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Barmelgy, H. M., "Healing Gardens’ Design", International Journal of Education and Research , vol. 1, issue 6, ISSN: 2201-6333 (Print) ISSN: 2201-6740 (On line) , pp. 229-248, 2013. Abstracthealing_gardens_deisgn_barmelgy_h._m_2013.pdfWebsite

The paper addresses a research gap dealing with landscape and health. Stress is always a burden on our shoulders whether at work, on the street, or even at the house. In a search to find a deep form of sustainable landscape that would act as a stress reliever, the notion of healing gardens came into light. The paper offers a practical case study for designing and formulating Healing Gardens (HG). It utilises the notion of design patterns in composing a framework that would empower the achievement of the therapeutic goals of the garden, thus providing the ability to label the garden as a healing garden. The framework is to be presented, applied, tested and reported upon by the author, who has experienced the challenge of creating Healing Gardens.

Barmelgy, H. M., "Sustainable Landscape and Healing Gardens", International Journal of Development and Sustainability, vol. 2, issue 3 - ISSN: 2168-2065, pp. 2051-2065, 2013. Abstractsl_and_healing_gardens_barmelgy_h._m_2013.pdfWebsite

Sustainable landscape has been pointed at lately, in most of the sustainability literature, as an ecological way for promoting sustainable development. The paper, in its search for an appropriate landscape typology to promote sustainable landscape, targeted the healing gardens landscape. The concept of healing gardens is an ambiguous concept that has been mistakenly interpreted by many as a sort of infirmary garden attached to a hospital or a health institution. The paper aims to investigate and test the ability of ‘healing gardens’ to contribute to the aim of promoting sustainable landscape. A comparative analytical study is to be conducted between the principles of sustainable landscape and the principles of healing gardens; aiming to prove and define the efficiency of healing gardens as a deep form of sustainable landscape.