[birgitschauer]

For the “Therapeutic garden” topic to become more tangible, we could try to become more specific what we mean with certain terms in relation to this topic:
> what do we mean with therapeutic garden? What are basic design requirements?
> do we emphasize / exclude certain aspects of mental health we are interested in? e.g. acute crisis only or also long-term symptoms, any mental health problem or more specific aspects (e.g. stress, depression, trauma, dementia, addiction, …?)
> what is our target group (e.g. linked to hospitals / care facilities or community-based or even encouragement of private gardens, age group)
> what are immediate goals and potential vision for future uptake (e.g. https://bclocalfood.org/growing-resilient-optimism-with-nature/)

Here are some guiding documents:
https://trellisscotland.org.uk/sites/default/files/general/trellis_start-up_guide.pdf
https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstream/handle/10919/48288/HORT-66-PDF.pdf?sequence=1
https://www.nparks.gov.sg/~/media/nparks-real-content/gardens-parks-and-nature/therapeutic-gardens/designguidelines_for_therapeuticgardens_in_sg.pdf

• This topic was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by birgitschauer. Reason: Refinement of text

[birgitschauer]

We can specify such aspects dynamically, i.e. currently for our team of first contributors. Once local community members and target groups get involved, defining the context setting can be done in a co-creative manner.

As a starting point, I would suggest a third team defining context and exploring some of the guides (see original post of this topic).

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