Case Studies

Below are a series of case studies about designed projects and programs that connect people with nature. To search design projects, click on case studies called PLACE. For programs, click on case studies called PROGRAMS. We hope you will look at all the incredible case studies that prioritize nature and health.

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An aerial photograph shows a river on the left and a circular area consisting of half paved area and half grass with benches on the riverside. A crowd of people appear to be watching performers.

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Sioux Falls Downtown River Greenway

Sioux Falls, SD

Perennial gardens are filled with plants blooming in shades of purple and pink, with a bench in the background.

Place

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Patient Tower

Park Ridge, IL

Aerial view shows the meandering Buffalo Bayou waterway, grassy banks, and paved walkways.

Place

Buffalo Bayou Promenade

Houston, TX

Walkers, bike riders, and segway scooter riders are sharing the non motorized roadway which is seen going under an overpass. To the right of the path are plazas with benches, cement walkways, grasses, and trees.

Place

Dequindre Cut Greenway

Detroit, MI

Pedestrians and bicyclists on wide paths surrounded by mown areas and prairie grasses with waterway in background.

Place

Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance Park

Tacoma, WA

A hillside planted with shrubs and ornamental grasses has a large, modern-style building behind it.

Place

Frontier Project

Rancho Cucamonga, CA

A large sculpture of an animal head made from plants, with one side of the head resembling a child’s rocking horse, and the other side a dinosaur.

Place

Glenstone

Potomac, MD

Two people walk up a wide wooden staircase. The staircase takes several turns as it goes between large rock outcrops.

Place

Huludao Xingcheng Coastal Trail

Huludao and Xingcheng, China

A group of youth play with a football while other children sit on the berm. Behind them, kids play on the climber dome. The school building in the background is painted with bright colors and artwork.

Place

Marian Anderson Neighborhood Academy (formerly Chester Arthur Schoolyard)

Philadelphia, PA

People walk along a gravel path with benches and a waterway in the background.

Place

Muscota Marsh

New York, NY

A sidewalk, path, and landscaped garden beds with flat-roofed, wood-sided buildings on either side.

Place

Power To Be Basecamp

Victoria, British Columbia

Children play in and around large, hollowed-out logs set in a flat area covered with bark mulch with trees in the background.

Place

Regenstein Learning Campus at the Chicago Botanic Garden

Glencoe, IL

Two children play on modern-styled exercise equipment with an adult standing near one of them. There are trees, shrubs, and perennials planted on either side and a street with parked cars in the background.

Place

Ricardo Lara Linear Park

Lynwood, CA

Nighttime aerial view shows the illuminated park with a crowd of people sitting on the lawn and the city skyline in the background.

Place

SoundScape Park

Miami Beach, FL

People walking and riding bicycles on a path with tall grass on either side of the path and mountains in the background.

Place

Story Mill Community Park

Bozeman, MT

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