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BOOKS

Stella, A., Picardie, J., & Sachs, N. A. (2020). Dior in Bloom. Flammarion.

Cooper Marcus, C. & Sachs, N. A. (2014). Therapeutic Landscapes: An Evidence-Based Approach to Designing Healing Gardens and Restorative Outdoor Spaces. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Shepley, M. M. & Sachs, N. A. (2019). “Design Attributes for Improved Mental and Behavioral Health” (Chapter 5). In D. Battisto & J. Wilhelm (Eds.), Architecture and health: Guiding principles for practice (pp. 75­­–97). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis/Routledge

Sachs, N. A. (2018). “Healing gardens.” In D. Kopec (Ed.), Environmental psychology for design (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Fairchild Books.

Sachs, N. A. (2015). “Central Park.” In Jared Green, Designed for the future: 80 practical ideas for a sustainable world (pp. 44-45). New York, NY: Princeton Architectural Press.

Wilson, C., & Sachs, N. (2011). “Communities, Plazas, Squares.” In C. Wilson & S. Polyzoides (Eds.), The Plazas of New Mexico (pp. 123-299). San Antonio: Trinity University Press.

Sachs, N. “Psychiatric Hospitals,” Chapter 6 in Healing Gardens: Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations. Clare Cooper Marcus and Marni Barnes, Eds. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999.

JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES

Sachs, N. A., Rakow, D., Shepley, M. M., & Peditto, K. (2020). The potential association between nature engagement in middle childhood and college undergraduates’ current engagement with nature. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.540872

Shepley, M. M., & Sachs, N. A. (2020). Physical environments that support the mental health of staff and families in the NICU. Journal of Perinatology, 40,16–21. doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-0750-x

Sachs, N. A. (2020). Access to nature has always been important. With COVID-19, it is essential. Editorial, Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 13(4). doi: 10.1177/1937586720949792

Sachs, N. A. (2020). Our healthcare system is broken: A personal account. Editorial, Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 13(2), 256–263. doi: 10.1177/1937586720917946

Peditto, K., Shepley, M., Sachs, N. A., Mendle, J., & Burrow, A. (2020). Inadequacy and impact of facility design for adolescents and young adults with cancer. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 101418. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101418

Meredith, G., Rakow, D., Sachs, N. A., Eldermire, E., Madsen, C., & Shelley, S. (2019). Minimum time dose in nature to positively impact the mental health of college-aged students, and how to measure it: A scoping review. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 2942. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02942

 Shepley, M., Sachs, N., Sadatsafavi, H., Fournier, C., & Peditto, K. (2019). The impact of green space on violent crime in urban environments: An evidence synthesis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(24), 5119. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16245119

Sachs, N. A. (2019). A breath of fresh air: Access to nature in healthcare facilities. Editorial, Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 12(4), 226–230. doi: 10.1177/1937586719872396

Sachs, N. A., Shepley, M. M., Peditto, K., Hankinson, M. T., Smith, K., Giebink, B., & Thompson, T. (2019). Evaluation of a mental and behavioral health patient room mockup at a VA facility. Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 13(2). doi: 10.1177/1937586719856349

Sachs, N. A. (2019). Salutogenic landscapes are a blueprint for health-promoting design. Topos, 106, pp. 074-075.

Gregory, D., Hamilton, K., & Sachs, N. A. (2019). Jaynelle Stichler: A modern day Florence Nightingale. Editorial, Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 12(3), pp. 8-10. doi: 10.1177/1937586719852805

Sachs, N. A. (2019). Research on nature and healthcare: What do we still need? Editorial, Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 12(2), pp. 162-167. doi: 10.1177/1937586719848861

Sachs, N. A. (2019). EBD at the macro level: How research informs policy. Editorial, Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 11(4), pp. 108-110. doi: 10.1177/1937586718812120

Zarr, R. & Sachs, N. A. (2018). Prescribing nature for improved health makes an economic case for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The Hill, December 17.

Sachs, N. A. (2018). Designing for public health with healthcare design, Part II: Design. Editorial, Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 11(3), pp. 17-21. doi: 10.1177/1937586718789033

Sachs, N. A. (2018). Designing for public health with healthcare design, Part I: Research. Editorial, Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 11(2), pp. 13-15. doi: 10.1177/1937586718774114

Sachs, N. A. (2018). Here’s some great research! Now what? Translating research into practice. Editorial, Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 11(1), pp. 40-42. doi: 10.1177/1937586718757309

Sachs, N. A. (2017). The Healthcare Garden Evaluation Toolkit: A standardized method for evaluation, research, and design of gardens in healthcare facilities. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A & M University. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19314.43209

Sachs, N. A. (2017). The case for nature or nature-ish. Editorial, Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 10(5), 157–161. doi: 10.1177/1937586717732653

Sachs, N. A. (2017). The next chapter: Co-Editor #3. Editorial, Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 10(4), 7–9. doi: 10.1177/1937586717711497

Sachs, N. A. (Unpublished commissioned exhibition catalog essay). The love of our lives: Plants, people, and biophilia. The (Not So) Secret Life of Plants. September 1–December 17. Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

Africa, J. K., & Sachs, N. A. (2016). Review of the book Biophilic design. Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 9(2), 176–178.

Sachs, N. A., & Cooper Marcus, C. (2015, July 20). Labyrinths for healthcare: Approach with caution. The Dirt. Retrieved from https://dirt.asla.org/2015/07/20/labyrinths-for-healthcare-approach-with-caution.

Cooper Marcus, C., & Sachs, N. A. (2014). The salutogenic city. World Health Design, 7(4), 18–25.

Sachs, N. A., & Shepley, M. M. (2014). Review of Australian Healthcare Design 2000–2015: A Critical Review of the Design and Build of Healthcare Infrastructure in Australia. Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 7(3), 152–153.

Cooper Marcus, C., & Sachs, N. A. (2014). The business case and funding for therapeutic gardens. CITYGREEN, 9, 78–83.

Cooper Marcus, C. & Sachs, N. A. (2014). The perfect setting: Specific patient populations can benefit from tailored approaches to landscape design to facilitate healing and keep them safe. Healthcare Design, 14(4), 66–72.

Sachs, N. (2014). Letter to the editor: The history of Park am Gleisdreieck—Visible but not revealed. Landscape Architecture, 104(6).

Cooper Marcus, C., & Sachs, N. A. (2013). Gardens in healthcare facilities: Steps toward evaluation and certification. World Health Design, 6(6), 76–83.

Sachs, N., & Cooper Marcus, C. (2013). Therapeutic landscapes and healing gardens: Trends, concerns, and sources of information. AHTA News, 41(2), 10–11.

Sachs, N. (2012). Landscapes for health: Therapeutic and sustainable landscapes in the healthcare setting. Research Design Connections.

Cooper Marcus, C., & Sachs, N. A. (2012). Are healing gardens becoming too popular? Medical Construction & Design, 8(5), 68–70.

Sachs, N. (2011, October). Exploring the connection between nature and health: The Therapeutic Landscapes Network. LAND e-news (ASLA bi-monthly online newsletter). Retrieved from http://www.asla.org/land/LandArticle.aspx?id=33256.

Sachs, N., & Vincenta, T. (2011, April). Outdoor environments for children with autism and special needs. Implications, 9(1), 1–7. Retrieved from http://www.informedesign.org/_news/april_v09-p.pdf.

Sachs, N. (2011, March 9). It’s in the dirt! Bacteria in soil may make us happier, smarter. Wildlife Promise (National Wildlife Federation blog). Retrieved from http://blog.nwf.org/wildlifepromise/2011/03/it%E2%80%99s-in-the-dirt-bacteria-in-soil-may-make-us-happier-smarter.

Sachs, N. (2011, January 25). Dirt can make you happy. Horticulture Magazine online. Featured as Best Gardening Blog 2011. Retrieved from http://www.hortmag.com/blogs/gardening-blog/dirt-can-make-you-happy.

Sachs, N. (2010, October 26). Thoughts and evidence on therapy and healing in the garden. Garden Designers Roundtable. Retrieved from http://www.healinglandscapes.org/blog/2010/10/garden-designers-roundtable-thoughts-and-evidence-on-therapy-and-healing-in-the-garden.

Sachs, N. (2011). Letter to the editor: Schoolyards should have trees and other living things. Landscape Architect and Specifier News, 27(2), 14.

Sachs, N. (2010). That healing feeling. Garden Design Journal UK, 101, 46.

Sachs, N. (2009). Edible gardens are healing gardens – A guest post by Naomi Sachs, Founder of Therapeutic Landscapes Database. Shawna Coronado (blog), https://shawnacoronado.com/edible-gardens-are-healing-gardens-a-guest-post-by-naomi-sachs-founder-of-therapeutic-landscapes-database-2/

Sachs, N. (2004). An unflinching eye: The aerial photography of Alex MacLean. Landscape Architecture, 94(9), 118–123.

Sachs, N. (2003). Healing landscapes. arcCA, 3(4), 36–39 & 51.

Sachs, N. (2003). Letter to the editor: The road to Spiral Jetty. Landscape Architecture, 93(9), 8–9.

Sachs, N. (2003). Letter to the editor: The problem with exurbanism. Dwell, 18.

Sachs, N. (2000–2001). The Therapeutic Landscapes Database. Therapeutic Garden Design Professional Practice Network Newsletter, 2(1). Reprinted in the American Horticultural Therapy Association Newsletter, 28(4), and ASLA Online July/August 2001.

Sachs, N. (1999). Benefits of outdoor space in psychiatric health care facilities. (Unpublished master’s thesis). University of California, Berkeley.

Sachs, N. (1992). The anti-rape movement in the United States, 1970–1992: An analysis of interactions of race, gender, class, and sexual assault. (Unpublished bachelor’s thesis). Brown University.

PRESS ABOUT NAOMI SACHS, NAOMI SACHS DESIGN, AND THE THERAPEUTIC LANDSCAPES NETWORK

Oczypok, K. (2021, March 14). Georgetown resident is co-author of ‘Dior in Bloom.’ The Georgetowner. Retrieved from https://georgetowner.com/articles/2021/03/14/georgetown-resident-is-co-author-of-dior-in-bloom/

Tambe, A. (2021, Winter). A walk through Dior’s gardens—and his psyche. Terp Magazine. https://terp.umd.edu/a-walk-through-diors-gardens-and-his-psyche/#.YB8QLeBOmr8

Dankelson, A. (2020, September 3). Digging in to gardening trends. Maryland Today. https://today.umd.edu/articles/digging-gardening-trends-598e713c-0104-4903-82f9-7ad36d398ecf

Watters, S. (2020, Summer). The spaces between. Momentum, 16-19.

Bisby, A. (March 4, 2020). What are the effects of green space on violent crime? Medical News Bulletin, Retrieved from https://medicalnewsbulletin.com/what-are-the-effects-of-green-space-on-violent-crime/

Watters, S. (2020, February 26). Researchers help establish a dosage of nature to prescribe to students to combat growing mental health concerns. Maryland Today and UMD AGNR News, https://agnr.umd.edu/news/umd-and-cornell-researchers-find-little-10-minutes-nature-has-measurable-impacts-mental-health

ASLA Staff (2016, October 27). Icons of healthcare and therapeutic garden design series: Healthcare & therapeutic garden design interview: Naomi Sachs, ASLA. The Field. Retrieved from https://thefield.asla.org/2016/10/27/icons-of-healthcare-therapeutic-garden-design/

ArchOne Staff (2015, March 26).  Ph.D. student’s healing garden research earns national award. ArchOne. Retrieved from http://one.arch.tamu.edu/news/2015/3/26/healing-garden/

(2015). Donner access a la nature dans les etablissements de sante est important (Giving access to nature in health facilities is important). La Lien Horticole, Issue No. 933, June 17.

La Lien Horticole
Interview with Naomi Sachs in La Lien Horticole

ArchOne Staff (2015). Ph.D. student’s healing garden research earns national award (2015). ArchOne.

Ellison, M (2014). An Interview with Therapeutic Landscapes Expert Naomi Sachs. Hiking Research, February 23.

Nature Sacred staff (2013). A Look into Therapeutic Landscapes: An Interview with Naomi Sachs. NatureSacred Open Voices Blog, October 23.

ArchOne Staff (2013). Ph.D. student’s new book offers healing garden design resource. ArchOne, June 7.

Dietz, P. (2012). Naomi Sachs. Horticultural Who’s Who in Gardens Illustrated (U.K.), March, Issue No. 183, pp. 60-61. Photography by Charlie Hopkinson.

Photo by Charlie Hopkinson
Photo by Charlie Hopkinson

Cangro, J. (2012). Shine: Nurturing Through Nature, A Q&A with Landscape Architect Naomi Sachs. February 13.

Cobbs, K. (2012). Healing Gardens. Flower, Winter, 39-40.

Sole-Smith, V. (2010). School House Rocks. ReadyMade Magazine, December/January.

Domke, H. (2008). Healing Gardens. Nature Art for Healthcare Blog, May 9.

Coronado, S. (2008). Gardening Nude: A Common Sense Guide to Improving Your Health and Lifestyle by Increasing Exposure to Nature, Cultivating a Green Mindset, and Building Strong Community. Warrenville, IL: The Casual Gardener Company, pp. 61-63.

White, Lee Anne (2008). Water Garden Idea Book. Newtown, CT: The Taunton Press. Sachs’ Sanctuary Garden is featured on p. 63.

The Santa Fe New Mexican Special Homes section, 2005.

Sachs’ Web site on healing landscapes earns award (2004). The Campus News, University of New Mexico, September 20, 6.

ASLA Announces 2004 Professional Awards. American Society of Landscape Architects. See also http://www.asla.org/awards/2004/04winners/entry346.html

Brown, Jane Roy (2004). Designs That Heal. Garden Design, November/December.