Gardens/Gardens in Healthcare and Related Facilities

    Palomar Medical Center West (may still be under construction)
    Escondido, CA, USA
    According to Jain Malkin in A Visual Reference for Evidence-Based Design, "This is a 'hospital-within-a-garden' concept. Courtyards punctuate the diagnostics and testing facility, enhancing wayfinding orientation and offering a view of nature to the users..."
    Designer: Anshen+Allen Architects

Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center, Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, TN, USA
Rooftop Therapy Park
Designer: Michael Versen, ASLA
www.patneal.org/park1.html

Paynesville Area Hospital Meditation Garden
Paynesville, MN
Contact: 320.243.7938
Designer: Brian Hamer, Rock-Heads MN, Inc.
View images of the garden on the PAHCS website
View the Therapeutic Landscapes Network Blog post about the garden

Peel Region Long Term Care Facility
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC)
Therapeutic gardens
Designer: Quinn Design Associates Inc.

Pete Gross House Healing Garden - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Residential Rooftop Garden for Cancer Patients
Shoreline WA, USA
Rooftop garden
Designed and built by students and faculty through the University of Washington Lansdcape Architecture program.
View a slideshow and read a description of this garden on the University of Washington website: http://www.caup.washington.edu/larch/Programs/design_build/pete/pete.php
Read Valerie Easton's article about the garden online at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw12112005/plantlife.html
See also "A Refuge on the Roof of Pete Gross House: UW landscape-architecture students transform a drab deck into an oasis of garden spaces for patients, families." (2005) and Hinshaw (2003) in references.

Pine Lake Nursing Home
Healing garden, including a fishing pier, funded by a grant from Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration
Greenville, FL, USA
Phone: 850.948.4601

Pomerado Hospital
Poway, CA, USA
Interior therapeutic garden

Porter Hills Retirement Community
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Alzheimer's Garden, Kitchen Garden, Harmony Garden, and Woodland Garden
Designer: Hitchcock Design Group, www.hitchcockdesigngroup.com

Portland MemoryGarden
Portland, OR, USA
Public garden for people with Alzheimer's (part of the City of Portland parks system)
Visit this website for more information: http://www.centerofdesign.org/pages/memorygarden.htm
Note: Although this garden is not technically a "healthcare garden," we include it here because its design is based on many of the principles used in therapeutic garden design.

Post Inn Village Long Term Care Facility
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC)
Two therapeutic garden courtyards, one that includes multi-generational day care
Designer: Visionscapes Landscape Architects Inc., www.visionscapes.ca

Promise Alternative - Adult Alzheimer's Day Care Center
Cherry Hill, NJ, USA
Designer: Design for Generations, LLC, www.designforgenerations.com

Prospect Park Assisted Living Residence
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC)
Adult Social Day Care Alzheimer's Garden
Designer: Design for Generations, LLC, www.designforgenerations.com

Providence Benedictine Nursing Center
Mt. Angel, Oregon, USA
Courtyard therapy garden
Serves residents, families and staff from a 98-bed nursing facility and 53-apartment Assisted Living Facility.
Designer: Brian Bainnson, ASLA, Quatrefoil, Inc., www.quatrefoilinc.net
Built in 2005
Open to the public business hours M-F
See the Quatrefoil website for description and images.

Providence Hospital Healing Garden
Washington D.C., USA
Designer: Mahan Rykiel Associates Inc., www.mahanrykiel.com
Click on www.mahanrykiel.com/senior01.php for images and description.

Providence Centre Alzheimer Day Care Program
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center Healing Garden
Portland, OR, USA
www.providence.org
Installed by Kurisu International, Inc.

 

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