Lectures

  • Hope Dementia & Alzheimer’s Services 19th Annual Alzheimer’s Awareness Conference, “Thinking Outside the Box; Innovative Strategies for Dementia Care”. Co-Presented, 2016.
  • School of Chicago Botanic Garden, Healthcare Garden Design Certificate of Merit Program, “Rest, Restore, Reconnect #2”. 2016.
  • Leading Age Annual Meeting Boston, “Memory Care Gardens, Optimizing Use and Function, A Specialists Perspective”.  Co-Presented, 2015.
  • School of Chicago Botanic Garden, Healthcare Garden Design Certificate of Merit Program, “Rest, Restore, Reconnect #1”. 2015.
  • School of Chicago Botanic Garden, Healthcare Garden Design Certificate of Merit Program, “Something To Think About #2”. 2014.
  • School of Chicago Botanic Garden, Healthcare Garden Design Certificate of Merit Program, “Something To Think About #1”. 2013.
  • School of Chicago Botanic Garden, Healthcare Garden Design Certificate of Merit Program, “The Mystery As Healer”. 2012.
  • School of Chicago Botanic Garden, Healthcare Garden Design Certificate of Merit Program, “A Concerning Trend #2”. 2011.
  • School of Chicago Botanic Garden, Healthcare Garden Design Certificate of Merit Program, “A Concerning Trend #1”. 2010.
  • Key Note Address, Utah State University, Logan, Utah. “East Meets West.  The Art and Science of Therapeutic Gardens”. 2010.
  • Landscape Institute, Arnold Arboretum, Harvard Univ., “Soul of a Therapeutic Garden”. 2009.
  • School of Chicago Botanic Garden, Healthcare Garden Design Certificate of Merit Program, “Bumps Along The Way. Case Studies 4”. 2009.
  • Landscape Institute, Arnold Arboretum, Boston, MA., “Why Therapeutic Landscapes?” 2009.
  • Landscape Institute, Arnold Arboretum, Boston, MA., “What is a Therapeutic Garden?” 2009.
  • Landscape Institute, Arnold Arboretum, Boston, MA., “Therapeutic Gardens Case Studies”. 2009.
  • School of Chicago Botanic Garden, Healthcare Garden Design Certificate of Merit Program, “Bumps Along The Way 3, Case Studies”. 2008.
  • School of Chicago Botanic Garden, Healthcare Garden Design Certificate of Merit Program, “Bumps Along The Way 2, Case Studies”. 2007.
  • School of Chicago Botanic Garden, Healthcare Garden Design Certificate of Merit Program, “Bumps Along The Way 1, Case Studies”. 2006.
  • Gardenview Lecture Series, Burlington, VT, “Design of Therapeutic Landscapes”. 2005.
  • School of Chicago Botanic Garden, Healthcare Garden Design Certificate of Merit Program, “Therapeutic Garden Design”. 2005.
  • Morris Arboretum, University of Pennsylvania, “Healing Gardens Seminar”. 2004.
  • School of Chicago Botanic Garden, Healthcare Garden Design Certificate of Merit Program, “Healthcare Garden Design”. 2004.
  • School of Chicago Botanic Garden, Healthcare Garden Design Certificate of Merit Program, “Business Success”. 2003.
  • Build Boston Annual Convention, “Reality of Project Delivery for Senior Housing II”. 1999.
  • Massachusetts ALFA Regional Conference, “Reality of Project Delivery for Senior Housing”. 1999.
  • American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Conference, “Therapeutic Gardens, A Vital Link to Wellness in the 21st Century”. 1999.
  • American Horticultural Therapy Assoc. National Conference, “Therapeutic Garden Design”. 1997.
  • American Society of Landscape Architects Annual Conference, “Design of Restorative Landscapes for Alzheimer’s Patients”. 1996.
  • New England Conf. Providers of Homes & Services for Aging, “Gardens and Bottom Line”. 1996.
  • Alzheimer’s Disease National Education Conference, “Design Enhancements Including Gardens”, Co-Presented with Patrick Mooney. 1995.
  • EDRA National Conference, “Healing Gardens & Alzheimer’s Disease”. 1995.
  • University of California Davis Research Symposium, “Landscape Design Methodology for Alzheimer’s Disease”. 1994.
  • New England Conference Providers of Homes & Services for Aging Conference, “Resident Environments for Dementia”. 1994.