A look at the power of healing gardens for your medical campus, featuring studioINSITE designs.

1. the power of
HEALING GARDENS

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

3. 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?

4. Anschutz Medical Campus,
Healing Commons

5. Children’s Hospital South Campus,
Healing Garden

6. Children’s Hospital South Campus,
Healing Garden

7. 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.

8. Semper Fidelis
Healing Garden

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

10. North Colorado Medical Center,
Kemme Healing Garden

11. North Colorado Medical Center,
Kemme Healing Garden

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

13. St. Anthony’s Hospital

14. Brent’s Place Too,
Healing Garden

15. “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.

16. Platte Valley Medical Center,
Healing Garden

17. Platte Valley Medical Center,
Healing Garden

18. Platte Valley Medical Center,
Healing Garden

19. the power of
HEALING GARDENS
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