Projects and Publications

A Sample of Projects

• Co-designer of three memory care and assisted living facility gardens
• Member of team that developed evidence-based site design for Wounded Warriors at Walter Reed National Naval Military Center
• Co-designer of a physical rehabilitation garden
• Project administrator and design team member for an award-winning sensory garden for individuals with autism
• Participation on design team for a serenity garden at a Florida State Park
• Design team member for a therapeutic garden for veterans and their families
• Co-designer of a garden and outdoor play space at a childcare center serving families who are homeless
• Design team member for an inclusive playground
• Design team member for a community mental health center garden
• Co-designer of a therapeutic courtyard garden and sensory room at a residential youth treatment facility
• Member of the design team for two American Society of Landscape Architecture award-winning therapeutic garden
• Design team member for a therapeutic recreation center in Washington, DC
• Design team member for an intergenerational courtyard garden at a skilled nursing facility 

Publications

Coming Soon! 

Sensory Gardening Cards

This thoughtfully planned platform consists of 52 sensory gardening activities contained in a deck of sturdy, colorful cards that can be used individually or in groups. The Sensory Gardening Activities Deck of Cards program is a fun, multigenerational way for anyone to nourish their senses. Parents, grandparents, child-care professionals, therapists, activity directors, and teachers are the perfect co-facilitators to enhance social and thinking skills, coordination, and strength through these fun and engaging gardening activities. The cards are available for purchase via the Sensory Gardening website.

Therapeutic Gardens Book 

Amy is co-author, with Daniel Winterbottom, of the award-winning Therapeutic Gardens: Design for Healing Spaces 

published by Timber Press in 2015 and available for purchase on the Timber Press website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million and other bookshops. This comprehensive book uses examples from around the world to demonstrate how healing spaces can be collaboratively designed to support learning, movement, sensory nurturance, and reconciliation, as well as improved health. 

For a complete list of projects, images, and publications, please contact amy@amywagenfelddesign.com.