Legacy Emanuel Children’s Garden. Photo courtesy Legacy Health
Earlybird registration for Legacy Health’s annual Gardens in Health Care conference ends February first!
The Gardens in Healthcare conference: Therapeutic Landscapes: An Evidence-Based Approach to Designing Healing Gardens and Restorative Outdoor Spaces
When: Fri, April 4, 2014, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Where: Lorenzen Conference Center, Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, Portland, OR
Featuring the new book: Therapeutic Landscapes: An Evidence-Based Approach to Designing Healing Gardens and Restorative Outdoor Spaces, John Wiley & Sons, 2014.
Speakers:
Marni Barnes, LCSW, ASLA, APATH
Clare Cooper Marcus, M.A., MCP, Hon. ASLA
Teresia Hazen MEd, HTR, QMHP
Duncan R. Neilson, Jr., M.D.
Naomi Sachs, ASLA, EDAC
Conference objectives:
- Participants will summarize three research studies to support the case for therapeutic landscapes and gardens.
- Outline processes and strategies to promote interdisciplinary approaches to planning, programming, sustainability and evaluation of gardens.
Target participants: Therapists, physicians, administrators, facility staff, landscape architects, designers, social workers, spiritual care staff, researchers, horticulturists, garden colunteers and philanthropists.
There will also be a TOUR on Thursday, April 3, 3:30–5 p.m. – Legacy Garden Tours on Emanuel campus, including the secured Oregon Burn Center Garden, The Children’s Garden and Family Birth–CVICU Garden. Pre-registration required. Limit 20. No on-site registration.
Registration:
To register, click here. Space is limited for this event; please pre-register. One email per registrant.
Payment: Before February 1, 2014 – $95; with lunch – $108.
If received after February 1, 2014 – $110; with lunch – $126
Registration closes March 28, 2014. $130 at the door, if space available.