Institutional & Campus Environments

This network is for: Landscape architects involved in institutional and campus environments—ranging from traditional academic campuses to broader institutional, corporate, and cultural campuses.

Students interacting on campus at UMass

Institutional & Campus Environments connects practitioners involved in the planning, design, and stewardship of campus-scale environments—including academic institutions, company headquarters, hospitals, public gardens, and historic estates.

The network fosters dialogue among consultants, institutional clients, faculty, and students to share knowledge, highlight emerging trends, and promote collaborative strategies that support campuses as sustainable, inclusive, and inspiring places for learning, healing, and gathering.

PPN Working Group

Mission

Promote the concept of therapeutic gardens to administrators, healthcare professionals, and other key-decision makers who are influential in determining the creation of this alternative form of therapy. Collect, compile, and advance state-of-the-art information and research in the specialized practice areas of therapeutic garden design.

Goals

  • Increase the visibility of design professionals and healthcare professionals practicing in design and/or development of therapeutic gardens.
  • Provide a channel of communication for members to share their expertise and experiences.
  • Provide an outlet to communicate state-of-the-art therapeutic garden practices, and distribute research/information relating to shared professional interests.
  • Distribute current information on therapeutic gardens to members.

Icons of Healthcare & Therapeutic Garden Design Interview Series

  • Dr. Garuth Chalfont
  • Daniel Winterbottom, RLA, FASLA
  • Virginia Burt, FCSLA, FASLA
  • Julie Moir Messervy
  • Adam E. Anderson, ASLA
  • Clare Cooper Marcus
  • Joel Siebentritt
  • Elizabeth “Leah” Diehl, RLA, HTM
  • Naomi Sachs, ASLA

Webinars