Publications

Tom Benjamin has been published many times over. He has authored numerous professional articles and contributed to many books. His topics include innovative design for therapeutic healing gardens, integrating green infrastructure stormwater management approaches into existing and planned facilities, and bioengineering techniques for erosion control for existing and constructed waterbodies. He has also authored project specific pieces about his work at Fresh Pond Reservation in Cambridge, MA, Fort Devens, MA, Gillette Stadium’s river restoration in Foxborough, MA and a cutting edge composting program in Shelburne Falls, MA. He also authored a chapter on water garden stabilization for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s popular how-to garden series.

Tom has written for industry standard periodicals and professional journals, including:

• Landscape Architecture Magazine
• New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA) Journal
  “Good Medicine: Benefits of Green Infrastructure”
• BioCycle Magazine
• Erosion Control Magazine

Tom has also been featured in a number of books, including:

• Therapeutic Landscapes: An Evidence-Based Approach to Healing Gardens and Restorative Outdoor Spaces
  by Naomi Sachs and Clare Cooper-Marcus, 2014
• Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design
  by Robert L. France, 2002
• The Natural Water Garden
  Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 21st Century Gardening Series, 2001