The therapeutic landscapes literature has evolved considerably since the concept was first
proposed to understand how experiences of health and wellbeing unfold and develop …

This article draws on an AHRC/EPSRC funded project called 'A Sense of Place: Exploring
nature and wellbeing through the non-visual senses'. The project used sound and smell …

Drawing upon the published annual reports of the National Health Society (established in
1871) and its intimate relationship with the Metropolitan Public Gardens and Playgrounds …

The early nineteenth-century asylum in Britain was generally sited upon a hill with wide-
ranging rural views, surrounded by agricultural land, gardens and landscaped grounds. A …

Pine is a familiar scent in domestic cleaning products, but how often do we relate it to its
origins as an odour emanating from a tree? This article takes a sensory history approach to …

As Britain grew into an ever-expanding empire during the late eighteenth and early
nineteenth centuries, new and exotic botanical specimens began to arrive within the nation's …

This paper-the winning entry in the Garden History Society's Essay Prize, 2005-explores the
creation of a number of picturesque elements in the pleasure grounds of an elite private …

Eighteenth-century gardens have traditionally been viewed as spaces designed for leisure,
and as representations of political status, power and taste. In contrast, this paper will explore …

This article details the creation of a series of booklets designed to explore sensory
encounters with hospitals and healthcare environments. The booklets were devised as a …

England's “right to roam” continues to be a misnomer which is uneven in scope and
inclusivity. While the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 opened access to privately …