Project rationale
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The Integrative Therapeutic Garden (GTI) is a research proposal bringing together horticulture, landscape design, sustainable cultivation and an exploration of traditional and symbolic approaches to the relationship between people and nature.
Why this topic?
[edit | edit source]The project explores how horticulture and landscape design can be combined with nature-based practices and the symbolic use of Sacred Geometry. Its aim is to develop an accessible garden model that can be studied, implemented and used at different scales.
Main idea
[edit | edit source]The proposed garden is intended to be straightforward to establish and maintain. Medicinal and ornamental plants would form a resilient ecosystem, with successive flowering, seasonal interest and progressive regeneration. Low maintenance and long-term usefulness are design objectives to be tested, rather than assumed results.
Key elements
[edit | edit source]- Resilient perennial planting, selected for horticultural suitability, seasonal succession and compatibility between species.
- Irrigation, fertilisation and pest-management systems with manual or automated control, including possible IoT monitoring.
- Paths, furniture and ornamental structures, with an exploration of Sacred Geometry in the design.
- Crystal arrangements and areas intended for relaxation or guided activities, as exploratory and symbolic components.
- Permaculture principles and perennial polyculture.
- Hermetic principles and the Belagine Laws as ethical and interpretive frameworks.
- EcoDesign, EcoInnovation and consideration of the garden's life cycle.
Intended outputs
[edit | edit source]Alongside the doctoral thesis and a functioning garden, the project proposes practical guidance: design documents, a handbook or kit, and methods supporting the establishment and maturation of a therapeutic garden.
Intended contribution
[edit | edit source]The research aims to make contact with nature and opportunities for wellbeing more accessible to people who might otherwise have limited access to such spaces.
People
[edit | edit source]The Romanian source names Adrian Peticilă as academic supervisor and Paul Gabor-Iliescu, engineer, MSc as doctoral researcher. These are the roles described in the source document.
Source
[edit | edit source]English version of Argumentare, edited for clarity. The Romanian page retains the original project formulation.
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