{"id":26832,"date":"2020-07-21T11:48:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T15:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2020\/07\/21\/designlife-podcast-anne-spafford\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T20:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T00:50:31","slug":"designlife-podcast-anne-spafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/doctor-of-design\/2020\/07\/21\/designlife-podcast-anne-spafford\/","title":{"rendered":"Designlife Podcast: Anne Spafford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you\u2019re spending a lot more time at home and not in the office lately, there\u2019s a chance you have become much more aware of how you value the outdoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might be spending more time on your local greenway, sprucing up the garden in your back yard, or just taking a few minutes away from your home workspace to get some fresh air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how do green spaces affect our mental health? What does it mean to have a well designed landscape?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today we\u2019ll be talking with Anne Spafford. Anne is not only a professor of horticulture, but a student in the Doctor of Design<\/a> program at the College of Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anne Spafford<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s currently researching how landscapes work in a therapeutic capacity, and how designing green spaces can be used to treat mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to the full interview with Anne below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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