Projects and Publications
Representative Work
A Sample of Projects
- Therapeutic design consultant for a therapeutic recreation center in Washington, DC
- Consultant for a trauma informed design toolkit for Massachusetts Department of Children and Family Services
- 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 an intergenerational courtyard garden at a skilled nursing facility
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Sensory -Based Nature Activities
This thoughtfully planned platform consists of 52 activities that can be used individually or in groups. The Sensory-Based Nature Activities 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 program is available at
https://kidsgardening.org/product/sensory-based-nature-activities/.
Take it Outside!
Amy is co-author, with Shannon Marder of Nature-Based Allied Health Practice: Creative and Evidence-Based Strategies published by Jessica Kinglsey Publishers in 2023 and available at all bookseller sites. This evidence-based and accessible guide demonstrates easily workable, creative, tried-and-tested strategies for bringing nature into allied and mental health therapy for all stages of life.
Play as if Your Life Depends on It!
Amy is co-author with Chad Kennedy of The Nature of Inclusive Play, published by Routledge in 2023 and available at all bookseller sites. Focusing on what embodies play and showing how, through inclusive outdoor play design, developmental skills can be enriched, The Nature of Inclusive Play fills an untapped niche in promoting the value of outdoor play.
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. 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.