Mahan, Catherine and Lidia Stone Kimball, ASLA (2006). “The Healing Garden at Providence Hospital.” ASLA Healthcare and Therapeutic Garden Professional Practice Network Newsletter, Spring.
Mahan, Catherine (2006). “Memory Support Gardens: Designing for Dementia.” AAHSA’s Future Age, January/February.
Mahan, Catherine (2003). “Maintaining the Healing Garden.” Providence Hospital Symposium, Washington D.C.
Malkin, Jain (2008). A Visual Reference for Evidence-Based Design. Center for Health Design. You can order the book directly from the CHD website.
Malone, Sara (2006). "The Art of Healing: William Beaumont Hospital South Tower Addition.” Medical Construction & Design, May/June, p. 54.
Marberry, S. O. (Ed.) (2006). Improving Healthcare With Better Building Design, Health Administration Press. Order the book and download an excerpt from Chapter 8 on Cultural Transformation by D. Kirk Hamilton and Robin Orr from the Center for Health Design website.
Marberry, Sara. O. (Ed.) (1997). Healthcare Design. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Marberry, S. O. (Ed.) (1995). Innovations in Healthcare Design: Selected Presentations from the First Five Symposia on Healthcare. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
Martin, Frank Edgerton (2002). "Doctor's Diagnosis." Landscape Architecture, Vol. 92, No. 12, December, pp. 82-84 (interview with Dr. Joanne Westphal).
Matsuo, E. and P. D. Relf (1995). "Horticulture in Human Life, Culture, and Environment: International Symposium, 22 August 1994." Acta Horticulturae, Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science.
Maxwell, Jeff (2002 or 2003). "Restorative Environments and Landscape Architecture in Healthcare Settings." University of Florida (paper received the 2003 ASLA Student Awards Commendation for Graduate Individual Research--see Landscape Architecture, Vol. 93, No. 9, September, p.31).
McDowell, Christopher Forrest and Tricia Clark McDowell. The Sanctuary Garden: Creating a Place of Refuge in Your Yard or Garden. Fireside.
McCarthy, Thomas J. (2009). “Universal Design.” Landscape Architecture, Vol. 99, No. 9, pp. 66-77.
Synopsis: Natural public places like parks can be made more accessible for people with disabilities while also protecting the natural environment.
Keywords: Universal Design, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
http://archives.asla.org/lamag/lam09/september/universal_design.html
McCormick, Kathleen (1995). "Realm of the Senses." Landscape Architecture, Vol. 85, No. 1, January, pp. 61-63 (article about Joel Schnaper Memorial Garden at Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center AIDS unit).
McCray, Talia and Frederick R. Steiner, FASLA (2009). "Why Our Kids Should Be Able to Walk to School." Landscape Architecture, Vol. 99, No. 9, pp. 187-188. ("...and other places in their communities. It's all about health, say pediatricians.")
Keywords: Children,
school, obesity, pediatricians
McGowan, Bill (2003). "Private Spaces, Open Spaces and Asylum in Therapeutic Communities." International Journal for Therapeutic & Supportive Organizations. Vol 24, No. 3, Fall, pp 167-186.
Messervy, Julie Moir (2008). "Places From Away: Archetypal Landscapes." Landscape Architecture, Vol. 98, No. 1, January, pp. 86-89.
Messervy, Julie Moir, Phil Puzick and Steven A. Fritts (2007). “Nature Deficit Disorder And the Landscape Architect.” Landscape Architecture, Letters to the Editor, Vol. 97, No. 10, October, 2007, p. 25.
Messervy, Julie Moir (1995). The Inward Garden: Creating a Place of Beauty and Meaning. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
Messervy, Julie Moir (1990). Contemplative Gardens, 1st ed. Charlottesville, VA: Howell Press.
Metz, Randall K. (2005). "An Interior Garden." Landscape Architecture, Vol. 95, No. 4, April, pp. 46-52 ("A hospital tower's atrium garden [the Debra Saber-Salisbury Memorial Garden at William Beaumont Hospital] brings Michigan's outdoor inside"). See also Pamela Nelly's Letter to the Editor in response to Metz's article: "Artificial Trees? No Substitute for the Real Thing." in Landscape Architecture, Vol. 95, No. 6, June, pp. 18-19.
Metz, Randall K., ASLA (2006). “Gardens for All Seasons.” Medical Construction & Design, July/August, p. 18.
(William Beaumont Hospital South Tower Addition: Atrium Gardens With Spaces for Respite and Play).
Meyer, Wendy (200 7). "Persistence of Memory: Scent Gardens for Therapeutic Life Review in Communities for the Elderly." Thesis for Master of Landscape Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Click HERE to view a pdf of the this thesis.
Millet, Patrick (2009). “Integrating Horticulture into the Vocational Rehabilitation Process of Individuals with Fatigue, Chronic Fatigue, and Burnout: A Theoretical Model.” Journal of Therapeutic Horticulture, Vol. XIX, pp. 11-22.
The references list in this article is also very useful.
Synopsis: Horticultural Therapy as a rehabilitation process following medical treatment for those suffering from fatigue, chronic fatigue, burnout and other stress-related health problems.
Keywords: Mental Health, Horticultural Therapy, Stress, Fatigue, Burnout
Minter, Sue (1993). The Healing Garden. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.
Mitrione, Steve, M.D. (2006). "Clare Apartments: Design and Evaluation of a Therapeutic Landscape for People Living with HIV Disease." MLA Capstone Thesis, University of Minnesota Department of Landscape Architecture.
Click HERE to view or download the PDF.
Mittelstaedt Jr., Arthur H. (2008). “Play Center Safety Considerations.” Landscape Architecture and Specifier News, Vol. 24, No. 10, pp. 28-30, 156.
http://www.landscapeonline.com/research/article/11342
Molden, Stephanie, Nancy Chambers, Matthew Wichrowski, Gwenn Fried, and Harvey Loomis (1999). Growth Through Nature: A Preschool Program for Children with Disabilities. Sagapress (Article about the Enid Haupt Glass Garden at the Rusk Institute for Rehabilitative Medicine).
Mooney, Patrick and R. Hoover (1996). "Design of Restorative Landscapes for Alzheimer’s Patients." American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Meeting Proceedings, Washington, D.C.
Mooney, P. F. and Milstein, S.L. (1994). "Assessing the Benefits of a Therapeutic Horticulture Program for Seniors in Intermediate Care." In The Healing Dimensions of People-Plant Relations, Francis, M., Lindsey P. and Rice, J.S. (eds.), UC Davis, CA: Center for Design Research, pp. 173-194.
Mooney, P. and Nicell, P.L. (1992). "The Importance of Exterior Environment for Alzheimer Residents: Effective Care and Risk Management." Healthcare Management Forum, 5, (2), 23-29.
Mooney, P. and Errett, M.C. (1991). "Introduction to Horticultural Therapy: A Horticultural Therapy Program for Seniors in Intermediate Care Facilities." Vancouver, British Columbia: The Botanical Garden of the University of British Columbia.
Moore, Ernest O. (1981-82). "A Prison Environment's Effect on Health Care Service Demands." Journal of Environmental Systems, p. 2.
Moore, Robin C. (2008). "Reasons to Smile at Teardrop." Landscape Architecture Magazine, Vol. 97, No. 12, pp. 134-136. "Project for Public Spaces banished it to its Hall of Shame, but a postoccupancy evaluation [POE] study suggests that New Yorkers are embracing Teardrop Park."
Moore, Robin C. (1993). Plants for Play. Berkeley, CA: MIG Communications (children's gardens; includes lists of poisonous and harmful plants).
Mosko, Martin Hakubai (2003). Landscape as Spirit: Creating a Contemplative Garden. Weatherhill.
Munts, Pat (2007). "Healing Goes Beyond Medicine: Gardens give patients bonus benefits," SpokesmanReview.com, May 15. http://www.spokesmanreview.com/tools/story_pf.asp?ID=189344
Murray, Elizabeth (1997). Cultivating Sacred Space: Gardening for the Soul. San Francisco: Pomegranite.
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