MASTER GARDEN DESIGN Online / Milan

Botany, anatomy, physiognomy of plants.
Knowledge of botanical and arboreal species
Sizes, foliage, colours, shapes.
Classification of species of ornamental interest.
Type of use  and function of ornamental plants
History of the garden
Contemporary Landscapers (drawing exercises)
Selection of plants, nursery material
Morphological analysis of the material.
Features and Components  soil
Urban greenery (Analysis and classification and functions of urban greenery)
Terraces design and roof gardens
Creative workshop with project
The vertical garden - Implementation of vertical greenery, differences between wall greenery and vertical gardens
Case histories: realisation and execution of works - Exaltation of sensory elements - Scents - Colours - Seasonal colours.

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SPECIALISATION COURSE IN GREEN URBANISM Online 

The birth of the Urban Green from the origin of the public garden to the concept of the private garden in the 20th century city and the idea of a green plan for the city - garden and green districts
Analysis of the territory and planning of the green fabric of the city: the geographical features of the territory, the analysis of an urban fabric: centre, periphery, transitional spaces, and the planning of urban green spaces

The urban green system

• land use aspects of an urban green system, the determination of areas: the green census, the relationship between census and management plan
• system representation aspects the urban classification in use, urban green atlas (introduction), system models
• concept of public green supply and management quality
• examples of green urbanism in Europe_ Munich, mobility and green spaces/Barcelona, tourist system of gardens and public parks
• sustainability and urban greening-related equalisation
• aspects of quality assessment of the urban green management system: 1) architecture_rehabilitation of the public garden 2) planning-management relationship, green plan / service plan / global service 3) urban green system, aspects of SEA applied to urban green - the voluntary assessment questionnaire

Designing green spaces in the city

• construction of the green atlas: methodology and synoptic overview of urban green types
• preliminary project analyses: town planning, environmental, landscape
• Renaturalisation of urban greenery and analysis of project cases

Choosing plants for city greenery

• plant selection, guiding botanical criteria (plant and root ball architecture), soil density
• the city's tree plan: guiding criteria for the choice of tree type/species
• the city's shrub plan: guiding criteria for the choice of shrub type/species
• the city's herbaceous plan: guiding criteria for choosing the type of herbaceous perennial or annual/species
• interaction between water-air-roots-floors-pollution-phytotherapy

The city's green infrastructure 

• The hanging green, the parietal green, the vertical green
• Rain gardens, dry gardens, wildflowers, green courtyards: naturalistic innovation for the city
• Forestry for the city and the naturalistic restoration of open spaces
• Architectural green, application fields, design solutions and materials

The Architectural Green Building Site

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SPECIALISATION COURSE IN INDOOR GREEN DESIGN Online
Architectural green
Interrelation between wall, garden or vertical walls

The function of shapes and volumes in the green project

Green roofs

• Diffuse permeability applied to green roof
• Botanical aspects of the compositions, between intensive and extensive green roof
• Analysis of installation and maintenance issues
• Case histories: realization and execution of works

Vertical green

• Green wall with vines and planters
• Botanical aspects of the compositions, between seasonal wall and evergreen wall
• Analysis of installation and maintenance issues
• Case histories: realization and execution of works

Vertical garden

• Realization of vertical green, differences between parietal green and vertical garden
• Natural composition applied to the vertical garden
• Botanical aspects of the compositions, between north and south exposure, between indoor and outdoor
• Definition of urban planning
• Analysis of installation and maintenance issues
• Case histories: realization and execution of works

Green indoor

• Indoor plants and their maintenance
• Leading plants and compositions in groups
• Colors and materials in indoor green projects
• Containers choice

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POSTGRADUATE COURSE IN HEALING GARDENS DESIGN Online

ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY AND ECOTHERAPY

• Man and nature: contextual and historical relationships and variations
• Ecosophy and deep ecology
• Environmental psychology and ecopsychology: "the greening of psychotherapy".
• Evolutionary theories of reference for the design of healing gardens and therapeutic gardens
• The different degrees of interaction with nature.
• Healing gardens: the hierarchical framework
• Activities and 'therapeutic spaces': strands of research
• Methodological approach to design
• The language of space
• User needs
• User analysis; applied scientific research for garden design for psychiatry.
• The ecotherapy model
• The environmental qualities and design criteria of a healing garden
• The research project of a 'restorative garden' in Milan

DESIGN CRITERIA

• Green Wellness: International Scientific Theories
• Design Guidelines
• Case Study: Three Italian Healing Gardens

FOCUS ON HORTICULTURAL THERAPY

• Historical background
• Benefits of the activity
• Areas of application
• Case histories of work with hardship/disability

Seminar on the therapeutic power of nature 'The Bioenergetic Landscapes in the design of Healing Gardens'.

• The origins of our biological need for greenery and nature
• Overview of some of the causes of the increase in stress and the progressive departure from nature and its consequences
• Biophilia and the scientific evidence on the action and usefulness of nature for health and psychophysical, emotional and social well-being
• The Bioenergetic Landscapes technique in the design and realisation of green spaces dedicated to well-being and psycho-physical reconnection in nature
• Examples of applications of the technique in Healing Gardens and in indoor spaces created by the author.

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