodesign, ett forskningsområde som får allt större uppmärksamhet. READ MORE

  4. 3. Garden of the Hesperides - Female Futures in Rural Morocco

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Sophia Tligui; [2021]
    Keywords : Architecture; maternal health care; female empowerment;

    Abstract : My thesis proposes a female community and maternal health care center, run by the local Kablas themselves, that is linked to the Tangier hospital in order to provide all necessary medical supplies and offer prosperous opportunities to the local commnunities traditional birth attendants and girls.Linked to this, my thesis proposes a maintained “garden of health”, where all local medicinal species of plants are grown and nurtured and the knowledge around their healing properties is shared, in order to conserve both knowledge and species around the local realm of ethnopharmacy regarding female health. READ MORE

  5. 4. Nature’s Impact on Mental and Physical Wellbeing : A study of the mental and physical health in Greek Immigrants to Sweden

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Asimina Giouvanaki; [2021]
    Keywords : Biophilia; nature; environment; rehabilitation; ramification; voluntary – involuntary attention; Stress Reduction Theory; Attention Restorative Theory; Light; Healing; Restorative garden;

    Abstract : In the past Man coinhabited harmoniously with nature only to have the balance disturbed with the advent of the Industrial Revolution replacing the green habitat with urban concrete settlements Consequently, the characteristics of the contemporary city pose a set of serious threat to man’s physical and mental health. Crowdedness, lack of apt infrastructure, pollution, noise pollution and rise in temperature are all contributing factors to the Man’s demised health and detachment from previous amicable coexistence with nature. READ MORE

  6. 5. Responding Objects – Poetic Design and Healing Spaces

    University essay from Konstfack/Inredningsarkitektur & Möbeldesign

    Author : Ebba Hjort; [2021]
    Keywords : Poetic Design; Healing Space; Holistic Design; Fatigue Syndrome; Interior architecture; Furniture Design; Utmattningssyndrom;

    Abstract : Today's social climate and working environments expose us to excessive expectations and demands and more and more people are diagnosed with stress-related illnesses. My degree project is an investigation of poetic design, healing spaces and fatigue syndrome and the importance of adapted health care environments that strengthen treatment and recovery. READ MORE