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Healing Garden's New Dimension: Edible Gardens

In response to the popularity of healing gardens in healthcare, landscape architects are pushing these spaces forward with the introduction of an edible concept, providing more textures, colors,...

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Top 5 Landscape Architecture Stories from the HCD Archives

In honor of National Landscape Architecture Month, I've selected five landscaping stories from HEALTHCARE DESIGN's back pages highlighting innovative exteriors.

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Taking the Garden Path to Health

Many healing gardens put on paper and budgeted for are often value engineered out of a project. But considering the benefits these spaces can have on those who visit them, can healthcare really do...

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Translating Healing Through Exterior Spaces

Johns Hopkins Hospital focused on delivering an environment that promotes healing, high levels of care, and offers staff a calm workplace by bringing together a team that could help translate these...

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Children's Hospitals Take Healing Outside

With childhood obesity rates growing across the United States, hospitals re-establish the lost connection between children and nature by providing onsite healing gardens and outdoor activities for...

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PHOTO TOUR: Alegent Creighton Health Mercy Hospital Healing Garden

Take a walk through the healing garden of Alegent Creighton Health Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, completed fall 2011.

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There’s More to Architecture than Meets the Eye

Blind architect Chris Downey, a keynote speaker at the 2012 HEALTHCARE DESIGN Conference, provides a glimpse into his world, proving that effective architecture and design depend on much more than...

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Expansion Further Integrates Stamford Hospital into its Urban Landscape

A master plan for growth at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Conn., calls for a new 30-acre site. After securing land in its current neighborhood, plans are now in place for a redevelopment of the campus...

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Hospital Rooftop Gardens Benefit Patients, Improve Environment

Planning and execution of the Barbara Truland Butz Healing Garden at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, Md., involved a collaborative process and thoughtful design.

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Palomar Medical Center: Teaming up for the "Hospital of the Future"

A variety of innovative approaches were used by the design and construction teams that brought the 740,000-square-foot Palomar Medical Center to life.

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PHOTO TOUR: Puyallup Medical Center

Take a virtual walk through Group Health Cooperative's Puyallup Medical Center in Puyallup, Wash., completed in December 2012.

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Healthcare Design Pulse: Coolest Facility Roofs

A roundup of the best, most interesting, and/or most innovative designs and trends we're seeing right now.

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Model Update: Nemours Children's Hospital

Nemours Children’s Hospital recreates the garden grounds of its Delaware sister hospital while taking a fresh approach to care delivery and design.

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Nemours Children's Hospital: Project Breakdown

Details on the Nemours Children's Hospital Project—opened October 2012—including costs, design team, and suppliers.

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More Than A Sign

Using integrated environmental graphics to transform healthcare environments. Read on for IIDA CEUs.

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Take A Walk On The Wild Side

Neatly groomed lawns or flowy patches of grass? "Access to nature" takes an interesting turn as more research suggests that the style of plantings in healthcare settings may affect patients differently.

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Designing Access To Nature In Healthcare

Research sheds light on what approaches work best when creating connections to the natural world in healthcare environments.

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PHOTO TOUR: Storyland Garden, Children’s – St. Paul

Take a virtual walk through the rooftop healing garden at the St. Paul campus of Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, completed in fall 2012.

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MNH: Hospital Of The Future With A Four Seasons Twist

The private Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital makes its mark with a balance of luxurious amenities and well-orchestrated operations.

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Sense Of Place: Tata Medical Centre Creates Hospital In A Garden Setting

The center uses local materials and family-centric design elements to break down the barriers of cancer care at its India hospital.

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