Healing haven: two hospital gardens in Portland, Oregon, win awards for therapeutic value

Cooper Marcus, C., 2003, Healing haven: two hospital gardens in Portland, Oregon, win awards for therapeutic value, in: Landscape Architecture, , 8

  • Author : Cooper Marcus, C.
  • Year : 2003
  • Journal/Series : Landscape Architecture
  • Volume Number (ANNUAL: Counting Volumes of the Year shown above) : 8
  • Pages : 85-91
  • Abstract in English : Two gardens of children’s’ hospitals are described. Designing a garden for children’s’ hospital can be a particular challenge. If it is going to function well for the variety of people who may seek to use it, the garden needs to be all of the following: a green oasis for burnt-0ut staff; a sanctuary for worried or grieving parents; an engaging environment for hospitalized children; a stimulating setting for the well siblings of an impatient; and a stress-reducing milieu for an outpatient child brought in for tests or frightening procedures.
  • Comments/Notes : KEYWORDS: Healing gardens; gardens; landscape design, hospital garden, hospitals, children, adults. UTILITY: lecturers/teachers, academic research, students of universities of professional education.