HEALING GARDENS

AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO HEALTH

BY: MANUEL FERNANDEZ

PROFESSOR: HOFU WU

FALL 2012

DEFINITION
TO JUSTIFY THE LABEL
'HEALING,' A GARDEN
SHOULD HAVE
THERAPEUTIC OR
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS ON
THE GREAT MAJORITY
OF ITS USERS
(MARCUS 30)
TABOR HILLS HEALTHCARE FACILITY, IN NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS

HISTORY: ISLAMIC PARADISE AND

MONASTIC GARDENS
COURTYARD SPACES
2500 BC
"ETERNAL AND
EVERLASTING BEAUTY,
SUSTENANCE, AND
PLEASURE" (MARCUS
96)
MONASTIC GARDEN IN ITALY

HISTORY: LABYRINTH
TRACED BACK TO EGYPT
2000 BC
FIRST APPEARED ON
STONE
SPIRITUAL PATH TO
GOD

CHARTRES CATHEDRAL IN FRANCE

HISTORY: JAPANESE ZEN GARDEN

1185-1333
"BRING TOGETHER ALL
OF THE ELEMENTS OF
THE LANDSCAPE INTO
'A PICTURESQUE IMAGE
THAT CAN BE TAKEN IN
AT A GLANCE'"
(MARCUS 94)
STONE, RACKED SAND,
AND A FEW PLANTS

KYOTO, JAPAN

HISTORY: 20TH CENTURY

TECHNOLOGY
ADVANCES
UNTIL RECENT YEARS
GARDENS HAVE BEGAN
TO BE
REINCORPORATED INTO
HOSPITALS AS AN
ALTERNATIVE WAY OF
HEALING

TYPES OF GARDENS
THERAPEUTIC
A GARDEN WHERE A PATIENT CAN
GO OTHER THAN AN ENCLOSED
PLACE TO HAVE THERAPEUTIC
BENEFITS.

MEDITATION
A GARDEN WHERE A PATIENT CAN
GO TO SIT QUIETLY AND NOT BE
BOTHERED BY ARTIFICIAL NOISE OR
PEOPLE.

VIEWING
A GARDEN THAT WITHOUT BEING
ACCESSED AND BY SIMPLY BEING
VIEWED HAS THERAUPETIC
BENEFITS ON PATIENTS.

BENEFITS
STRESS REDUCTION
THERAUPETIC
PAIN REDUCTION
QUICKER HEALING TIME
ACCESS TO NATURE
MORE NATURAL LIGHT
GREEN SPACE IN A SMALL
AREA
STAFF FEELS
COMFORTABLE IN THE
WORKING ENVIRONMENT

SAANICH PENINSULA HOSPITAL IN

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

DESIGNING A HEALING GARDEN:

INCLUDE

WAYFINDING
SHADING
PLACES TO SIT
NATURE
WATER FEATURES
VEGETATION
MOUNT ZION CANCER
CLINIC IN SAN FRANCISCO

DESIGNING A HEALING GARDEN:

KEEP OUT
NOISE DISTRACTIONS
CARS
AIR CONDITIONERS
PEOPLE

DISTRACTING OR OUT
OF PLACE OBJECTS

ADVENTIST GARDEN IN MARYLAND

DESIGNING A HEALING GARDEN:

PEOPLE
PATIENTS
STAFF
FAMILY

PATIENT SPECIFIC GARDENS

CHILDREN
ALZHEIMERS
NURSING HOMES
PSYCHIATRIC
INPATIENT/OUTPATIENT

THESE SHOULD NOT BE

CONSIDERED HEALING GARDENS

Mary and Al Schneider Healing Garden at University Hospitals

Seidman Cancer Center

THE JOHN & SUE DERMODY CHILDREN'S HEALING GARDEN

GOOD EXAMPLES

Saanich Peninsula Hospital

FAMILY LIFE CENTRE IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

CITY OF HOPE HEALING GARDEN

DUARTE, CA

DELL CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER OF

CENTRAL TEXAS

NATURE AIDS HEALING

CONCLUSION
HEALING GARDENS ARE
BENEFITIAL AND
ESSENTIAL TO INCLUDE
IN A HOSPTIAL

SAANICH PENINSULA HOSPITAL IN

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

RECOMMENDATIONS
INCLUDE A HEALING
GARDEN IN THE DESIGN
PROCESS OF A
HOSPITAL EARLY ON
THINK ABOUT THE
USERS

Life Enrichment Center in Kings Mountain, North Carolina

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