the power of healing gardens

the power ofHEALING GARDENS

Hospital healing gardens and outdoor spaces provide health benefits for staff, patients and family members. Often these spaces are underutilized but have tremendous power.

We bring flowers to the sick to create a healing environment. But what if instead of bringing blooms to the patient, you brought the patient to the blooms?

Anschutz Medical Campus, Healing Commons

Children’s Hospital South Campus, Healing Garden

Children’s Hospital South Campus, Healing Garden

The trend has emerged from more than two decades of research that show that patients who can enjoy the view of a garden outside their hospital window, and that those who can go outside and experience nature first-hand, are likely to heal more quickly than those who cannot.

Semper Fidelis Healing Garden

“Supportive gardens in health care facilities potentially can be an important adjunct to the healingeffects of drugs and other modern medical technology, and help improve the overall quality of care,” Roger S. Ulrich, PhD, of the Centerfor Health Systems and Design at Texas A&M University

North Colorado Medical Center,Kemme Healing Garden

North Colorado Medical Center,Kemme Healing Garden

Healing gardens provide:•Soothing distractions •Opportunities for movement and light exercise•Social support•A sense of control for patients•A feeling of being home

St. Anthony’s Hospital

Brent’s Place Too, Healing Garden

“The garden experience is life enhancing and it’s life rebuilding.” - Teresia Hazen, MED, a registered horticultural therapist and coordinator of therapeutic gardens for Legacy Health System.

Platte Valley Medical Center, Healing Garden

Platte Valley Medical Center, Healing Garden

Platte Valley Medical Center, Healing Garden

the power of HEALING GARDENS

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