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hikingresearchJul 12, 20142 minRequired Reading: Therapeutic Landscapes: An Evidence Based Approach to Designing Healing Gardens anBy Mark A. Ellison, Ed.D. The most impressive book I have read in 2014 on the restorative and therapeutic power of nature is by Naomi...