The well gardened mind

29.10.2021

In the context of the VARCITIES project, a series of webinar will be organised by the TESAF Department.

The first edition introduces ther book of Sue Stuart-Smith ‘The Well Gardened Mind: the restorative power of nature’, which has been recently published in Italian by Rizzoli as ‘Coltivare il giardino della mente: il potere riparatore della natura’. The webinar will be held on Zoom on November 11, from 18 to 19.30.

Sue Stuart-Smith is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. She studied English Literature at the University of Cambridge before qualifying as a doctor. She worked in the National Health Service for many years, becoming the lead clinician for psychotherapy in Hertfordshire. She currently teaches at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in London and is a consultant at DocHealth, a not for profit, psychotherapeutic consultation service for doctors.

She is married to Tom Stuart-Smith, the famous garden designer, and, over thirty years together, they have created the wonderful Barn Garden in Hertfordshire.

Her book analyses the relationship between gardening, nature, and mental health.

The presentation by Sue Stuart-Smith will be in English and a simultaneous translation in Italian will be given by the horticulturist Eleonora Giuliodori, who graduated at the University of Padova in Forest Sciences in 2012.

To attend the webinar, it is possible to subscribe.