EVERYBODY NEEDS BEAUTY: IN SEARCH OF THE NATURE CURE

Hospitals are being retrofitted with gardens, forests reimagined as wellbeing centres. Where has this come from, and what does 'going to nature' mean? Where is nature - at the end of a garden, beyond the tarmac fringes of a city, at the summit of a mountain? Drawing on history, science, literature and art, this book shows that the nature cure has deep roots - but as we face an unprecedented crisis of mental health, social injustice and environmental devastation, the search for it is more urgent than ever.