Designing to Heal with Jenny Donovan

Jenny Donovan is an urban designer and landscape architect whose

career spans more than three decades across Australia, Europe, the

Middle East, Africa and Asia. Her work in these diverse settings

reflects a deep commitment to designing with social responsibility at

the forefront — creating places that help people meet their needs,

feel valued and live with dignity. She specialises in environments

where design must do more than look good: it must support

recovery, rebuild confidence, and cultivate hope.

Whether working in post‑crisis cities, rural communities or rapidly

changing urban neighbourhoods, Jenny focuses on shaping

surroundings that strengthen resilience, nurture connection and

enable people to move through the processes of healing and

renewal. This interest includes investigating how cemeteries and

memorials can help people go through grief.

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