Restore

Sandra Schwarz

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Nature and green spaces make us feel better, but why is it so? And how can we design gardens for human restoration?

RESTORE is a compelling exploration of how green spaces can profoundly support human restoration. Discover the fascinating history of gardens as symbols of wealth and power, but also as places of sanctuary and respite during many millennia. Delve into the diverse ways humans have created green spaces to be spaces of calm and deep connection to nature. Drawing on global evidence-based research, this book illustrates the proven benefits of nature on human wellbeing. It also highlights the invaluable wisdom we can all learn from First Nations people's world views.

In this book, Australian landscape architect, Sandra Schwarz, shares her extensive research into the foundations of restorative garden design. Explore the way green spaces naturally ease our physical functioning, reduce stress and improve our health. Vibrant images across 30 international case studies, showcase how restorative green spaces can nurture and support us physically, mentally, emotionally, socially and spiritually. Providing a new and universal approach to this topic, this book explores diverse public open spaces (High Line, New York City), public gardens (Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne), healthcare gardens (Horatio's Gardens, UK) and private gardens. RESTORE shares practical tools for anyone to apply as the starting point to green space design. Whether you're a designer, gardener, healthcare professional or simply someone who finds respite and peace in nature, this book offers a fascinating look at the intersection of environments and wellbeing - making a strong case for why we need restorative green spaces now more than ever!

Discover what it is that makes you enter a natural or green space and simply relax and exhale

Book Details

Publisher: Humanaturescapes
Publish Date: Mar 10th, 2025
Pages: 358
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 10.00in - 8.00in - 1.13in - 2.65lb
EAN: 9781763574205
Categories: • Nature Therapy• Garden Design• Reference

Praise for this book

"With its comprehensive scope and carefully selected case studies, RESTORE is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in healing gardens."

Dr Sue Stuart-Smith Author of 'The Well Gardened Mind'

"This is an amazing work, and an important one...a phenomenally extensive work of scholarship...and the chapter titles are so broad ranging, that you can't help but wonder 'is there anything Sandra hasn't thought of, to add?'...very comprehensive"

Michael McCoy - Australian Garden Designer, TV Presenter and author of 'Dreamscapes' and 'Wild: The Naturalistic Garden'

"Sandra Schwarz's book Restore - How Green Spaces Support Human Restoration is both timely and critically needed. Ms. Schwarz has masterfully assembled the book like a well designed house starting with a solid foundation and adding case studies that exemplify essential features of a restorative space. The book conclusion is an easy to understand design matrix. Restore is an essential addition to any serious gardener's or designer's library."

Edmund Snodgrass - United States Farmer & Nurseryman, Owner / President of Emory Knoll Farm (Green Roof Plant Nursery) and co-author of Green Roof Plants; The Green Roof Manual and Small Green Roofs

"Discover the hidden and healing power of green spaces-and never look at your garden the same way again. In this beautifully written, well-researched, and richly illustrated book, author and landscape architect Sandra Schwarz explores how people - past and present - have turned to gardens and nature for calm, healing, and joy.

Weaving together historical context, design thinking, scientific research, and personal insight, she unpacks six key elements that shape our emotional and physical response to outdoor spaces: choice, verdancy, spatiality, comfort, movement, and the sensual.

Her ideas come to life through thoughtfully chosen case study gardens from Australia and around the world. Essential for both adults and children, time in nature nourishes wellbeing at every age-and this book is a powerful reminder of why.

Restore is for gardeners, designers, healthcare practitioners, educators, and anyone yearning for that deeper connection with the natural world."

AB Bishop - Australian Journalist, Horticulturalist and author of 'Habitat', 'The Waterwise Australian Native Garden' and 'Naturescapes' (Co-authored with Phillip Withers)