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Therapeutic Garden Design
Campus
ITE College East
Course type
Short Courses
Industry
Design & Media
Lifestyle & Wellness
This physical classroom-based course equips participants with an understanding of different types of therapeutic gardens, plant characteristics that contribute to therapeutic benefits, and key design principles such as safety, accessibility and inclusivity. Participants will also learn to conduct a basic site and user needs assessment for therapeutic garden design.
Course duration: 7 hours
What you'll learn
A framework for understanding healing gardens
Characteristics of a therapeutic garden
Specific users and their needs - older adults, adults with dementia, others (e.g., users with special needs)
Other considerations – programming, design team & stakeholders
Design charrette
Entry requirements
Nil
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