The Exploration Of Landscape Design Basing On Horticultural Therapy

Since ancient times, humans are closely related with plants. Landscape and greening has a supporting role for development of human’s physical and mental health. For some people who have disabled or old,or suffering from disease in the social vulnerable groups, by some relaxed leisure ways such as enjoying the sight of landscape or taking care of plants to enrich their spiritual life, improve the well-being of life, promote their physical and mental health.This article is intended to take disadvantaged groups of society as the design object, through the theoretical analysis of horticultural therapy and landscape design, pointing out the relationship and reflect between Horticultural therapy and landscape design, and putting forward the modern landscape design should be combined with Horticultural therapy to meet the needs of special populations. And this kind of design should also breakthrough the limitation of general visual to achieve the purpose of fully mobilizing human body function and mental function. In addition, based on the landscape design of Horticultural therapy, different from the general landscape design is characterized by a more prominent five senses experience, so exposure to which people understand the many-sided joy and pleasure. The author is based on the theory and method of this paper, selecting Nanjing botanical garden for the blind to design transformation.Through understanding an overview of botanical garden and analyzing the spot, proposing the related strategy of design transformation, expecting this design method can spread to use in the future,benefiting the wider population.