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From: Clare, C., M.,& Barnes, M.(1999) Healing Gardens: Therapeutic Benefits and

Design Recommendations. New York, John Wiley & Sons.

CHAPTER

7Heal ing Gardensf o r C h i ld r e n

Robin C . M oore

A-s a,\Ii~hjd:e wrhealing dhild!:1en~ garoens ha:w speda:~ sig-.n~~l1c.a:ncebeca!us:e of the' wa.y~liJJ wb~ch chU"enllelillle to

__ _ t]le wadel tbrGugih play and ~be~r a'tll;tac~i,onItt) natureO\lloQre:aJndW() l1 ,g , ru 997 ) .P)ay ~s [hili:! chUrl 's 'way o lf l es , ra ;b~jsh j l i 1g

O ' l ! l ! I l h e : n . U . c re~a l t i !onsb i ,pE lwith dD ieoodal.;!I;nd physi~l, wo.r~cl .P~a:y~:s~lso a right lll!~,guulmn~eedn.Arti.cllf! J .~.dlie ,ConvenUo,f ' I 00, l berugh~s,oflhe Child ( eR IC , U ni.tied N ,aMon!S , W9 8 9 ) 1 . ,

~.f .I ;sigJns abouethe sigilli Elc~.nceof rela:t~!Ql]$h~ps,bie l iWeen c11Uc l -

hood .•flay, land iI'iIaltI!,a!U~a.v~~n e'.ldensiv,eMs tory ..On.e :rneoosoniy

:1,0 think of names such! as Montes!Sori. Pesr,aJoz'l . .~. S~eiJner,Fl'oe:i!J.e]"and . ]Davey to .rea J.iz e~ t:w a ~ th e '~ eg a.oy of mQre~h ! a l 1 a.o e Iil {: l .u y o f ,c h U d deve,[opment ~)~(l()~1'nd 'pra.cdce can l i u . ~ r n p us'

lmde1:3t~and ~her:ri~eof chIUdirelil.~sardens as places ,ofheal~n@:.

l'hf'Ougn p[a;y.fu~ffi:~t~.~c~o:mw.lith peop]~.natura] ,o:bjec~s., and

ma~eriMs,. the dludlearns j l J . a s ped al bou flI.d iiJ I.es sw.ayLha~sd:m.~u . l a l U e s the d e l ! i'e lo p , I w :u . l 'n t o . f m:~nd. body, and spjr~t.. Childrcelm's~nveract io: . l l s \ ! ' l l ' :~th dle' pl~ysical l e ] ] vh~o[ ! I Jm:enLare iIillimabeandim:m.edi,ate. 'fbis makesgarden sJf:nll:i lgs e's'peciaUy Mltisfying

b~ca.l:II:setheyo:!.:I."e dlv~l'se.con£;t:aflt~y dlangiIl,g. m : u ~ t i S ; e 1 ' S ! ' J ( I ' " Y "_1~' ']'1:." ..:II _ "f . :1 , d ~ 1k

I :U lu . :aw: fve . . I ne com pres seu na tu re oga~ ...te l1 l s . r , e g a : E ' 1 . e , u t I I ' Y

, f . rg.wel·~ H e afin 9 g am em : ' 0 .chii·d rm t'lre G neW' ~ypeo ' l t :IGItr . . l ! 'e-MoM«,~tdE'd h av en fo t O 1 J l d f l ? 1 l l l l ' J ' d )lUr,lliri~tcan ,rlloorpor(ifJ!' rfr~{-ri1i(lti~'e rok's0 ' p r o I ; e s . s ) o r r . d ~~afiond valt:rmet'!,Th~~.h taring for Ulegard~fI ~~rhe,lmm~hM!]flg. . o t

L . . . , c a s Ca ild e J'l~ . 8~AUJ fi ll a if a . , (P : fl~' iO CO\II l i tey oft~~~lGQ. I '" dem School .) '



"1 U8~ .rn Wi!J ' rk . e l i ( , l P < l v t n e r . f L o s p i ' -

M 1 witho,~ual~JI pJ'tie:ns,:it 1JI1,l!i,S

jUS . l t! .m l l n a r k 1:mil (Jb~.g; l ' 1 t > e , F e

was mill even a p l o , t ; e t([) ~f:i out:~$f: t ' le. lf Iu jm ihe' l f f t . I ·~ llt~·hospiral

,(jIndy(;l.~jlru7w yau 7~tJ~e1te,'Fhe/f~~ nD ~cape. .A l h~pil(;ll$

l i k e, t h ~ r ~ t lr ,1 J p R . t . i : e ~ i ~ ; 5l ' a J 1 C J i J i e : s

l l a l l ~ lQ v i S i i l t l t g ' ' I I l ' l/~ lhett~o~~~..

lhere£ I~aI fJ l < ff d e c U t : ; .tiollU'i it~~llIi

J i O ' b e depn!s :s ing (j00 ml1kl!) them

f e e . ' t l .,~p.r~ in . r h c i f .Uble;S$ , n~rnwirl~ t l 1~garde~~ tlffd~ ll t he . o;f,U~

door p i t ~ C " e S . it~ 5 , ( ; 1 ' ! I,~'rch beue t : ·H

~S.[lI_r;F'M~.s_)

r-esea.rchers as iii. h e aHn g agen~ (a Ids . , 19'85.) . ceun teracts bore-d a m " sH:mu~aleg. c h i M r e l l l , ~ s r u I i l i n : J l ) ~ cudOS~.tyf and o f f 1 e r -s a . 1 1 lu g e

ran~e of ~xper.ienU~1 chok,t : l i oom.paredLo synthetk: €!nviron.~men ts (M oore ~:! tI: i ldWOIhlg. ~991),.

f [.ea ~ [ ng g ard ~ n:s 1 1;! !1 ." e,p~~;da~s :~gni fh : :: : ance as ,bu::es,\;vheret h le i:n_rnc : r l il lie of :' the cb~ldeanbeh~u~gnued with ~heextemal

world. w h e r e c h J I: d r e ' . I i : I .can find bo~h . s t h n i ' u . w ] a l t ~ o ; 1 J 1 , andselace.

Bd t~ s ~ C :hH d[(n iS y d llI a~ d si! a nd pedij,a[fh:;ian.Doli ....~d! \ i~Hn :n :kou{WtnnicQU, ] 9'J!])' ~~Ued . ~h is : , exper i: e: I: lU . al do.maJnlhe tiMId's

upOlle:rltial, space," where. ~ h f\o u :g h p bry . ehildren can work.~h.rough ~Dt!erJ!lalconfltets, , e,x pir e s s fe a ln h and ClOmmunh::at le

destres n()nv,erbany"Wi:n.[I;~coUisl not-Jon. of"'pCI~eln[i:~Jspaee"

( lie ~ uH : in c fn lm a U f~ ti.m ewo .r Jd n g : \1 Io f~ tnc . h U d . l i ' i e ' t l . a n d fa ;mlHes ')

~e:.nds:powerful su,porm tethe idea Lhaltp],ayfu l garden .SC't t in,g5

,ca ln se r ve as l~t rue ' . I ·a.pelJdc) i[ 'h e: 'a l~ng en;V 'l tu n :men~ s [ u .r cW 1dn'lD ,

U 1 i ~ . i . 1 f "p~~f!l~,. a n d c3:regive:rs.

HISTORY OF CHlLD.RE.N'SHEll'DlG GARDENS

The ne~dQfspedaUzed l and~cape!) I d e s . i : g n e d fur I ~ : b n d : r e ' n h l a s

In'lleirllevoh1ing f O I . - man: t ham. fift,. y.e~l'sa~d hasmluel'lflO ,cO.n~

ll:;butle to ~dv :anc : if ll g '[ hie bea.~tng role of lchl~dl .· ,e l]j ' ! igard~ns. Anlearl, p~oneer wa~~heBri~i~h landscape archi~lec~Lady . A J 1 I l e n ofRljr~od, bl tlhem~d~l '9410s,she 'Vis~ted the Emdrop AdVem' lu re

. P l a Y ' ! 1 1 O U n d ~ : 1 i J iCo.penh~~n, wh.icihwas dev ie~oJ ledby[he] )<' !: n~S :hlandscape afChJt~ct C. Th, S~re:llSml.Aclv l ' ln tur l l ' ; :~ la.yg;ro :UJDdsleXl:'ress~dhe rl~vQI~Uonaryconcept c h il t c : hn dre :l 1. o owd l create

the [row:". c " ) ' J nmuDi t ,U~r -oug lh h9lnds~op man.ilPulation of ilhe~Ihys ica~ lenviranmcn t , ,f~cmt.a.~.edbytmined pla:Jl~ade.fs.e LadyAII~enwas so. impres:sed[ hat she .~eda. Sl ,u: : :cessm1move'me:nL. 1[0

eS~< lJ bHs] ,1im i~ar&!dUUI~ : S ' in L C l l ] l d i o n f D . e ' i g h b o r l l i l . Q t O d . s .sernngfam~]jes tra,umati,zed by l~he' bombs" Iodood~ebu,gs;J and

fires~O'fffI:!i of W orld W ~ n' U .L a~e:l", she- eX'~e:nd~dt I. le mOW ] ]1en :~

te ilcl t IJde chUo1 lmn,~" i r i : thspecial needs, be~in.n:h:ilg ] i I 1 I .LonC ion i III

I [ ' h ' ] , n ' · 1 0 . · " . ·1'1. ,.~ ,~..;. -- ~1.:•.-.C, , . ,c 1 " 1 " 1 I ' . : I· - J. - -.. _1 ...dvent . 1i ll' . . ;1.. S Wl.. ,111.1.:ille mll,nUHnlg. CII. ..lie .!r ;S I U.ti l) ic a p]JC i.I ,lC l: . v e n ~ 1lI .r e

f lay grQ u lildA :s s odanon, now knownsj mp~yas: HAPA ,whost!p~a:ypro~es;si,ona~swork . au~dool~S .to pmmG~e ' lheheru:~:J l of d : 1 U . ~

d l r e n wH:hspec~ajnre :ed , s . A W e d d e 'l i l e k ~ , p m e , n t s , inc lude · C : h L i l d l " , e n . ' : s

f u :rn 1! s, w h ~:re t he 'r· e l sa S~.I~Qf!!ig,~OCI![IS OWl,a n i:m ,a ~s ."< See B reU 'e~al., 19·93,and W e s ~ ~ a n d and K r d . g f f i l [ ; , 1918.2, fQrmore imform,~l,io,t:l

on these and. , a ths \ , :s;p~cla]~i!!ecl c~andS i cape s 60r chHdlren.) MOis t

chUdiren 's ; fannshflv,e a .s~mngcomm~tmen~~o indus]oo of ,cMl-~If I t L '1"· • .-[ ':1.' ..•.• -. h ,.IL . ",'tlIIren 0 al l l aUI . lJmeS, lnCJ. . ! . !L ! .mg acuvrn~s s ue ~ ~S;ln'@ra:peu I.I.e

hersebeek :I'iwr:l!g,.



A s ea rc h ( ) f the Utera:l :ul 'C' onhe:d~hc~rem.ci,mity de.s:lgnrernamed.

[0cb:Udf;Cll . i J I l d i ca~eg~1'IDal:ea ltn ,gg ;; r_ rde roiSEor ,ch i1l d Ie i l1 li a re a ve ry

recent de'i{tdopmen~.~1JI '[he medJcal! fiJeld .. Lh\lidhein'll. et i l l . . U912)P i l " Q P 0 S i ! . ' l des i : gn g lU ide~. il~l :e5fO I l" , c h U d r e D ' shospita.]silIlde:mp(I'WMi21e

theimpotrl'al1lce of cl:l'i:~dre:n's p t a y , th e cHilrdo~t'eWlvff i ronmefiVl~.Mlde x p e r i e n . c e o f n a m : u r e ~ ~ h em ~ re:i~ ern '[€ d in .d r u e de~i"gn gu id~in(!' ;sbook by O t cls a nd Dllln l el ( 19181 ). .A docacl.e:1:!l!ter j , ~nacom.]poohen·

sive (rea:tme:n~ of he~h.hca.re [~cUides, fu r t . h U d : r e n . < l m l d . fa.Ihm.e.s,

S~l~,ley(199 'S ) ree'.w.phasized th e itnpoft3li1ce of p lay .., caJ l l~~gi~3!~heZllUl: iIga.cli.v,i.'ty" (p. ~09)" though .she nctes ~n her ~:Itera:ture

.rerlewthait the:J.lf is " :11;0 .scientlfi:crese"lflch o .n c hUd rc n.'s ou t do orh:ea~llh f adHt :y p'l!;1 y s.pa oes " (~ " 106). 1'.be signi(kaf!,QIll of the nat-t t ra~ env :i ro .l :lmen~can also be i.l1Ir~rredbyUI. rk i l l ' s . .~ ea rc l'J J 6 nd ~

Ings hl re.~atkm ~()a c l: u ll s ( 's ee Ch.apter 2)'un!d it Is assumed thats ; i lm~~a; rpo siM v e h ea l ([1o o ~]a 'l :h : )l ]s a 'IP 'P ~Y10 , d l J i l d reJ : i l .

h i. t : hewOi~d ,o:fpraeriee, c~~nd.sC<ll ipearc:hi~ects h a v e! b eg u .n tonl'llv,ean impact on ho~pita~ de~dg!!l.. A volume ,edited byM~l'be]"ry {l997 )'co.nmins a ch~p~.e,r by J;lulles,BumettoliJi the

tfu:~l.~~pemi~effecls of 1and:5capean:::h,ih;:dm~ inhoiSpita~

design.-althou,g;h the con:cept is : r D . Q { .v ~la t~ . , to chUdren. specif ii-

(;.,1l~:y; : 1 1 1the ooUinstJ: ' le.aml, i / ln.d!sica:pea1tChi reeture p O O i ~ e s S ' i o . i l 1 j ~ihe

~opic of healing ga fden , shas G , n 1 y very r ; e C B l 1 I t I ' y reooivedvi.s i t iDiH-f f i t y . 1:ti1~9g.5~ lrwas the co'~e'[·theme 'of the January issue of

iAl ' Id5Cnpe Arc1zit 'ft .at~we (VCl~'~:r~~..~85. N um b@ [' :~ , pp.56-7'9). O f

d le s ix buill P!ro~oc t s lP t1eS le 'Qred , .one: w a s sped £icaUy desi.g~ed

f O i F ' c :hHd ren, l'hi!:! wasa series o,[playrul 'COU.t1.1i.H)d.~ In tlll.e

ChUdren's Ho:spi~a~a[1d .HIeal~h Ce~~er.San .[Hego, CA. TheHeaUIilg' Ga1."dierl.~Iil thesa me ~nstltu.U,on,.~liIch.tded in this chap~

~.er..\I\laSabsent, as it w as not y et ,Qonstmcted.

.F~ut f ' 7 ·2 . l ll J'o ,( ig ,/ 1 l ! ' hep lGnr lngdeJ ign ithe t ~Mmpe ' ~d~"l:~(fl \ 'ared,DQ ril . 'lgelWar l belweeiQ ,tl'feI!!!J \ !i \I th a: ! !MS 'e

a t my.stelf a o o otoveff,' ,~heg a r . d e n i. s 1 ' l i !Vf !7~ lea e n t i M J , y t h ' l ; m

OJ ' l ! ! , , ' VQ.l':I,t(lg~ paifit. ,ellt;ioWfl'gfllg t~€

c hfW to rn "O ve l 'h ,o . u g h U ; s l equeno e~ 0"~. (T 'he; 'Gwd~j 'J Pa~i1of f iheme ropeH l f ~ GQ~ W f. '1e j~ M J\p~to by . D o u g i { J s R!e;~.)



tt~ 1·3 r~ c hild re n e xp lo re .~G'Cj l (~ an d pki)" 'a,~"~n~

~U'" a t ~ ca s .c arde~ S c liolJ 'f in .

~!ll1)l. A l u ~ t . r : ' l l l o . , {Ptlo~o roiJrtesy. at(1lOO~:Ga,rdM:r S~~)

Thehis , lory of the ,gene;t:a~ f j , e . 1 d o f c :hUd l 1en 'il ;en:V ' . i ,m.~ments

s u g g e s t 'S . f i v e o o s h : a s s . u m p t ~ o o s . a : b Q 1 ! 1 , ~ c W lH d . c 1 ( W f llQ ~ m e r n t ., J ; l Ii 1 I( y ;

and. the' ,ou tdoQ If eJ1vh~ol1Jime;nt t h s t c an be l ' !se 'm]ly aplP 'U@d to

chUeken's berum,g !iudens:,

~ . Ou r 'd lO ( )lF play . Outdoor play, . in and of is'~~fj .i:sacrUk:a.~

f 'ac tor i l J ,hea~: lhy cl iuld deVie~opmen.~.

2 •. EJ'wi, 'ol l~H!;!. I"u ' :al qrMllisy. 'brgl i .J1lg1~ d~.:dgfl, lhe q~i;dity @ f the

au~dQorp]a.y !en !1 I " : iro . f1meru ' caD 'Cl."itic:~H:y affc:l iCl the range

a:lild , c l r l ~ l P ~ hlo~pJay aCiUv i ty and t~ ea u ra c~ i.v e rn l.e :s :s o ·.f ~he

si.~e liD cbild~n. B,oth S~reIlson and Hu.n,,v,Qod un.d~r-stood fha' l, e:n'lJirorn:ment~ :fOf" c hH d r e n. h a d te be desiped

~n a wa y that Hbem t ed c h iIDdren's ; f m l e e d o m of e:rngag~ment,¥~ th thefr s l ! J .r rrou rnd ings . Th i s wasa radical depsr tu re[worn. '[be s~Ul d lc~imiil la tn~nO' l " l o .n of .Ij~edeq!iJ.ipimeiJ~. p~ay~

g r o u n c l i s , . l a e e r 'chaUel!1~dhyS I D m m l .Nicho~soninh is eele-bra:~ed "tbeory of lome IMll:t'ht (Nicho~~on, ' r u 9 7 1)r .3 . S i , g . ! ' ~ ~fLc (u '1ceof H alii fe' to e n ad .deWJ'lop~,t1tm.t , r J i u ~ o t - < g " ~play,

N a~~G c an be designed i n t o th~ ,en.\rir,onme:nt ~n such. aw.ay tb,at ebtldreacaa have~fiIJ~i~IJlUllteOOIlt~C[ with the '

bas, : ]e ,e ]emefi l ts " , fUk: ~UJliIHght, &esh~,~r. !iluU, w . a ; l ; e r ,

plam ts, and a[l'~ma:~s.Emclru,p AclvenlureP'I,ayground :~n

Gopen.hagen was Sl!!.ocoLl.nded by apll.~otect~ve, bermed,

bdfe,t Q fn~ t~ ve s p e e ie s , G a r cil le u in ._ g ,wo .! ~l d og j' al1dplayingwi.~hp ] O i r ]] J '1 ) Sr o w d e d oonISl-:a:nlopporttJInitieswv c : h ~ ~ d ! l ' e ' r u

~opa!fth::i.,,~te ~n t.he~r!;;I1:~:!i,esof 1[i t! ' (MOfi~, .~996~Moore

and W~~g,. 1~H)i'n.4. Tmrnetip,ia;, l ' e , n d e . r s . h i p . . PIa.,. ~eadel'sb.~pa t : Idpl .ayf l l :~ staff

i :I 1'Len re [ ldQ I1Ca lT Ii ,e x ti en d U~ .e r ang~. , c : : : : h a U e n g e , . m.nd C! i "ea~i .v~

ity of both :indoor amd ,Qutdoor e7tpe'Iience far beyond

wha t~migh tb~pOS1: i i iMe: it\llmdin;:erted. c s it u at .iu n ;s . in

De'nma,r t : ; p~ayl~ad" , . t"s ~..re , c a~ l~d'''sodal peda,gogues."'i3in.Ji

recei.vetheir ~ninin.g iF l ,m.u l t ib t1 ' les i lme~.vay .~:S c~a s s room

't ea c he rs .•e~ce:pt, t heya : rl :! o :r ien ted te wQrmg inco:mmu-

nityleisure ceDlers,YDudll ch; tbs~ and p ]~ygrou rJ i (: I.s ; .l it t he

' t l t II~~ed J i G J 1 1 ~ d o n l l . , pl~y prof~ssk}[!~ls a.M ciIII.11~d [ayv.rork~

e~ aoowo. f1k :h i . t l :a.lienchoo~care, summer ho~ i : . day play

s c hem e s, pru .a ;y g ro:l!ru :ls , .hos:p~la]s.il!nd toy Ubrll.r : iJe~., InFrefl:ch~ sud Span:i s b , - ' 0 5 p e a : k i : n g : oOluntrie's'J"':anim8:lI:,(J['1l,1i

wQrkaspmtEess : iona]s in. c re: .l twve Ilon:oonil 'ta~ educa:t ' iol: ' l ' j

,embm.C:ing ch~.1df f i lood c!lJltuf '¢ la n d d 'llca r ts in playfulsod~l prodl!.tction. ChUd Li~-e. SpecU!Us~s in UIilJood S1a~e;s

are a C:~()8e~:ya n ~ r e d pm fe.s sion w O I['.!ld ng h : : . l chUdreris

hea~thcal\e fadJittes. ChUd Li.fe SpedaUs~s."ad¥oC:!!Itf: : r o r a

c:ompit rehen.s :hre l lN l ,c ] !er 'Standi .ng ,of the cillUd [and] .... 'CO~.~



J.abCirah:: within a! .nw.~i" ,d~sc : i ;p~: i~aryvea~l1 'h) suppor t

gr~\ 'vLlh and d ev ~ ':h )pm~11 J Ito 'f c h nd r~n~ a d oles c en tS,andt he i r f2lmUies '" (Ch i l d , l. if e VoJ~ !n l ~ e r Bcn:Mlbvo / ( blO dti i l te) ' ,

p.. nChiMu':fe s~~d~H;sus\\IOirk ~hrough p],~y :and info:r:-

mal reereat ~on.because of the : i. nd i 'l \l 'i d l ll a lr 'l 'e ledof i1 l oUe l led ,

h li con ' t ra : ! ' i~UO th e h]:v:lsi\lemedica] pm t oc ol:s , end u red by

[h ie c hHdov> er wh i'c ;\ h ~heDt be bas~1:0,contld.

5. [,?donr-,Q!'udm;;w Wrks . . The ease 'IIl.I" ru lbwh ich chiMren can

,ohserven:alllu:re [Tom~nside Bl1lcillormO'\!ie easUy from

indoors [0 ,olil!l~ide :s;~gnifi.caJlldy affucts the POSiLh!,e

imp~ct ofl'be na,li~]En]j'lIilroli1me:nL,oi l1lthei r q~WlUv..!of Iife.lrudooli-outdoor lin.ks can, be ('lJ.r1l:ier .fac~ntia~edbypW ~ y~eaders~ th~~pis ts .• hO'11]Gtlltu~1 ~hera[l)~sls~C,hHc ltire S pe cia l is m". :li:!'Iild! special educators.

Healil li1.g garden S 1 l1 lA IID s t ~c t ' :ommod~ te 'c M ~dren of m .an_ y ~;!ll l 'eS,

including these i.n the pl;()Ce5~ ,of ~-ehabn~ul. t io:rl :c :hi]dl .~e:n rem-

p O : f o 1 l l l r i l y c H s ; a b 1 ! l l : d because oCl,fan ac'Cicl.en~., ,or t "ec :ov ering f rom . a

~~vere o<pe'raHOfl,or from an o¥ 'e I , ' " lWhe lmi r~g psychohl 'g i .C2IUy

traumatic experlenee. 'Od~e~' hti:d ren m3Y ha.ve a llermlnal dj ,s~ease,i n such C3.Se's rheheeltng garden [ [uncI f f ionsa .: s ill reru,ge , o f

peace a nd ~ran;q!u:i[H~}f6o~·bildand ~oved ones as ~hei.nevUabl:e

unfoMs. A~ it l : a J i r ! adul't IFi . - lJspice setting" th e goa~bL: :n ' , l is to pl:1:l-v~de~Ih~'Hghestqju~Ulyoni~ f1:tth."~han : l i ! . ' C 1 ! , . 1 j r e . .

Od::I!~rchi ~.dren~h.1e to beneftt fi:omheaUng gardens aret ,ho~e ' ! , ! ; . r i l h p~ rmmrnen t and prnrotU:liI:~1, p'hys ,h; .~l a re d .n ~Io f~ n.'£a ]

~m[?~j.a;n1enl!i\Iho are uOl"reaO'\I'e:ri.~'1g"frem .anyl:h:ing. '[his has

led Swedl~hprofes~.~.o.nal.s.~oeml: l i I .-a.QethLl: CQi!'W C ~~< t 0 '£ ..halbmt.a~UQlI1" -a :11i approac 'h de.silgned ' hJ 'buHd em U1!es:pecifff icpolenLia~:s;

of the chJid,. as ,erpposedi to reb:uHdilf1l lg: h·eb,ahi i .UtancHli , )Isome~

~hi,~,g~hat new!" ,e~isted. The last dec~d!e:shav~s~~m 35hHt ~n~hi , l lk ! l1J igabout pr lw~or i ; l s l ,y eermed "h andic apped c hU dren.,."M n

Ilhe UI il i~ ed . Su l .l t: e :s , \!r/I.lere th e d i : S < i ' ! i b U i ' ~ : y rights m o v , e m e n t h a s

been ~o'stmng, the' term "· 'ha .ndic :21 .prped 'iwas l .~p~aoed b~l"dis-abml~y '" :0Ind"people wleh dis~hi] H~esu and mnfe' S iP ec i:fl:~l!]y

'''~tgh:~.di s~biJ~tiies.. '>~e~]iml,j.ngdisalbni,~ ies," "!wulbUHy di~bim~le s, " an d 50. om . "C : hUd ren u f aU .abmdes" is a 'COiffiltll:lOn phm~1JJ isednO'w,adays, i n s; "pe'akhrug air~ny Inbfed g a ' o 1 l J p of ch Ud re llI.

Suc: .h l~hin l~d.Wl ba s tH~.~ped~om:Ollorebo:th the:p:I '()~es!l i .~mud CQm~

!:ntllllity ;"od I~ .hepub~k aWHy f l 'om. ste~re'otYll'i(:8~.notions of the" !h elp 1es s h ~ .n d lcapped," S l lUX .a:~y b"Qm th e res t of soc iety j n

segreg'al!ed, l :acUi1Iic$. Chi'tdr.;n of~H abHi ties l~l1Id wore and

ffg~f! 7 -4 ... plOyfuJ I !J f i e {OC~

t l O n : s : ~w) /1people, . $, rm d nwt ,e r l ·

,~~ the dJlkl team.S ' fn . a ~m bOUNd

~n~y r 1 l j J \ ~ ;!irJ"w~te~:thi 'l ' dev,e lop-Uj~f't a f m J n lt l; ; i~ ~a nd .s pir it. (Jr i fdp lay ing wfUI ~hetuned wInd d:ti~s ~'h e , S ': e m o ty ' C J ( l l 7 d e n al blc(!~C l i l l n d ' e { u5 c h ~ 'Q )oo da ~~ A w t . i I ' I < I l m . ( P / ; J t I . I O

{Qii!'.t1~ o f tu(W; G(Ju l t l J ! i 5 c : 1 : t o Q J . )



f ig,ure 7-$ Hea lin g 9 0 .r dem Witp J i J [ J f ! ' S H i'h e J'e ch fl drm con i ol 'e ' , ! 'hM1 ·

s . e /v e ;s , r d ea . 1 f' W C ! l! 1 e ~ and COIIll~/~

ge.nerated ,!)y the «mfroJfed ,~til>'jltl""

nlM[ of , r i M ' he(}t~'h I n .~t iW l i! 'm~cm dbe , aometelto~edto a mo~ ~anql i i l. t to~eof mil'lll TWQ ' h if d : ren r e la x ';Il' r , h , e

S e!7s(l'ryG '~ o~ we!:ll <Jurde tuS c h o o l . , (P b a r .Q cOll l te.W of w c ; u sC a J 1 d e m : S c l l o o J J .

more t,g b in'[egl'at ,eCi and '''~.nduded'' in ,ev,eryday nfe. The. f '" b.'I" .. . I!. '1'] I!. .,~.;I' h bll '., 'DOnOR: er alJ~ ty'" ,assumes I~ ,a t ~lL cnuerea . aveae mes or

poten.lui.aj 'tompe~e:ncjes and slk:m~, H,saUng gardens d ' l ! e nbecome the vehicle . m t ' discoy,er.w.ng D."\>V s k m ' S a-nd pra.ctidrng

a n d enhandng: old o r n e s "Another gl'OUp' ~o be comii~d!e.redl,cons.s'ts , o f "at dsk;; dl'U~

,dr'er.!, whese d,ey,eloprnem' may be permanendy hnpairedb eea u s eo f n eg ,a ~ iv ein :E l .u e i: 1l oe s ,j n t he 'l l' e ve ''l 'Y d a y envirenmenr,

s u c h as pam.' nu trition. ph ,' steal aJb1i.~se"erbal, abuse, sexualabuse. p'IIomiSCLd'l, overerewdedand s.ubstandard .housing, erclrug)S,.These ills are oft:eo a ecnsequence of po,verLY and are:spr-eadin,g In t he: \ ,vo, rM as global econondc l-e.s 'rructulring, andil1~:forma[o n 'u e ch : no ],o g yproduce more a n d more ' l i lnemli>foy-

ment 0'1' underempleyenent (Ch.ristoffersen. t 994). l'ffit,ereis: eoo,'th e g e:nern~ c on cern expressed i b ' many d ' l .Ud hoocl ! pro fess iona ls

'e om: :em iin g , th e "bosed-m" Uves o,fmiddle~class, chi ldllen" whese&,:'tirviti.!:ls ~l'e be-c om ing rigidly stnDlctured andin.cl'ea,sJingly

restrte Ledin time ,and space (P'ro!S~,and Jacobs, 1'993)i. As these

pr-oblems of stress and ,depr:i.vat~oll beoo1me mere severe, the

res tora t iveand 'u hernpem le benef its , 0'. s pe c Ia ll Jy d es ;~ g ne d c : ll :il dl-

hood. landSlCa,pes w i l D become mcrepentaena--far beyon.d ! t h eirm, l ,e in healthcare, .

In. a "playing and ~ea:n:t: ing"gam-den creased some y e a~ s . a :g o,

ln an lu-ban ,el,em'entary school i:n Ber 'ke.~ey.,CaU:fomi,a, (Mooreand W o,ng , 199 7)" i:nstitu,tional asphe l twas replaced wi~h m n~

rung 'Wa~e!i,woodland, and wUdflQw,e'l " ' meadows, BUU~ir.R~eg

and birds fmed the air wwth co~or fum :movemen ta n d S i a n g . · .A s a



~.uh. dramatkaUyposidve changes occun;ed in 'tbe c.hW ldren's

soeial behavicif and -theil' feelin_gs about themSiel . \ 'e 's and their'school. The ~rden was a :place '[ 0 escape niOm the tig'ors (JI£ theclassroom and fi:nd.freedom of' e . . " i : p r e s s : i : o n , a p W a c e where c h i l -

dren, W e : f 1 1 1 1 i n control of ,their ,~rwvfronment . w D s l ! e a d . 'of b e i n g con-

troUed b· it.The' garden was apd. described ina ['OnOiW~ltp

lnterv lew w ith an a.du~t ,Em"me- rsltudent a s ',c O Im p res sed c au ",-

't:ryside." She s ummed up her overall f e~Ung as "buense

peace" - not the .ki.nd 'of lan,guage: i:liorm.aUy associa ted.w~tlla

city schoolyatld .

. T h es e schoolc;bHdverw w erenot in. need o,.f"hea]ing~' in . I th e

medica! sense: e\teD. so, many of the impacts, on the: cb:nd.1:'en's

behavh)f could be defined as "healing," &odaUy and psychologi , -

c:aUy.The garden becamea' .s:,peci.aJn,end" tohldi.vidtUll. c h . n . .dren and 'to, ' tbe ehlldren as a wh()~e.gi.'\ling them a . sense , o . f

identity and 'beJIonging. 'Theil ' naturali~ed s iChoolyan! became'~he vehide l f u r l ' p o s . r u d v , ( ! : bonding be~ween chiMren. and ~ f i s ~ i t u w

tj,on-ap..-ocess that could. appl.y eQuaiUy well toSnstbuUQns

su:ch as hospnals where c h ~ ] d _ ; r : e ' n i.nl1,abi~ave:~ al~el\l,~mvi:ilon~went oontai:nin,g fe\1II'positive cues from everyday life,

The:Berke ley· garden also stlP'Poneda summer c~ei\ltjveartsp'l'ogra:m ( :Projec~Pl . ,AE) ' fOl' group.s ' 0 · £ : rnb;i .}d.-abiBtych:U.dtleJl J

I(some of ,th em " !IlJ ith se :ve r ,ewmpa i l rmen ts) " and provided. a 1 ' 0 ' ' ' ' " ' -

emtiJ s tim u l u s 6m ,·inClu s i,o [l, t o~ e:ra nc e., a nd t~nders taW 'l.dm g. ThecommunUyarHs~s '\~hQanimared tbetn~og:l"am.loved wQrking

there because the garden o£ie'i~ed!reative' s u . p - p O I \ ! : fur the chil~d re:n's w id e spec tru m of need s , A !llhou gh 'the .spac e w as no~ u sed

for ~ol.mam.herapy~ till: many yeW'S 'experience working \Yith thec bnd :l1 'en and studiyin,gth.el.tb@havffior pro,viaed powerfulins igh ts concerning th e tbera.peu.dc,reha billt:adve,. and ba.bUi ta-

nve ·effects of the garden -a.re's€al"d~ grou ndinl for tb@presentchap~el"(Moore. ~'996)'.

E v:ery ty pe ofinslltudon deaH ng w U b c hiild :l:Ien oo~dd offer

s~m , j _ l a tou~door na tural s le t: t l :ng:s , anow,~1iIg;c : t l : U d r e n to es capeinto then- ,o,wnpri.va'e world. 'Thi:s t s pal't~culady true of med-

.k:alland l"ehabi~itat ive . f f i :ns~ i tL1t ions where childlll.m go to havef m - I g h u m j j I l g , my,s't:erious thIngs done to them. over whi.ch the

' have no con t rQ" Gardens are p la ces w h ere cJi :dldren c an los etbemselves~ release the \vonies and concerns generated b:Y'rhecoutroliled .environm'en:t of the he.a~t.h.instituUQn. and become

frestana, to, a more' tranquil state, H~ea]thydfwlopm.enlrequires a COUnleI'l)Q]nce of lreedom of experienee ande:xpIIessJion to help the child reeompese his 'or her inner sellF,ot a U ,cb'Lk' l l Ien. h ea lin g g iJ l.r, 'C k~nso ff er broad thcl "apeu.~ i ,c

potentia'l Ito help them retain the.iII:,good 'health or restorehealth the:y·may have lost.

!'Wt!$a'"~etb'l1esg e l a a ta . s. sr o omof kia:s (ram a t oc~ t $ choo l' cG Ispend S~1:m! ' t ime 'will1 O'tu' .k ids

Q'I~I'dthe tiiatu.ralplacB , fa.go (1

I,!ean .t'I~(u: u ,~noret l~Q,'~One

way!) i : s thegar:derc!. l IYhtl1 thecoumlescent Idb c ; o ' u l d se~,rh.e: P : lo , l" ' m a li f ih · .g , r a d e r ; 5 e : q : il o r in g llil 'e

g t 1 ' r a l m , it h .( ul a n . QmQ . t: iJ '~ 8e f f e c to.!11d um '!, ' "sa w so ; ' tUl:r~, ,0 ( r :h,SHl

looking more e ug ag ed a nd ~krland , happy , r h a H 1 u.sually seethe 'm,n$ ' , ff they w e re a ble lO 'IliVJit

r ien!:," "1101 '8 rh .mugh M'lltchi l1gt lUj' t twr:e aCl ivd! : c J i . tl d r e , l , t . . .. .

(STAFIE'~'n'M! i lER



f i lgu;e 1 · 6 J (.:Ilil;(l f.r l joying 90ideniny,ac,r i 'vItyi" , t i le 'C iarden' , . , f u , p rog tQ !~ ,a tChj1d{ ' f ' r J~ M ( f ' , m o r i Q , 1 C ~ l 1W , C . l 1 iG l 1 g! ' 1 .

I t. ( P, lw lo by . q o 1 i t e r w .Hu,rli~~_)

1PlayT,herapY

In ~he\.\'eH-deve~oped., eonternpoeary p~aytherapylUerature

('Git~. 991;. l.and.l"l:th "I '991; van de'r Kooij ,a , fQ,d: !HeUe' ! : l idooimJ,~9S6)~ ~h~;!;'eis ,a]nlQ~[no, mention of ()il:udooir~narueal lellriro;n~

men lES a 'S ,a ;pproprla , te. '!hempeuticse~tit!lgs. A m:i l i ]10f" e r x , a e p t J . o l 1 .

is 'th e :p.~onee:":hlg'l.!.iork in Sweden 'of ~von;ny :Lind!qu~s~,. 'In ~956she :ii:t~ned a pla:ytherapy p~"O,gramas a I1l trse'.r y ~ch{!o]teachel"

in the Uni,versiity "J-105P]Hl~ o,fUm~.,ln tbe fore\wr-d to herboot, TJ~em , fJ ) , Th l ! :' r~~g/~ P ' :1Q : ) 'Undq:ll~s~. '~.917)~o.hn Urmd!, bead

o . f ~he f'l~dh.lltric. (;1 ff ink o~ .Ka r- o] ~n :s k a, S : vm :: :k ho~m , ,em~l'&l,a! ! l ized

[111~ f f cCh i~d J f i~n 'l1!eed ~Q ,g~l OUit into the op,en •.If they are ,eon~

Filmed ~C It ll!~ 'w ii'rd ," and h e theorized [h iRC "the 10Ing;i.r-tg 't o @(l't oiuL

g....: i lduaJ! .yv ,~n~!lhe ' ! ! . .Life GU t:lJ:ide i l: .h .ew~n 'l :! h }w . •• ~ s no ~m]jger

[,ear (Ibid~~p.vUi) . : f·br e l id~dren w bo oouM 1110( , go m It for l 'med-t e a l reasons .•U1lldqtd8~:foun,I w.~ysofco!llnec~i.ng ehe (l:lttside

world to , dFM'~childt l f ! !n~e..sI~I~ci,alh{'to U,l!ou~,vHh~qng~uenw:l. il~.~·ness. She ~~ns a .smry 'of ~lowm,u:c,h she learned fremthe posi-

tive r-eaCJ~Olils '0,[ OrJ!i;:p i E l r t ! c l ; ; , u b . r ! j ' bOY "\;'~ Lh c ~nG e : li'- h :~ r e 's ;p oo :s .e

~QU!ldqtwists bd ng 'lfD I g in s eas ona l t lia tu :ra~ obJ~c~:sf ) I . Q W 1 3 > t · s ,

mosses". mus,!Jr'Uom5., ,andoor-ries) and BB'anglng; them intoa

"l~lin],~.ture" ,el1Jlchi.ul~t'lclw'ood.·'Ora~ day~~he In.·Qughx ~. b:ranc:hof bt l berrles, "When ~he bl,~ben:"~e.s ,had ripened ... Ie \i\l,e] spread

Ilhc:mOtUana ne'\ll.I'spa:pero,rn his co~ and pre~ended he was ou t

in. tbe [OiJreJ:i[ picking; bi ~.berries. He pi:cked them ca.refuny~ ene

ata Um.e. got his,tI:vms;_jJnd h~ndsoovered in ju ice bm . hi!5,w l , l o m eface wasornt! b.~gsunny smHe .... U:ndquist desersbes hGW the

event became "alandmark ~nt~me,~'with the C:bndre~e i l " . l ing : too~he'li"ev,ent:s ;a~.ll!a~.in.ghap'pl)l:rUildi befc ;re Of all!l')r '1 : pk:kedbnr

berries' Ubid .• p. 11) . .[T ill ~97 3 c , 'U !le K ar GH f .is k a P ,e d ~ ;a tt: i.c CHnh':: o f St!oc.kholm

lemlbrac~. L l n d q u ~5e.sff ideas,abou.t U ' . l . e '~her.~l,peutice:Efe:cts,0 1 £ pi,ay2 li nd n.~ture and started a thlfe~ylea[[' pUotpr-ojecl:.,l'heresuhs

de:moJ'l I$i , trah' l lc l t b a ~ p~ay t h e ' l . " a : p y ; wlth p .a :r e nc s" : ll! cti,v e e o eper a -

U'on,clu rhe aver~ge Nm , e S;pe~ll ~tl b08pi~ a l by ,chHdren

(.lind'lLlbl, ' ~97"() . ,l'he results alse stuJ,weda po~ iU ' v~ e f fe et Oil')

~ h nd re! !1 's m e nt al h .e~ J th .. B ,Y '1 9 77 j a~~o s.p ll al :s ifD I Sweden were

te,!!uil-ed[io make proJle.[' alnngelTil~'Ot~~r c l l : i i 1 d f i e n to[i!lil!irtid~

p !2 ll'! en th e s ame kind- o f actMlles , poo,v ided ..~r!pre-sehoels aru ;d

~e~;sure cearers. In ~:heopin~on of Jol'].I:1.Lind, He,ad of theKam .Un s k ~, .P e:d iaH1c C1.hrlc, pJ,ay tb~w;aiPY\WS one of themaj ,o iJ :itnip.rovem~nts in p6cHa~rks" aJ '[ ~ h a~ Um ! e (f h, fd .J '.Iaa 1977 mO il lo ,g [ 'a php{ -odu a~d by ~ h ~ Sw e cU s l1 .D e : p a r 1 l : n u ~ n t

of S o oim l W e]f a l" e . r ~~o: rn ing o:I]JtheKaroUnska :pro~eC't•.the eut-



doors was presented as important because it is where the child

could move, breathe fresh air, feel it on his or her cheeks. Ather-

apist told a story about a boywho was standing in the entrance

talking with her, looking at the sleet outside. Suddenly, he went

outside, saying "I'm going out to feel it" and lifted his face to theprecipitation (translated from the Swedish original and

reported in Sarkissian et al., 1980).The same translated excerpt in Sarkissian et al, (1980)artic-

ulates the case for the importance of the outdoors by stressing

that outside, children have a sense of control. They get a rest

from hospital smells, feel the security of a familiar environ-

ment, experience greater freedom, relate to the staff in a more

relaxed atmosphere, have an opportunity towithdraw from the

constant human interactions inside, engage in boisterous

games and loud noises that cannot occur indoors, run, let off

steam, ride wheeled toys, playfully explore the "unprepared"open-ended world of nature (pinecones, flowers, leaves, grass,

stones, bark, fruits, soil, and water).

The smellof the outdoors is particularly significant because

it contrasts so strongly with the alien smell of medical facilities.

The aroma of a space wraps around and envelopes a person. It

is very subtle, like birdsong or music. Humans have a common

positive appreciation of some smells (roses, for example, or

lavender). Soothing effects in both body and mind are gener-

ated by the biochemical reaction to these pleasurable odors

(Lawless, 1997).For the same reason, we abhor other smells-

no one likes the smell of rotten eggs,

Horticultural Therapy

Horticultural therapy has developed extensively in recent

years, and covers a wide range of contexts and clients, includ-

ing children with special needs. Lindquist paved the way for

the strong connection that we now see between play therapy

and horticultural therapy-well-illustrated by the Children's

Memorial Hospital, Chicago, case study presented later in this

chapter. A powerful illustration has also been presented by

Hoffman and Castro-Blanco (no date). They describe the case

of four-year-old Eric, diagnosed as having a speech-language

impairment, a variety of behavioral problems, and depressed

affect. He participated in twice-weekly horticultural sessions

for fifteen weekswith a horticultural therapist in the preschool

greenhouse. The authors describe in detail how Eric engaged

initially in "freeplay,"and then gradually "adopted" the plants,

showing concern for them. Through caring for his own garden

he was able toverbalize feelingsabout his troubled family situ-

HEALING GARDENS FOR CHILDREN I 331

"Iwork with a recreational thera-pist out there with the kids fromthe convalescent hospital. Wetake a whole group out there,sometimes as many as fi.fteentotwenty kids, a few times amonth. It is so nice because thekids seem to respond out there.They respond to the bright colors,the water, the shadows, and sun-light. I think it can becalmingfor some of the kids, but alsostimulating, too. "

(STAFF MEMBER)



f i g ' ! l i l T e ,7· ' C h lio f~ n ~ W n g tun blow'-mgcI1bbJes ",Ia ' I i ! IlOUch""lli~!~ hub"

,bl e mach ine i n r J l l ! ' 5Mrory G a rd en a tblClU Gamel1~S d 1 i . o o , ' . (PhI i lM Cl)~jy

t f } / b.r( i~; GQm'e 'n~ 5c'hootJ

anon. He' ( l f ten l com:[lrH~n[ed thi!llc~:rifig for the pl~:nts.made him'~I~e~dgClodl.~jB y ~ he ~ nd of ~: lheprogram, l Ew - l e i s jll~dassbeha'\,Tjor

had ru nrtprc vedm ark ied ly . H e ~d~oexh~bi,~e,la,]l improved affect

and C:Ol l I f l !a! ldtyto eXlP i res i emp~~h!.yand t l iuru :ncan, ce . The . ! IUdl 'CU'1>

oonch.l!deJd fha:t h!olrm~i.cul~1!!.r~l.hempyis, especi~.ny ,a:PiL'l"opdat~60 r w~T kj lJ ,g \,v i.U ,h you lT IIg : c ' M . I : w . e n ~o ~],elp,enhance L~etr ! lI Q c i a l :

s km s ·1 P~ pt« ~~ din.g i2 1 nflu~r,~.I ,err p o , s , ! I H ve m~Heu :oor exp:re:stSing

nur~ :~ l. !. rLngnd pre soel a l feelings;. A~ [he sam e 'lime,.i tpl,"'OlVide',s

,chU,lren with : i l I : [ I enhanced sense of eompetence and self : "esteem .

.A obn.aJ J.1'h ;erapy

The eIDodonm and lher~pe1i.l: tk .~mpact of anima.~~has been. W~~~cloc:umeR~ed (Kenert~. '~996: Moowe, 1984: My er-s ,] 9'9'8)..

G:t!rdeu:!l : ca .n f ad ]i~ a [e c om2! lc :[~ ;v ru t h aJ lim . ~ ls .~ p~'Qv~djg h!il.bi~

1 . 1 9 i . 1 : $ for\'.vHdHfe.BuUed"lJy~arde'lil$ are a eemmon eX2 lm,p~e .

P'Ia:[ ltwll i i .~toattraerbirds 1 S ano !he ' f sh·alegy.Awoncierful ,e; . ;~am~

prneQfluore oomliln~h~nls;~vePt"O'g].·aI1Iull1i~garoundanrumal : swas

deve'loped all he B\.~enos Aires Zoo' by a team of doc~ors fl'Clm

the t ' ; Ii~ '~J: 'Qps yc hhj[ i tri.cHosplu. .1 for ,ChUduna.nd yo~tb. Thepl~o~g ra m" ca lle d C M ,e ~W h lh :: -C ar in g , !e O ;! lIW iup~e ra :~lu eighu:en~year~

o ld s w ith :m .e I! l,ta 1d~slll:derswlt:h z oo s~arf hilWdoiUS. ~5"el:l:S o f

anhnal ~t·,e. :In 'rhi,ssen~'e.~he whole l ! /OO can . be viewed. : l ! IS ath .e~.-ape~l ! l l i lceWl I ! t i ronment .



Natun~~'as; T:he:ra.py

It is generally reeogajzed that many adults. v!iew nature as are suorn[~v:e , therepeunc re :nv~ '110'J: i lme: I :Un their ,~.wel:ydayive s ..:E x:per~ enc e of na tu ee isn'Lnddo[! for the hlUtl;i'l,[j S enSQry

syslem- o >lw t ".ec ha n ~ sm :f or peN~iving and unde rs t .a nd lJ .1 J i.g t h ephyska] \ iVor ld . If one ·ofthe sensory channels is da-maged ornonex is tent. o ther c hannelsw ill p ic k u p the slaek, BUnd . p eopl eof Lenhave e~traol~d:inaryaco'UsUc perc epU o n.llil. t he f i.eJ d o £ r d i . S I "

abmt .multisensory s i t im lda tmon. has become emphasized as a.thc'l:.apeutk sU'tllegy using light, color, movement, sound. . and.fragrance· (Hu tcbi !.1SC>r) and Kewln .•1994). A mrnathera .py - theapp] k:adon of essennal oils f o,~m .pro\reh e'a hbl a nd weU~be.~i:'ig(Law~es s ; . 199n-has grown 'QUit of a ]o~g folk lrtld.i.~i.orn(datingback , ~o~u:u: : : i~n l :Egyp~ans ) .fiI' l1dhas l~e ; ivedmoJi~e aCi ( iep~an :ce in

recent year s . The therapell.lUC effiect·ofmt!!s~c(popujiarized as ~he

"Moim l it E : ff e( :t ;;) ~ s a ls o re c eiv in g anentien (Cam pbeU ,. 1989 ) .Garden setUfilgsare important r o ' f C:hUdren b- cause ·theyU;;ethrough their senses. As the, explore ·their sulitoillndings.rhrough lPil ,ay~theyengage in development preees se tba t can 'b eextended, enhanced. and f 'adUtQ.too. b-y adultprofesslonals. Thls ..~s wen understood byprogressi ve ed.ucators (IDe-we)', Steiner.

Pe s ll al oz 'Z i, Hodgk in ., Brtmer-e-discussed in .M oore and ! Wong.1997, Cha.p [, e] ' .~7). who aU . .agree tha~ ,chi ldren's 1Jeam:h; ' J ,gmu;s t :

s tar t 'W ~ t h p'l.il1ltary.ex perienc e ·o f d l le' realworld. Cog ;nIM .v,edev el-

opmenl must resonate wi.d'll : re:<l l l expeelence; if noi(~leam~IJgbecomes ,a:nungrolund.ed alastractlon, w:il~hol1it meaning tiO the

r c hHd . •

N e ·w P~o&s s :io c J la 1 R . : o · b ~ : s

The reoognition. of the role r o f the sensesin rherapy, the jmpo'r~tanee ,o:fprimary experienee w~th natu.re , and [he recent move-ment o f ho'rdcul~!!,Ij~'3!]h era py i1 i;wa .yfrom. ~ t s ;vocaUona~ traiIliing

and med!: i .caJ reoes , now hoMs thep()it~nt~a l for ooUabOlf :a:t lo:n.

' ~ i ! W 'lr h l a ad s cap e des Ign ~n th e ,c l 'earUon ·o f new ~'ypes ,o f na ture -

based.p!f.otocled ha:vens where pl l "o fesswona l s ta f f act as :hylbrid

t h e l' a .p : is t / pl ay l eade 'l '' S . .N e w ty pes of .bl tc .rprofecSs.~ona[. lnterdts-

ciplinary teams are required to design these en vlromnents, To

do lhis !.dfee'livt 'ly; plaYJ;)J~ofes:signals:must have extensiveknowledge of pla,nts. animals, and gardening: horticulturalth el 'ap'~ st ts need ro be well v ers ed . in r the r oW eo f play and ! eh lld

development; and laedscape a:l'cfdtects need 10 understand hmi!lr . h e y c an des ign envt ronmeea s to S.tlpport (true'Q'£·adve roles ofplay profess. lonaJ:s ;andbort~cultum~ ~he:~a·p·ists..Th.e piollleering

ex~mples discussed iu duis cha.p'ter ~h()w pr-omwse in dlis dir·l;li.don. In presenting these cases, the aUdlQr has had to 're~ypri-

"1 ,. . ",J, I' .. ' •'.UJ PM~if I'll. p~ ( J , c e ;~ ' . rgels y o , , ; ,or l ) 1 J t r ; I J n l ' S ~ o~UQ ( t !l le h , Q § . p i . j, ·a l •

.l . r ~ wOH,r. lerf~d;~i t: S ,~ .groat ide~.Ym.~1 ; t ;S ' , e ! $·0 nutrly o f your ;5'tltfses

1

t i$p~c. iaJ ly ifycm take . a Idd. [toJ

~m,l;l.lt touc h. see , he:M : . . 1 . t ~ a good

place to b rin g k i.d s,' yo.r,~nw atc h o'V.er ,thel·.I~I·,"

(S'm:fV MEMa :ER

"The(J,tl: , :d(tI 'J i s an ( f ldd : r r i( ) I~ '( ilt ool

(o'r rhempy . So~~et:imeswhji)ll.I

~N!Or kw i th t he se ; k ii Js . it C'm~get

pr:e:uy e! : l\J iGl l .iona l (01' l'lu~r(l. l' Ct 1 'H

take tli1eDl out there f o . r i \ 1 . vnlJ·k . [0

~'O rela x a lllt1 re fo cus: illudp s .rn e

c .h ild m n c olle ct lhe,;~iseives.If r~le

ddld comes in anxim:rs. ,some-ri"lu?s . 1 wil l ' start . o , r , l t (hg~ i t . i s .Il

MlllY to de . cf rtaSe tlleinm~'\;ie.t)' r"

(SrI\F ME11ll~R



ff :gu~ 1~8 M ( ¥ ' ! h e t 1 ( 1 r r t t cJli.ld ,~u~rp f a y i n g W i ll : S ' , e a b o . ( $ ' e ro~l '1\~o.in;

H e o J l ' 1 ' 1 9 " a m e n . S o n,DJ~.r i!0 ~.,Hbrrpi l 'a~ (P~10ll l) , b yj \ . f ,pm} 8gme.t)

m aril~ on pro,fes~ [gn~l §I!LI ,dcn~fJ~' l sof be~a practice ~~dlerdli~nemplirical e'vi,clie:fice; bec,~t1se·. so farj ~nv'e:s'HgaHon;.s thet would[ l'fO 'v id e s u c h e-vi(i l(lnoeh,aivJ!!:rror: been. c o n . d l l D J c t e d .

P OT EN T :IA L U S ERS , OFAHEAllNG 'GARDEN'

I t. ke y d : i: ~ W l l e r l1 S t Q n l i n [ , h , e des ign o:E a chn ,c lnH1I~ h~Ul l l ig ! I1 l~mef! ! i~

therange of u:sers[h~ t wtnnef'ld to be ac,commodlated. '[heyi.nC:~1I,a!deh .e fol lowing;

I . 'Pa~,~en[slnd c'"b:Ud ,befare cr after. ;1 ,:roulille :hos:pi.ta~ v]si l~J

The ga:rd~~needste engage bolha:drult and chUd.

" .'avent'S arnd s JbU ng ,s oifad,Hd. ul'ld.e:rgoiing Stfrgc' .ry. ' fhe

garden needs to e~ga.g!e~iblifl:gcsa.ndbe r~stomtiv~ furstressed .pan~nl:S,

., .P a n; :! !l t~ ,o fa 'e .h iMw l lo cQme s ,re gu ~ a r] y ~or·treatm~nt for achronic ,corll1d~tjOfi. f a ·r ex , a.m:p~ei ld l il ll y s i s a. The ga:rdc ' lJ 1

f \ l e :eds·~QProvW.dean upHlnin,g l~e!:lphie r o l f th e pa~."e[]t:swhHe[he chHdi:s be~ng tr,ea~.ed..·· .

'.' P arent s " lb» bdng a.J IIin!llati~iIl'~e:hUd ttl! awagow:y; 'hee~~,cha~r~g'th:e ga rden.. l 'h~ga :r den needs ~o ,g t v e ~h :epa .r er ru i ts

alJ.oppontQIf i i tyH:I hueraclv , . r~i th the chHd o U l " S i . d i e the h o s -p:i~a~setti Ilg:,~na place-where dive'..siens and dj straetlensabou nd , O ~ ponu mHes need~CIbeproV'h 'd l .ed to altrac~ even~:he~ost s e \ ! f : ' J : e l Y S i h : : : k c b U d l J ' l : l n t l C l fQres~a~1d:lle~oss~bU]t,yo : f 'p:llil"tlnlal d~sa:ppoin c m ! e o n l and depress:~on if [he c hild

d loe .s no~ sh :o rw much~:[iI:tel~est.

• farents of a child who ls in a ,a1.sis s f f iL l W ! a ! t i O i I : 'J J ln thehosp,i-t aler g riev 'm g p a:F 'eJ llJ J ts .'f heg aru en ID e ed s t o'p ro v1 c le quiet.p r i v 3 J 1 t e cerners and pea.cc;rn 1sanetuarles ,

• S Ul.ff d'Uring luneh breaks, Tbe g;am.eo rneedJ: l I iOwor :k~o l 'sUl:ff se~ki.ngsUml:!.~aUQf!' 311d .nnvel ~y~a::i we]]Ja::i thoseseek~ngpeacef4uJ re:S~O\~t~O,.Il .

•' teeil1~.,wbo may ,cnj ;oy in:ghal i1:g~l1Ig QUit i:n the g~,rde'n.As

boislerousbeha:vio:r ma : yweU dis; t l. l: rib othe:fl l1i.Sers ,ei. the'F

~he, ga.oo,eiF.!needs: to be 19l r :g~ ! l l nQu;gJt to' aceemmodate

aclQtesce·l i l . t :sOf separate space mus 'l: b e p ro \~ ]d e d f o O , 1 f t h em

.e] :sewh:ef~.

.. Ch i ~d sf!ieking' d iv e 'l "s : ton f rom ho spUa l f eaes or [Tom the ,

e:rru)t~O<.Ii : 'IS~fstressed palJems. Th.egilll~.eFl needsto oOrID~a.in

n'\any ch(}~oe~~oonarural d : i . \ , e ' l : " . d t y , aswel] aeIeatares

andl:illa®eria.h~lh~M"a c.ht~dcan m:su:dpulal;e ,or , c hamlge ..



The [ypoJogy ~hat foUows bas been. ge~era~ed .~!~a~ P ' l I l C 1 ! . F r o i O )

work in the fic],dand in particular &-om ~he'ease .~~ud.~ec.Soc : u -

m ented be],Q w, Th.etypoil.ogy is bes~ p.f 'lesenled .hr.l~emmls·,of use r

gl.IOY.ps,. types of relatiomi:hips, depth . o, f inh":!tactian bet 'V! leen

users ~:ndthe ,g.arik:ll!la.ndisca.pe •.and dle ins ;UUl t~o 'naJ , eeetext{wIlether dil'lfcdy connoc~edta .: 1 m.edica~facility or no~),.Wi~.h~nt hi~ f tam~w , g rk , l 1 V 1 e typ.~ g f .heaUn,gg&' ldens f o i l : ' ~M]dren: 'h ,av~been idenU ( ted;a:n eump~e· of eadl. i . s presentsd asa CHe study

m . f'.Q'n~~,dthem:pe~!li" g~:Me~. Aocem On! ~;i;'p~~c~t"efW Iled ,

ga:rd.en-brils oo a.p'Pl'oac h~othe:rnpy ,. m es t Uk,e]yl.iilrgeted

to\\lard a specific area. of Ilh~[3pf!uUCn'~li!d, requid.rug(her~fore a cu~n(lm.-desigl1!ed~audsca~e to aeeemmedate

pliilrm.:k~l~r~thernpeu[~.c t r ; a 1 1 1 e g i . e s . E.xample:l'h,e Thera-fl~utic Oa:men ~t tb~ .E ~s dtu ~e .6 owChild. a : f !dA_dGlesoernl

Devetorpmenl~, W elles l c}! , MarssacW1J!u:seUs"

2 . .N:rmf (jn~' l( ; ll p i a . y t U l d 1 ~ . ( J ' I 'l ic r c t lt .t J ! r n .lt ! 1 ( J , f a p y g{(jme.H . .A.ccen~

G i V i ao~:ivepert:k:ipa:ti.onby chihtren (anaparli':!lts) in t~egardening :prooes:s • .E;m;pihas , is 011 d ~w rs :i;t y an d f fil" eed om ,of '

c.h.(Ij,c;:efu.y the w.Iildli~id\il<l!l]chIld~o act on U ::liega:rdflneIilV~~

OODI l iH l l n l t i l n ! n10n_ , y \,vays.Uds £r~edQrn. se r v e s eo ba]ance

the medical en.vironm.etu overwlnchthe c hH d has noCOifi!ltmt 'The the :n , 'I IP fp rog ram . s are t tslU!a] [y d~\!iL~th)p:edbycMld.ll fe s~~i:aUs~sw i n n ! s r [ : I . " i O n _ g lids, between ~]]doQr aD d

(l1!J1Ido{)rspaces. Exarn:ple: G~rdef.IJ eOtl.r't~u. Children's.MIt !go~iwHospit $ l! l. Cbi Jc ago, mi:IDiols.

3 . "1/o ir m o . l" . s u : o l .1 ' m , g g ;a . r d e n : . t'.oCIJS 'Q]] de ..stressi n,g, expk:.-

mt10 ! ll ,. re s l lo J ' alilig'm.med.~.talliafi,pm;yer , and .rel.t iJ<aHon (for

·chUd!re:n~pal~nbj a f D i d s taf f ) .A;cce~u Q!D} p!JDvi.d.hl{!;a d~ft:r-slUy of il1i['Or-ma~s eu [n ~ for wa] ki:n.g,.!pIt1v.a:cy. sit~j ng .

. 1- ' 21 • - "(" I' f.:SJoc: - ]a.~z~ng , , a n u sensQ!~"Ym,1e:peS:t c ; o . l O ' r: , t:exlnr--e, l 'm " a , g - . c l l lI l 'l O e ,

ibuu.erfl:ies f1utl£eri ng , birdsong),. lfigh 'i:ua~i.~yaeiSfl:lIe~c

st l : r1"o l lmdh: i l igs , int: ]uding spec ia l c : hUd l~~ands c ; l.pe f e a :t u r -e s .

EX2lnples; :Proul) , Garden a1l:Chlldren.'s H05iI l ' l~~d.Bos~oifl l .M~:ssi71.ch:.uSienS; [.eic:ht,i!l,gFamUy 8eaUl1Ig G a ; r d . e l l : : l ,

Ch[ [d !f 'l ;: n's Ha sp it :a il.. S an D i eg o. C~H£omj:i1i..4 . CQ m m . lim i l, -b . tl !$ ' ed : ,! 'I ~u ll i¥ '! $e~ ~'nu.lliJl~jrp()seg~~'der!~Aoee.lll:

on. dive:r.se"h.abml~aitive~ program. 8eMIIg .. e v e ' l i C a l l popula-

Uons.moiS~. Uk i l : lW y em bra ch r:lg a ra~!t:e.oFforma ] . I ]jQ~ fo.~1 ll al ,

and billf0.n.na~prog~mm~ng: appro.aches., as ISIEed~.bove.

Comm.l0nJy ~nc]t! lde:s johu u se o. f fac iHty b 'yoomm~ni ' fy

groU:piS. .H jgh~y dCivelolpc·dexafRple: Lueas G·a ,meins

S e.h e o l, C an ad a l B i i ! I I y , N ew S ou th Wales. A : us tmU .a ..



CASE ,8:ro.DmS

A s earc h of bes ~plJ 'a .c Hoe in c hU dl,en'::; healing ga.,ld~ns \/iiaS 'CQIl-

ducted, Five examples r " e ~ H 1 ; l ' s e ' n . l ' w n g the different'~}'p,o~Qgh::~

were s.elected:

TI ' i IerO!pE!ut icGO!rde"n h'u~iW~or C t1l1d1 W~U~:!!IIily , M A

a n d A d tI Jl~ e nttDEWllapmel1il

G a rn en COliJ '! . ChiICiJ.reiil~iMemo.mlOl~ Oh!lc"'9o" IL

I t 'W o s p J t i l l

lI l!~m of} l G a~ den L ~ i5 Cilrde! '!1> chgo'l C:'OlI~(!dill8~y,

N ew SC)l..!I~h W~te5 .A ' ! . ! U r ' l ! l ! a

, "e k hl < lg l F~ I' If I~ f H e a ri n. gl C h i l ( j r ' e < ! ' I ' $ HO $ :pU~:s .a i'JJ Dieg~j CA i,

Gi i l r d~1 ' I and H e ~U h Center

Tlrlilljjmilri~dlchUtllf'ie!\ .:tl'td

thefo!!piU~

1Ii 'I I.o.splt",,1 i2i~aild ()utp~,tie<nt,

cni!clren~ ~re! ' l l :s. dbnng~,'ilIregj'Ver~~ Clili!II Ili'l!~~p~[i!lI~~ ",olllJlnltle~~

HD~pll:illi;i!ecl,~ndlQUj~a:t iRJ'i l~. cH1! i I I l {IWI;

par~nu.~ib\ling~,

c 'u e g L v e r S ' ; h O S i i " i l ia l . $ la f f

S~~r c l - !Ymp~l~~d dlllfdr~!'iI~pare,I1~~,.5ib'ling~,. a ; m e g h i ~ F $ , ;~e~dlingi t < ! f f , ~ U l e r ' 0 ! a : J n n 5 :v otu n ;ie e rs .; ( lO l 'n mU l1 ily , g;r o! Jp ~,

l 'IO$p i t~~d O i i ! '! do t Jt pM i e r li t.C!hildr ,en,; pa~ff ilb< ~i'blll1g:s.

r,;~r~giJill!r.:>blcuplt!lil5trJff

lform~1lh!r!lpe~tf1:g~i'den .

l tr > 4 o n l l :l rr m O l I p l O i )' < ' ll ll dlnI~rucu~rjJl '~j ~eir!!PY

I l ' l i f o ~ 1 i J l J i l 1 ~ t r n i l n n 9 Jf.'J!!lfd~1'l

C:Oi 'ru~: tYrJ ; l ty"b~$~

!1fIu!tru~e,Imun.ipurposillgailde.n

I lf i~a.rma'! ~tro~H[l.g9~rdM

Iu f Q nu ;a ;tion w a s, a ss em bled t[h rc m g hif ilJ ~ erv j!ew :s w f f i t m desi :gn~

ers and .inst~tU.l:iona]~taff, slteob~erv,atilol1is~ a~dwn;s'titu.t~on.a~

a n ; :: h i . v ~ s • .Key qu,esUo:ns i 1 i 1 . c ~ l I i . ! ! d e d ~ h e h i ! . i ; [ ) o r y ( } . F d w e , g , a :O O ! 2 ' . fi I ,oca-t Jo·n. c ~ 1:ma tie z oa e j d es igm ., s it e f i lnctwo:n, u!I l !ergl . 'Oup:s, .s;peci.a~

garden se;lUIDgs,~:~S;[~t~ligna~s:uppo~~, a~d act i lVi ry pro~~lIS. Inone c as e {Leic:htag Fami .~y Healing G ~rden )" ,there w as , a tf o:rm aJ I

p os :t :..o cc u .p an cy e va lu a t~ lo n, st lJ d J, 1 .0drn;w f l~C1m.

Tbempeu ,t~ .c~ G 'aR i le . n a t " tl J: e :lD s t~ ti l! !l :te :fwCldld ,audAd!olescen: t DeveJlopmem,t~WeUes~eJjMa;ssac:h!usetts

L oc at.ed h 'lla.res]de'nl~i,alneigffilbg(.fiood, the one-acse therapeuticgarden was de : ! l : ~gnedas an j n~eg r ,a . l.~ art o f ~ . ~ ( n.! pm f i~ ~ ge !! l! cy

d Jed ic4 l ,~ed 'm n·eaUnglrnl lma~i.zed c h . U d i f 1 e : r t l and tl l"a1 ~ ! n . g p r o : f e s -

sionals. T I . i t J e garden 1.S u8edrorrundhtidua.~and grOiUp~h:erap'y

sessiens, The T]1.e:I·ape i!Jllc Garden reo~jv,edthe ASLA .P:r~sj,d~nt's

A 'wa : rd . e tf : E;i ,) ce~ le l l1 ce~n :~997 (l.rcI f'ldsc{jpgAtt:J~'~t'eclf4re~W997]1.



HlftO.)' ,g~dPhi,fa~(Jp'y()f t '~' I:Gal'\'~~

l'h!e I J l : s t im~e : fcit 'G hU d and A d.o.~ e~ c.e:[lt ) \eve : lopmel f l ( ~pecializes

in Ilrcal:in,g ,emot~or!ca~,i~amW .ntg.arndbeha v~ora] diiSJoroel's that

c an d ev elop, w hen c h.W ld en, :!ll!li'Ier h i.d den trau m a (w ~tn.es :s i:ngk a ,~~d :ies s u c h a5,m! ! l!e :5s .v~Q~el i! !oe , 01" deaMl . mvol .v i.ng ~Gimeo:r.l~elese eo them)I a. Sl'Idl chi Mre:n can deve:l:op6ear :ror their own

:s afety , c Us p la y leamru ng and . ,emolioIlaJ . p.roblem :s ~I!Q :!H e h .a,pe and

~ru;sIth~~he: WUiI.,lIli l , •and dtwe,~aprio[~n~ 1be:ha.vi,'or..Untre~tllld,

ebese be]o~avkl l 'S int!erfer,e w ith ]e a r ru t: l iiF l and ~be d.evelopmel1JJ'~, !o f

b o d y i imI:llIg!l:l~eavi]fl~g a : 'chi~d. ' U [ u I i J M e to regu[atlf! . £ e e U n : g s . te use

: f an ta iSY crlealli~~y.o r ~ o g iv e' PQ~ i tw , e:m e 2ln in gS ! lD e'J (p erieI 'lc es .

F~ df:':.sig~0rDD:u;g,la:s :Re~d..the The[I'a~eudc Garde:EI ex~~ssest:he [unda,wewual :ideath;a~. hiuman grawtlland develo;p:me'nt is

f 1 .g u l 'l ! " ., ' 05ir,e p klt l 0 1 t~ ~

'B~(A:; Gawen . r~m~l~ ' { Q ( ' (M

M c; l k s c e td D~mg , n t WeI JM A.



Figure , · r , ' Wi'liIrli dui'lf',t th~';s C l

, pow~u I St.rJ~ Q f , b e i n g '~mbm.r;$dlfIfjdprotected by [ lJe' e~;rtb.~~v , ( ; } 1 M O J i I ' l 'i i 'lan d la ' l1ne m dn l ! 1h~f t l ' :P .e 'ur I l :G~.(J! ':~at 'O0 1 ' , 0 0 ! i l g l Q ' : S R e e , d ' . )

m o~ ed ~ n c hw .lc lhood .and en_g<l ,gernenl wh.:h ~'h.e 'I~ndscap.e. By(urging co.I"Il]~~NQns'w ' i ' t l lpbulIts" rocks ,and 'Vi. '8~ l11 : f '. ~h~c:hndl ,galllsa deeper seaseof self w~tfriin file ,SUill~OMfil.d~ll!gp h i y s : k ' a J l and

" " ' I ..~'lfl~ua ,LU'Inrerse.

~b~st ia .no Sal'ltoi5t~f~U1Q~c l in ic iU r oo tc l '1 ;;d es erib es ~ :h e t he r-:; ' Ipeu. t ,k:ro~e lo:f the ,gal~,ew in. th e c linic 's m is s ion SU1Ul'.meiIU

(Sa[l;bJs~efal]:Q,no date);

for ev el"Y l 'l l e n t O i l kn.o~,11le.l 'e ] S< I i cOlHespandin:g body blot. O l I n d

v ice\ l\~ ,: ;S< i , s run .cethe :r l l. i : l i I ,dli i l :~d h o d y 'l.I~' n(~itt\,w" but on~ . , '-'0'

u n~~e ~ody ln glls " o r tl1'lJlIQW;;It]c' "body memo.r ies : ' the cldlds l l! o' l, l' ld , f i1 : :e ]y eea c t body s,ymbolswu:iiepaI1i,cipating witbinO' lh ea llin:g ~ :lm ,~ m:peiL :nh ::,eJ ati.c rn:s h£p ..•. !E ac h of u s h OIiV~(si, t : : )

oh ~tln r~cl a ch .Ud cUmb, to Une ~ iOp of.OiIweka! l1c l" w[d l l b~dJerect. eX~~'11e:llCehepowef ofH' l iem!i : !OInl ! l ' lg '~up,:'Or-we m O l i y

hff \ ! ' cobs:e~cl a c h~ ~dc m~ ,\1 '~ into a ~ ca1 !l'~ ~fO~I:r ted by U t i l e

branches cr abash and ~l!:pe:r.~~JlJr:che bod.y as . < 1 . prolj ,e>Cti l l !~end osi..t l'e w ith in w hi:c h the ' ' cJ l IHd£i~d !s re fuge and f e nd5 'oII:attac::k.Intbese e . : rc : a o o p l ' e s ,. ~ : h e bodly's ~memol.". i les"<I i ] ' \ t ! :a.vailaMe

a.n.d pil!:rlic[,pa:~e~n th e ~e~t[ljf.l,gs~lll~ c : hUd ~xp :i lr lt ;no~ , . B~n

whe"t~unu! sb ·~h ! ii • .the chUd'cs mind d~M ~ mewltaJ ~;u:u"f .UJd·

al)' b~lwee:n '~hem~nd :and the body. sp.li U :img 'o il bodily mean-i f j } g ~ FroIril~Wm'e:n~,. Wh im ~[be b~u l]d ~r n" Y ~s :;;u:t:cESl>['Ultn

isolati~g painliul, embodi.ed meanrng-s. ftTIWli01!Wal!'e:n ~S" th~m :e3 nins s < Ire r I . ' I i : . i l h : e : 1 " ' cNpeden1ced " [ D o r r e v : i S J r a c l , b u . l : l~e:mainU n d ( , l ( l l l i t " , m , m d . , U_~ll';lledlt d for~v~tii:ctl'\i'e.n r ~ o e I ! t ~ ~ r s . . . a i.

sh~ f t , [ i1 :1lp~rcl1oa~,alys i~J l lw. QW~n1ed .".~g'Wai~'dempnasi'cingrm;ertlJ:: t icrru;.b~lwf!e:n tlierapist anel c.I .1I i ,~dwhh:in w iM c b [I O ea rl~

~ng;sarc CQin:s:t.ucmd and .Ir\~,,~seca... thechJM Wlflflipulah1s r l t a ; ( l :I the:mpis~ t o b ec c m e Z ! f l ,gure O I i n d \fiOioe R!'p,1}ese~ti[llCl b i s U'nOO[l·se t eus em 'bCld~ed me<l 'n in .gs. , . A s c bi.ld a l , T h O : ~her .a ,p~s~ engllgeea eh o'tlh m:w lm hin ~ htjl'.r.n.c taph Of s et by th~ eM I r ; " ' , 'lh,e; t:mfl)odidm:e:l!i.fiings a! i regrad i l l3Jly en~cted" eblbm'.lU;ed a nd :rev is .ed ; a. theCQM e<J:Ht :O~u e:mot io:[l<) lcG l l f J jic t i:s.n:.so.l.ved ' [I~lI 'Ou:ghne'gQ t ia~

lions be-tw een ,c bIld a nd lhcrapi: l ' i ' l. slJ!: lilg~~L"t ! l i ~m ~ h C lIlh~mpe:u~Hes..mjngOO: f l t~ in : s :s.ynlbQ~icequivalents of a c a : l i ' ! e t l k e W " c : h ~ J d I1;e~lI!t~on~i'I~p,•• The U :n iqW fl ~e qu en oe o lf s e "ll:& 'O .z yand S : Y l m b o 1 : i c

{lxp~l.iewC!es plf '{widedl by U1~mi,clro~~m o~ n;)!iIU~'(l 'in the ~he~-

P r f l · 1 ; : i I I : [ c gJ! . 'l \C l !m~nvUesa t id e ,n ; .l ib~es ;he chUd L o jOLtr.n.ey h l ~ O nie

euterreaehes of bi8! i 'he l rhmer s.e~[

Tn e )t p.l.o l; e 1 1 0w Santootemno'~ ~.I,'leoJ"ruesou1d betnrned itelandscape [f orm " p sy d lo l!o gi;s ta od d e:s 1g m 1 er v ru s l.ted d es .i,c n!ed

l i i lncil:sc:a.pes loget:lill~r, 3.nd.assf, l :mb~ed Md discussed ImallJes of:relevant: landscape pro~Oi~ ..1' .hesep:rotg 1typeslfid;udiedman,-m ade land6orm s,. ~ .i.kell'l~ian nflou:rn:ds a.nd ~~de~ :uu:urmts

"<;!Iud

t ' . l 3 1 u r a r n ~()imlSUle ICQ1iIstal dunes, ~orms d T h a ,r ll! l;lv 'o kefee1iing~ofbe.~ :nQ'pm , tec [·,ed and em bra oed by the ea rt h .. They i .n \( esUga~ed

m~!iensua '~.arnd ~pa:rru; \ \~qlJaUUe~( I f phUl.~5. , ( l : spechi~l :y · U : r u o s e - W ~ l] l

large ~ea\les ' lhat . creere i t l ten' la1! ' l :pa~es: I i o b J i c k e i [ S , . ~i'kebamboo



aindls\\larnp a7'~]ea.;,and plants, wi~h IU!'A.H~,u~t[~ctHe ,qu~H [~ ieS ,

lik e tbe pa pe:ro:bark m a :p~ e.. '[" ,h ey ~oo.kedat jmages ,ofw.a~e:r~

COUI":Se!i rang~ngfrom ln~tl"l~~ streams :['0mo~~ebst~ct fOru"l ' l1S.

Sinc~ W'ateiha.d been threfl" ff inc;ipall r l}l" 'F!l~ilhl ' 'e 'force 'of the ,exirs,t-

h ~@ s ~~ e.!~ tild is a s u \C Itlg sym;bo~ o . f life and . l IeC(J ' l i "ery, hi bec.atn'L\!'abii l iSk ~:hli!nl~hl l .th e de :s~g;po f th .ega tden. C < 1 i . V ' e r u ~: s ( ; iu lpUng of th e

s:i~eaQd~ddjtionsto the exisli~~g' l io :~ogl l 'a !phyj 'cem b: ined w~tha'IJ'€tji' lhGLJghtfulpl~ntillG design, created a sense of my.~telry 8l1!lddh~to:very.

.n.miJj ! i t ; i l l l ! : f1,

I W I ia m 9 9 ' ~!ce~e:~ltadQnR.eed '~;I; : ;p]ai ]1ed:bQ'; i ,~I:

tine design ~p~~s tbeliil:ilrr4l.U1il\~.of awa,r~:R:Curs!i.l thatwe;ave$ l is; w~.l i ' '~ ~ ro u gh ~ h ~ Sl l l r : l Unki! 'l lg ' .~.~~qu :e ! ] ,~ ol~~P,1l~~, that cO~Te!:i~Q!ld~o ~tag~ ~f a , t . .hHd~ l~ecrJve~'Y . .. . [Theyirrud ud :c ; ] m . "\ ': het ypa [ l ;and~OI.m l :S c l 'l nre il by w at~ i~ a c@ l,~ ~-,J ik:e

ml! ' jnefcrr il<af~lY ~nc l seeu rhy,l.'IrI up.lamdw'Dod~d p,l :au ' l~u ['O~

e x . p : j ( ;U : a : ti O R , . :~ i ! :mIoufi l f o r d~R1br.: l1I.g,,~:n : s l i \ ' l ~ d ~fll" ~eclusiol1l ! ,apond foar di.sc~,'Ve~" s~.(lcp<lnd shtl.Uaw sklpes du~.lm1\1'~lerirsll:,a n d . a .6 l i 'g~ SUl!':)ny gt ,&d)~ 6 0 ; 1 ' .] 'Urn1Ifl l f i1lga . l l i ! d , p~~ylillg.A p~l~.y¢f~

ra c e p r'o , v id e s ~ . h et lr re s J ] ,d J d ff;[)!U th e Clio~c:spla~om hHot he : g! ;: u il ern. A 1 1 [ ] i \ , \ \ , ! ' f.j,eJd£1.o:ne s~~~!{al1l.-em~iIls. ~ he t erra ee ,< lmd,d!di[l,~ 'lhc enlmlll(llltin[.o d u ' l 'f il dj nc e n~ . r < l l ! o ' i ne, ' fb ,~ pav~ngb lioea .k i !i'pan i~uo 3" c h.ec ketboard of lfldi"'ld~t~!1sUll'!~~andg;t1li8S,:liiqu.u"eslO e.;{~;:li;C:!iS' : ileedom , Q l f mOVCIIl1!eIH 1f i~~) the gar-

den. fReed. ,~99"i,, P ' • . ~ 3).

He cQ n :t hllu e dro , e x , p l a : i n r hOL \ l vh e wa t e reea rs e Orig j rnf i l : feS on 1b et J e r : t J ' a ( : t l : ina ] !QiW gn;: ,eQ~:g;ra.o. it !e b a s ] [ ) j s W U h . G,ve.: ' l.hebas:ruIll i·s

~d'g~~. eme:l;g~s hwm su~i~~ess"!l;~!1'!~~i,esl ~pla:she5~rrutJOan

,ejght~i;l[u:: lh,-wid.e, steel-sided rHllhm .mea:nders lh flO u , gh t lh :e eea -

u"! ! ! I l :n:QV]Il~, and end .! ii ~[ 'J j the po~d . Vegela [:~.O]'ll .i .sruayen~d and

c om bined wU h[ he ~3.nd['O'nn:S ~O'ereate pa Hems 'o :f Hg: l ': I (and

's ha de a nd .a . m iix of ]:n t~m .g .t ita nd c .xpan ,s .i :v e , spaces . . T 'l 1i e ga1fde]lis never fu.Uy [\~.n~alecl from ,allY one vantage pcdtn. whiche1ilcoum:ge~ uhech : i ldto move , thr ,uu:gh i :~siequ~lil.oe!i of SPQCies.

Thre~aTd.elll is uS !ed year-round, 'ev~n when there is snow ontbeground, The divers,][y o~ plants pro,vides6or interest

t h l " C i L 1 . g h o u ' t th e y e a r . Ti:le¥'e ~.svery ru i. '~de :a [ tnua~pl. al J lt ing. The!:a t t :den is Ilo:t. an i :rn'l "en se~ymankru . t red ~al l ld !s !cape and req I J I ~ re sOil!]~Yn o.rm a l pm .r d li lg a n d Ia\W ,t';,;'lre. T h e f~l1er 'IUDIlherecilrCldat~~ng p~mD' must be clea'll~d G ' !. U pe~. i .Qdica . l~y ,and t h l ~ pond arlee a

y e & ' l . r .

Whli:e.~cllab·a:o~~s;s,~ould be an . issue as I.here is no trua:rd'" 'su~"~

[a ced aec ees fble rente fh :roru ;J ,g ht 'be ,garden. and no direct access

fn:!m t l1!~p1ay le~~.c@. f1o\ : ' r ,~eY~r.a.nOlI i l I#H)\ ' .v,er~wh.ee:k:hair user

CQuM 'come dowTil~he !!i,ideof the ho~:se into the g3:roen., and

f igure ld2 Afhe i9hH' l I 'c l j "w ld ,e ;~~s fd e d rW ( h( !\~ m e a '1 d e l'~ jill l~ cmrranllv,M~; ,pa ;n~riou5 la .nd/amY, '(HId

' I k 1 w : & jfUO Q r x m d : " 'WDte r b«ome I f

£ IS in f c l i t ~ ~h~'~rd'e,;l ~ ~M.~yn:rbo'of " 1 I r e e G ! ,1 9;)17). R tll In d~t r h e J ' O p l l ' l > i t J c Comen

wj~~ Clint!:.'b~"d, (Pho~ by ,( ' )oug!

B . ' e ~ ; d , )



with as~rusWi l lCC could na v. iga l -e the cle11lJt : ra:~p3,rt of the I,ardena c ;ms s th te lawns, , Indeed, . Olle of th e s :ta :f f w.h o u ses I. wheelcha ir

ma:fi~~~ ton;l!Jnga;~~~lh~gal"denutOoess'ruU,;·niL • · 1 1 ~ • - 'b ~ .• 'ii"L i ' I k " ] ~.II:-,u;ysn::a.isa,~e'tJ ' tssuesnaee s o I~MIlO,~at'~sen.lIL:f[e CH~,ren

ex.plore l ,hehi I ldsc :~ .pe. c U m ! : > oa t h e g r a n : i , ~ e f i _ e : l d s w n e s . a n d ~ i [ I I m J e ' l : ' ~act with thepond-> "tbat ' is w[h a t : i, ~ s ,a o ou t /' c omm cn tc d JRee d . '-'soI dOJ[J l ts e e Uab~~ .h :ybe;it; lgm~sslUe.l 'bere .M l ,no~W.HguI I Isa fehn ; this

t y pe o f~ an c ls c a il e u s e d under s u c h dose s'U).penrisJon: '

, ( } s e

The W e]:h3 s~ey~be ;r apeU!Uc ga r de:n, is u s ed for one-an-one ther-, ap ), s e s s ions between ~he:rapis~a,I ' .I .d.cbHd. and for g rou p ~hem py :

The principal them~utk ,~p~:essiol1s theh:~tm'a:cdo~ bdwooncJlHd and ia ,ndscape. It~ga,p];ace where ehnru~encaI : lbe c ' h 2 1 1 ~

lenged.~D explore and. tak;e ris b,t 'L a :nd sc ap~ inv it :es 1 is :k ,l'IR€ed

oornme~,ted, ffA~l!!vjJnenla:yfeel. pro~ecUw and cQ!mlfortahrne~.c i .imb ii, f t[ §up ah ir ] h i [!nore c h : a l : . h ; : n g j r u , g " decj,dingto c ros s th e

brldgeliW a _m one pla .c e to a:rno~helr--&om ITIi~loth~re~ ~,S

a nQUh ,e rty pe o f c;h a _ill]e n.g ;e ~r sta ge .o f :I,jOlJmey~(RJe ed " 1997 ,. In

alii.efibn:. I ~o u nd l.e rs ta nd I [h e IjQlje-'Oif t be g ,3 , ':rd en~m 't re atmen t, . Im e

enni lc s ~9 ffd lo ~~me n :t e a ch . c 1 : 1 i U d ' sb e h a r io i f on a map ' o f the :ga . r ; ·

,d ieDj t ra ck ing : th e ,chUd . reni M e i ll :u [y im.g patterns mIC'r time,Reed (19 ' 97 ) l'~caU~d fa stQ~ t ha t San~Qs~emnQ~enS of a £olin"-

year~o~dboy w ho s , : p e J D t th e fifit tw o years of h is , UCl :ina seeled

and : s : l J e r i J I € bubb1e,~~olated from . a - u y hum&rru Ognt~cLH~ w a s

mute a:mdimmo bUe. AE~ertwo years wUh . Santostef.anohef in,a U y ov e:rc :a m e h is , [feare'no~gb to v~ntlJre ,out s ide the Cl!irnll~C.

EventuaJty; hefoundn~s~a:Jthiroulgh ~e gardenm ~he eave,where Sa:n, tos: teran:o· . sa~,and p ~a yed w ]:c h h~m . One day U"Jie' : hUd

d ! a ! ! :" te d . .out of t J l I . € : cave to th~ low~r b r , l l r u : : h . e s of anearb~ p:irn~a nd :pres s:ed his b< 'lJ nC is a:g ains :t 'I :h .eneed. le :s , . "OuchlPI :[ ld lY~" he

e.x.daim!ed. and then racecl i. oa ,ck to, .rej,o,m Sa l 1! t!O s t ef a .no~P J t h e

ccave " In this s~~I ! l ,a ; ,UQI\ ,he landscape e vo ke d b~ u.;ic em oU :a n s,~[JJ

th e . c IllU d n -n d . 'JYJ :\o "li'id e dme~apho ,D ,i fo r t,wo,rita~experie:n.oe! : ; l . , one

!o f salely and secnrity!. the other of menaC ie and p~ilil..Mow is sueh a healir:lgg'arde:n tobe ,~v.~ lua . ted? ' nils avery

ptivate p]3.o~. lEvery th~ng t h a t ~ a k f i! :Sp~a .c e ll !! ,e :r e is ( lonfid~nt ]al ,a ec es s fble onily io t ]ae pro,[e.siSi.Q:lHds ' W 1 o ' l ' . k W f i g W1i lhU l ,e c hnc lren ..HOlwe~,erj inw:e c~~SlSic trad .i t~C'i_n ofdIn~cal p s y , c h o : l o g y , . r~po:medcaSle:S ,o f !h iea;J i l l l g ,c (lm pited 8!l]J di f l l~eI1?fe: l led by t~ l ,e l?sycJ lo~ogi5t s l 'lend wm g ,h :too ~ ih .eoof iv ~e~ ion ~ ha '[: d ' !l e p .r ima ry e.xpe:li' i!ence of

n :a f il re~ s ru rmd ament al ~o~nd iv id u :a l h e~d :t h- a.nd by h:nplka'l:.io:n.t I C ! sQc i Je ' t yand Cldl(Ul'e -indeed t n h uman .~ife i , [ : s e : l f . 'fh.us we

~mn~.t i I .srugbt.~1W'tollbe m ore g loba il s ig nif ic aI'IJ O e of I la tu : rehu im. , the '

e:xp!l!;lieftc~ (I'Eb , 'l t Jl i v l d W i l l c~u.ldrle11ll.~n a . de s .~g :n .ed .'O[lJe·'8!£fe N ew

:E ng land m ~ .c roc o:s :m of th e w ih oJ e.



ADrvAm/~GES

'.' Cu stom des igned to. s eree sp.ec U lic thernpeut~c needs ,

'. V ariety o f e r rV i r' i J ' I O O 1 1 l 1 :e n . ta J s e: tU n g s .

., A ;c :t i~ e, supportiive 8~af f .

" L ow mabi l ! t .e l l : !Dce.

• Res earc hs iteIoe g ab1!ing ins ,_ ~g l':U '8a : b . o u ~ ~ l 1 I i l e r a c ( j o : n of '

eh i M ren w id !' H 'u ;:," neer la nd sc ape," potennally tF;ll!n..sfelf '~~hletQ Q~herc h i 'M ~ l a n c l S i C a : -p e OOl1l ' leX'l :S.

D.IISADi!\(}'iN'Jj'J~O~

.. W heek ;ha ,w r ac ces s m ,a ,y be d if f ic u lt . Walk~~·c c e s s may

1iIiO.l~ be 1P'O s s ~Me.

,Saif\den COlllrt, and Ganlem.Play Program.aJt IChildr-em~s;

Memorial .M !ecUca l . Cen;tel' , Chicago, j ' lUinoi!.s :

The Ga rd e._ n Cou rt ~s[Gca~edin.a .8 '1 . J ib-ba~emen[open cour t ya rd

of th e 250' -bed Medical O!lnle'r futm~y. '1'h!ebl1~ky;nlnle~~m:rryb 1 l . l ! l i . .ldi.ng s c over a 'tdZl1:lgulars~t,eOQc~pyi ng 11Il0it1~~~l!a ;na , ci ty

block bou nded by busyalJ ' i l :erial streets on two . s~d le! s .TheGarden Courrwas designed by &Qbel)1~.Hm-sthotlse,.wholls,also

~hel ' lort ,k:uh~:ral ~herO' l iPJ!~kt.h l. ] 991, dT J.eG ard en. fJ.".y "f 'lJ grnm (a

[['KUle fi:lend[ylerm ' l h a .n " b o l r t i c l li .J 1 !b U J ~ , a l theraP'Y") WQSt'eoog-T i l j z .@ d b y the Chicago .B'O:l 'a il : lkGarden.·s ,rp] .a ,ntiJ ' l ,gw~th Prild~

t rrb~n. G,f' IIJ'defDjng CQm p~ U tiQ :nt~ i5 d 'le B es t O vel'aH . HOi rd>c~d-

Iln~lIlTI.lcm:p'yG a rd en.. 'T he program servesall pa:den.~~,and thdr

fandlies.

f i f }we ,·t 3 " ' & : l e h o f us ~~I(~i'') _

obfe~d I~ dll"fd d[ltlb ~ l . ' . I O le urI' m aroch,.Mlh I ' l O d Y ,e r&1; , ! I xper re .~ceme

, p o w e . l " of ~heme (Mr J 'l 9 '' I1p ' '' ' . .. . C .. .•

: ( S a l i 1 , ! ' O S t e l ~ " . g ,no dO '~e) .. View s= t1rG~ro':el 'l Penh tt l ~he 1he-t IJ~MU'W:-

Ga / d 'm , ( P l f 1 1 1 f i ; l by D<l~g las R e e d . ) 1



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Umbfj l r~_ . " . . . . , _ - I w . " " " · l a b l a s

Resl~f i In~ ' w l l i l dO I i ' il S

evt~oe~i i ! tgl ,amlalUC o u r t

Tihe~odgi l f . l lJarn ho sp~ta Jwas .fo 'liIn d e d . h ) , m 882., b~ J~Ua ,P os ~e rP'Ol"teJ."~.!Jme:mQry of her S i Q l 1 I i M.aJl'IIrwce., who cUed ,of acute

me~mat1sm.l.at age :]3. In 1905, !he h,o$~IUal1tlmted ~wob1!Clc,H

t~o,icsprecsen~ si~e, in C lhh :: .a g :o 's UDicob:1l Park. ,[llei~]tIorhood,t~~ve -mIles nerth of dow~uown. C h H d : l 1 f l l l. 's Memorial I s t h e

ped~atnc trai~in,g falcUityof NlClrthw~tsn'l! Unb,r,e:rsi~y ,M~djjc:a~S c hoo,) ; I~ sm :is siQ n includes pedia,tt'i,c he:ahbcare delivery"r ,esea : reh~! i l du :caUQ[I : ,< rnd ad\l'uc:~cyfal'~h,eg;e;lle._ra~w'0ru]~:.b~jn;gof

aU childl1l~n. Cb:ldren's Mem{l!il i~l- (diem a r u i n W - O C D i ~ e ' of med~eal:s elv llo es .in t he Chk~ago n~gkf n to c h id rt :l ;! ..f r-om. in;bflq ~hrofU]jglhadolesoen:Cie. S pe.d al a r-ea :s . in 'cW ude eardJi i8 lc~re-a:tmel1 l i l~l~ukl; lmi~.

M id s o.lid UJJn1 :0 rn~spIna , b~: f~da~pe lL ina( (a ] care , cys'~i:ci1br()sis,healing loss, o r t b o p e d h : : p ro :b le 'm l s , ~n d p s y ,c h i, a try ~ T h e 2 i ! " o I \ e m g , e

le ng~ !h o f staY~B 3·days ;. t he ra : n :~11. lof s tay 'ru s2 l4~ loum t o .~8 0 d ia l's .

Mam~ c:m~ni.cpatlenbii a re , ~oQQ .mmod ai[OOla s bath in- land eur-paJti!en~s:.



Sisto." W1dP,$~i , f , (Js ( )ph} 'o f t'h~G:~euTbe ol. · igmalIGardeu Cc u:rm w as b1.!1!~]fnr paS!s:i. 'I\I"esewhen th erI.Elw l:u]IS'!~~~was bi l! tn t~ l lI it he ~9~ns . In ~'984..t.be C.hi i ld Life s[.;lff~:rnid~ooddev~I ,Q, : rne:rn t. 'o .f tbe G~j"de ' [! P W a y -fl~ogramand redesignofrhe Garden C(n,m:r[ .~sa , cQ;[)pe:ra.ov,epm~ect betw een tbe Ch ild

L i r e D : ep al1 :m e nt a,nd i t he Chica :g ;o .B!O~:a[d.cGaroe f i ! olltr'~ cb pro-gl" l t lWl . .NQmlaHy" t he. , Ek~~a:ni_ c Gardenpil~ovidiesho:rtic~l tPllr3J

~he.ro.~ ~nlems, f()r twehre momhs to ,aninsti i tu. t~on te bi~p gee~'I.. ,.- - - --: _ --, ~ : ~a b l'- h - d 'I1'f'~~,e~-_ -fM'em ;'d He,; 't- · 1~ - - cL'~ J~ eprog mm es l:!:l_e _• .u! _~-L _ _ I : : 0 _. __ -._ u na_ ... O S pl ,,_ _SU.Cn

enumrsual ~e8J:'1li]]jgop~.n~lru,tywas p l ! . " Q , , _ , - r i i d e d i that t h e 8ota:llk:

G~n : d e n contJf:lued to be in \ i 'O; lved r o r a ~t' !iCOind:yei i l : l ' (1:98,5).

Roberta Hunthou~" w ho had. bem anin~!'llmwiththe Butllllni,c

GI!1l l "den s om e :y em :s 'earl ~e;r:;bea l.m e' inv ,o~ \! ed :f wm ~ he be,g inniog ,

a s t he h, orl :~ c ll~ .t u :rn ,~ t he'rn ,w s ~ , w o rl d:n g d o:s el :y \ .\i~ t h the C.hHd

1 .] feIDe:pillIdmJe.nt, f amHy stll]Jp!ort services, and :pastoral care

M .. 11 f ,L ,dl d "L]p(1ogram".alleil"ia~cestso .'[~J1le:garu .enan. 'piI10g tam are s n ,.

sup]lcl1ud by '[]~l$olunta~ Women ' : ! ! Board 0,[ ~he .hospi l~a]thn:I1lJgb g:rants, dQiJ]JaUClins,and :sped~devents . In: '~997a modest

reO!esigfioMl.d. ' l ! Ipgmd:~1i I Ig 'of the O aro,eill COUl1 ,wa , s p~;lifilllled!

.h \!c ~ lI !d .in.g ~h e'c .f ,~ U o:n of a new , m a [1 ~oonv li1 ::ni!ent .a t~ '~ de

,en: lra l1 lce f rem ~he ,ad j !< l( ) en~o lun tee r services.

In 1 .996 -1997 ,~heindoo· r/ o- u [ j~k ) () ir G , a r d e : r r u 'Ga~rtharlt[cul~~I'!_n.·,a:~~hc:mpy progmm served 584 sdilQol-~ged OO ld i ~c> ern

patj ,en'[s , their , s ib ~w ;g s a ~ d . pa,i:'e:nt:s j : thr,ou:gh . 29~Gar -den rita!:Y~

SJeSS~O:! !1 :S wi~ha.n ,a'!!'erag~a~~enjbnoe,of21,

1J'e$'Cr4)itiQln'T he G a :K1e n: COlun iis~ocated o n e : B :o or - be _ l: ow su r: e et) e\l'~ l ~ liId isOQmp~e~ :e ly ; SU !f l'\ oiU J11dedby the M .e<C!ic a [Cen te r btIJUci:ing~.~i:i:

stories Iligh Oft two sides ~nd nlriJes~Qriesh~g:hQ:~1.t:heother two.T ih e!d z.e i.s ap prox i:m ~ :~ e~ y 4 0 X , 4 : 0 f :eet . L a ek c f d ~ rec ls u n]jjg J)[

seV ' le l "e - l yU :m its th e v ,a r ie ty , of p~a !! n !~ sth~ t c a n 'tl 'J !l iv e .~ l1 lh e e e u rt-

yard space ..A . very pooiUve aspect o f ~ :heGa rd ! ern la~u:rt .is m a ~ : i~ls,clearilly

'ris~ble&om I the .bos'i~tal's s J tre~ t I ev el en~ry .~(J<bb1'Vi:si'hllrS s~

U ] J e , .8u : llken Gardie :nCo'UTt in. :itUWiewtlhim:o:ugh~arge p J ; a t e g l a s : s

w~t ldows . . A t nile~ow€rl :ev~t the hO lf ip jt a~ res ta u ra nt d .i[1 ec t ~y

o :v erlo .oH f il e s pa c e, l':I 'iI Ieres ~ au ra :l Jt (e xd u s iv e.~ y used 'by th ehQiSf!f ,~ltalcomm iUlni~y) has, no, directacoess to thegatden be:ca:lme:

of se,c u rU y is s u es and c on.c erns abG ilu liUer. Nonethe~ess,. -vi . s~-[.of'S getan 1mmediilllt'l vlsual i j : t1 l i t 'OOdl lct i !011i l .~o~lhe -Ga r oen Court

l ind a! ! l "emClHva~edl~oU: ! i !e i t , .w i th O J ! ' \vitb:olLl!il:s. c:hUd.'Iil:a.e:Garden. CQtn'i I : earrance ,W S 2 : fe;e:t above grade and flews

i,nto asmal] Cil"i(;l !1rna;r s~ace Oiff!5dng an. ,~ruevated\1'1ewout ovel~the\IV ho~e Co!u 'f Il !.Fmm '[h i5 ,p ,o in~ .aMe-bodi:ed vi,s ,~bors deseendac tIJ fV ed fU :g lin of s~xs ; tain . In add lUof i l a l to , whee,b.::b:ah·s,the

"1 /$100 loud fa" lUi!!: ir!l"~~p ' h W "fQ.Djn (IUd .h e 1:i!~!SJ",lutts n'l)'

hM d. I'm til'Btl a ( cr ut t: f- r, es , Th e;

Il~Fdewl looks p.'fa(lY. is it (j,uier

Q.u' , 0 1 : e . , c g ? ~ -{OiRTI : IO· l l ; lm , l lB. " ' > i , f l A T ! " E t > . " f }

r l g U r e l~ S G a-rdM I N a y Q,c tM fy

. Ua rM i n p a r fi 'm \I : rooms m rb C }jjld V t ' eS / i l ~ ; ( 1 1 1 $ ( 5 (ir;rinlJ w~aM 1eo~Qn,

Pial'lt:!; a t i l ? t i i ' ( : l \ ! ' ! 5 p . 1 a n t e d i" , th e 'Gij~!'i!

C oun :. w hic l'lch ild fM ,~ ob~"e ~ fm .rt J l l i l ~m wii'l~. (,I l 'JJot~ by Ro" ' .e~ 'Q

H tll)! :thQ!IIJe .J .



' 1 \ V e , ' : O V > I l ! i t lW d; if~ here. ,{l'l'~'lost

daily . tt is 1i1J,'f)I~der{rJJ/'o.i!i~:ve(I'

,.faa n, ts : fim , ( l 1 ~~JG le .

f te iir tg o f COil 'mi ! iFl I1j1~! ' ! ' r "

nl'elii'I;I.Usily in l,e~; l 1 1 e ' U J isso

.much 1)0 , ' o o k ia la .n d o b se n\e ,: ' ~ '~ ~

\ . v o n d e r l l c j U "

GU'dm CQIU.rt isacc~ssi!ble to j!ll':anS;p<fd Car[)S" (across be'~eenwhe i e~c l il ~ 'i : r a f I Jd i! iIi l ' ffley). Ch . i IDd r en u s i ~g d:cbe rvehrn ,de ' EU'S'!. us e

a. l:Ofl;g ramp, around two, .s~des of the cour t~a_maRd separa ted .&om it by a,~arge 'e~!e\i'~~ed,L~sh<lipedlp~ru1Irer. A E I .&obena

. H u r : l ! i t . h o u ~ e clODlm~l:l~@d. "'a.b'~~ibcItJ{cds~M:h'}gseap s O ' ,O ' !: ii rg h tdO,\! ! I r . ! , the stairs bt~o~heci()ulli~.e~v~ng:~h,e:iraUem brother ors ;is :~ er~ o take th e 1 0 . :n g ! !lO Y .fc:1I.:rnd.w<l w . e mmt: i with fiu r:s e or p a J , ' -

ent," 'l'ws :s~rl I IJ<iI i~lo:nwnl,be~mproved by ~~eat" 'U2lde ,entry in the

renrovat : iCH1Ipla l l .

Other p~anllil1lg beds~pots, and. miIJwble p~an~ersoc!Cu~'y d'rue

Odle'l' h\rQ w,aUs of t 1 1 ! t ' C Q i u r n . rCo:mside :w: i .ng· the c l j im<' ! : tkHmw. ta~

t :io [n s~t h ere is 'a im , re ss l'V e d iv ers lry ofpe: l ' i l l T Ianent erees , s bm , os ;,

<'lind grotlnd c iO~e[ ' s , .paITt i . cu~a.1· tysdedeol f~ [rbQ ~h . ~ he~ r e.:!lily~

and. la.~~blooming c l l a l"a 'c : l~ r i. snc s . . A large ci . rc; l i I larp~a: l " I t :er Islocated jn th e c entr-a ] ope'!il area. of [l'lre CQil,:!rt~J Y t l 1 ! o u g b au.ra.c~

twv~ .U :n : J spl ;ant~r ' occL l .p iesbJo m uch spac e an d is dimcul~ ~o!l. l . i ! ieby c11~ldre;n.s Us sides areteenamowto si~ 'on o.r I l ' O S'U,PPOft

g,a.rd.en. eeols. Most Q f t f f i l l ' l S O I ~ s.t!l;r:f. 'I!ce:s b~YQnd theeeach o.f

,chi. tdremusi.n,g w . h e e W d '! . : d n ; . .

Pa rk-s:tyle bern.chesnesUe i.n~he eu rve of ~ :helarge p J a I i l l 1 1er...Among 'Ehe eW[greens,t.wQI c h ; I ) . m r d : n g ; small :stone scwlptura

gR- 'C! i~ . [ :he,c!b i[ dr en . t(ln e is a . , thUd sm.e I: ):~ Ii li g i1 iIowe f,S 'j the o lth e ~j a

p .a Ir 'o f anim,a~ ctl.b~ ,of i :md~tl~l l ' iJl l~I: ; I.~~esp.ecies 5 If lu g g ie d. ~ p roeac h oth er. Facr~iUes,tneludea spia ,sib mble with 'W a ter s yw iIlge,buw )blem a,cm ne, two .£i~nd.tables r f~;H'€:s!Chool .<i.lid whedc]l,'i1!i'~r

a ; c :; o e s : s ib l ! : ' ! ) , a n activi t ies t a . b f e . a n d a l :nlc:ket I l; a l b lc . . : 3 i l ] Y Q f w h : i i c h

eanbe set up b) s.td:t the needs ,ol.fincl:ividua~ c.hHcln:n...For ~beru ec .h U d! .f l~ :ronh is o'rh i8 rba ,c l\!: .•a c - a n Q P Y olf i ' l e d i l t r Y J d tre es pm ~vides : s e : n S i Q r y inte:r,es~. l':hc:tie arealso w~n.dlsoc.b and wind-omm ,e s - a l i i . aC)Qu8dc~arndscape!th,at ,emph.as~Zies.the n e e d s o f

d t ildr-eml wi th sight ~m.~aimn~nts .Tn ' the "~gic House" l(roaiOU-

. f3Jc t~ l ' ed by ~lIlip:Jl1I.a .Dabl ish play eqt l~ .pm~nil : ,company)chn~dr-eD cal!li'~act ollt"meilical sitl'!aU,()!:ls[hro~gb dram:atlcplay;.

Talb~~swithcafe"\Sty.~e umbn;lUas.alh),w ~h.e courty.ard to be

U l S O O .even under a Hight sprb:lld~ ,of ~ ! J ! J ! , m m e : I "2 l i~ . . ; 'E v e r y th i n g r~~heenvWrl!)l I lr t!e:nt .~~v~l7 m obU eand .ad3 !.p~ ed !m:r l~dQor~ourd.ooruse," n.otedi Robeft<il HUfSt1lil~uSI€l'. ' 1~Sk)me~11OOl;~s .ha sand 'lab~,es

a re p l1 t~]]jto s ~o ra g ~s o tha~1theGour ' l . .a ! :w.a_ysook s d if f eren: t: .'"

U 5 e :

'f.h l '! n : d s s i or n . o f f h l l l c MM l ~ :i tfeIl l " o.g ram a ir M ,cm .Q d a ] H O S p i i i t a m i l s

to advOCall~~Qr e~ch cbild,. to. 'in.t~~ret,ho.spi.ca~ prooedure-s ~o·

lh~ :you:ng pa t i.ent~ in a d~1j re i l lOipmeni [aUY' a.ppml'pria~ewa-y j , ~n~J .te erea te :s;Unilai!liOillS wh ere c :h illd re:1 il c c a n h a ; v e m : a _ . s I t e r y and con-

tr o~ ,O V l er -their Uves and seek re:!i;~o'radon" in CQ;ltra5'~~o· th e

m e d l b : a t r u . re .n\1b- lJf!:r n" l;~JJ J~he re .mu . ch o· f dl ,e time they h 3 : ~ t b i n g . s



done to ehem over wh:k:h. d :.ey have 111 0 C iO I 1 '( ;f iO I . W idru in '~hema lrb: Q : fp en 'I !J !a 11 !~ [! tpW ant~1 'l !gs . t Ju ;~ cour tyard :~:sde~dgW !:~d i'O

s u pport m a s:t er:y via " hot tic 'U J l 1.n~a l lChempy a t t iiv iJ iJ 8s and . a .=ri.~,ely of' o~her wheei.cl1.air aooecss~ble free pl~y 'oppofu,:u:l.i~:ie:s,

ind I . 1 I i 1 : i ! n gwa~et'pb.y. s a n d . p ~ a : : y . m e : d . ~ ~ pl:ay~S~Q : r ytime, cnfts~mnsIc, aftrhem~p~~jjan.yd1li:f]g~h:e cmldR:I i l wan, t ro do, '~fith e

dHlicren.t p~aygroups~" commented R:Jo.be~rta Hursthou se.

Volun~ecrsha.vta Crl~]Cmro)e aSSciisdng , c i l n d l ' e r : r u in c : u s~Qmiz ing.a:pp]'\opr::i;a~~physkal arrMgemenl::i, . Tme Ga rrlem P 'la .), 'Pwgtam

is pa:l1h::u~ar~y. s lgmEican~a : s it of fe :r .s an o P ! P o r l l! : . J i n i t: y foralc1lJU.-

dren.~o, d i~ ct1 y ;a .U ec ~l ~heh ; , s I l ID 'G 'U : r . l d~ngs :~h.rou.gh. their own

eff'ofts and ldeas."Witlil c u t t ff iI owe:rs a ; W l d ~ea\les, the eblldren.cre-

at~ UttJe landscapes mtrays." m n asense .•ehese ga:rde'mlsreverset~e wo.rt ·of~h:.ecaregiv·er.. Itn:ow b~ciJmes ~he chi.M.wi1() mus tc are fora U vi:ng~~in;g back in his O W " herhDSip , i~a[ roOOi l i ] ] .Ga;rol:l.e:n

P~ay mov,esfree~y 'baJck~a:l:!ld-furtb between. ~Ildoon aD d OU~.·

dQors,'l.vhha speciaUyp.repanld hod;ic;ur~l!.l.raUyterile p]ant~D!g

m :ix 1is U s ed ir! o blitilg:thepJ~:nt~ng ex "e :rie cn ,c e t o the bedside of

,children who, are too' sick: :[0 go Qu.tside 0:1 i ' willen. ~hew>eather

does ruO: lpennie ( J !; lt dQora ;c t i l'i ty .P .~a [I jI Jdng acthi'i'ly c a ll be done

by ,chHdI"enin bed, ,flat on thd.r bacb. by hoi:ding n m i:m :> :rabove tb:e bed w b i r u e the chHd works on a {<bed tr.ay." Once the

gro~v~n.g~eaSiQ!n.is u:a. 'lda w , m y . . :plant~aretra~s;plan~-ed by t:lle

s ~a ff " in p] ianters. ~IIIthe: G:~l I rc l !e i l lCOm: ' t (ea,fly U.areh ) . CMlclven.

eM] see ehera [rom .sCI.m eofrb.e rooms and sha l i e them with the~I'

p a : r e l : 1 l l ' t s .l 'h~~1:IJp~utic p I D a y g l " O U P ~ arre Q,rga~ii: l.~( '1Oil . iFddJay Wl~OJ'Wllngs

~or p r e s c : h o o m and ~C:l:liOol.,aged ·childr.efi fuur~a tS o:~.d anda,bo,v,efo.r QJliNUld!-ha:~f hours, t'lllle' children erelree-te eeme and

go betw t J~n g :l "Qup s ,, ~nc l: ud ing Gar<!l e: ll .Play ; All cbHd ren an:: we1.~c om e. W h atev eT ' t hgy c kQo~e I sF iin~ -Of they can choose tOS3:y

"no," Toddlers, Me ~ll.peRi':i:sed by pare:nls. Th.e pmgm:m is . deve:l~

opmen ta l IDy based. In w in~ er~ t~ s b~ Id ence : l l i , ! rnon~ h a nd in s um -me~·~weryother week (DOSS ~ :h ru~~ i[ u :: re a: sir ogQ eneaa week In th.~l O O , t ' W ' e ) .

1.'nl:lp~;2!Il~fllilgm b; ~ c al~ ec ll" '1'Clm: i tx .~· h i s · : : ' I h.l!ll ' l!i.cl!liitw:iU, ~U.111~! i ! rnf f . l l :~.1!1~f li'~~-moS S ~nd lp ! .! il :d i l !; e ll ll h~ . dQ ' ; ilh a s '(il , lI!;'exmkroot'gJ' l ! l l l isms l h "~111ni~~o:m'l j jaiv 'Wl : '

1il l lea.i : ih~. ih~ rni!i:!IJii'e is ~:mep.aired, !i~ I..'):r:deIhe hal!~i'~=d:!~mlXll·~~d. .~nd 1! I i~ inmoi5tm~d form · O c r . t~ ~:m~ d!;ly,b~r'Orelh~miQm1x'1i..!!l!!.d~~p~)tit ild dU iQ n to lhJi: '

pl;a:ni l : l : l lg ln~. m lll~h ·ca re i~I : : l k e . r ! ! to '(l']l~,~el'e' aHn:~ :s.harp ioome;1'\ ! I 01"oo~ 0]),

a : ~ . , .of ' t h t ' : ]l l l l1fl~!nl!;IiK'~~.al1id. ~ 1 1 ! ! : ! U n G i m p ~ J ! ! ! i M ! 1 i 1 S, ~ , I')g ! ! :~~Or S.C!l!!~-I:!!f'" 1 , ' o i t i U~tu: An~1!n8 dl<l i t c t : l iJ J l : W e I l c.'li~m . l .W Q \ ? J i~remO\\~. rw.Sc&l~1 £ 1 l 1'¥ e 'i U il ll l. Q !l ' ] ~ wr y'li!!bl. P i k l : n ! u l i ' S ha~ .l:t:!a:l1l9w:]:,!elil]jm~ilinltaM ~'!llCled \m lh , .~.c~ l\l~lI!llIlillllg I:lfd~.J \." " h o le In e !:) if.'l!S,tt'1;l<,~U~ i['! l~h~ptll<1il. s id ~ mU iS l I: b aM rn g. Ne w ~:inUlln:U! l s l :.e;IV;\,,~sb i f O : n bailllt"!.00 ' '~ !hW ' ( h e a . () qe$ s ib l~ ~ la ll 'l ~~ l': !l w. le n m'lf l'W P'll!ientsp:arti.cipa~~

DI ld . P~ ! ::U1J 'l i.m~® l be rrepmced :h i~an . o l il go ii in ; g cycle.



Jrrg~re 7 · J , Ga. rdM lM~r i l ' l d~eG a J ' d M CQ~iI1:,: l ' \ l ' 7 r e n t 'am i c M e I maA;·

lf lg ! lo w l d~J; ;g ru !o r I 'he $umme l "C a l J ' d v a J o~mt1tm. ( A A Q t ~ , , b ; ) i '

! l ' o b e ' r k i ! H l 1 l ' s t i ) Q U 5 e . J '

Robe:f 1t a, m ~ y s ee ,c J l~ ld J:'en s ev era l t i i m . e : s " e,s ,peclany f f i f nil~Yretu m r:olne:h.os pi tal for n'i::pea ;[ V i : s , l l t s , . SomeUmes g .r n l: I;i(i l.e n a ctijv -

ity eaabe 1 .IIS iedU~Iec l:iaooel ~ he energ y of :pa:n:i,c ~a x]y dOiJ.mn8_1 l ! r j ;

c ' l : :l i ld!nm j [[n.rexample, by eTn~OM):agJngl l:1 lew l !O share ~heir expe-

ri0n.ces by givi.ngawa.y fljoweran:anme:menb to ,chiMren \vhoe a n no t come d .tJ w:n to l ~heC~:l11i l r l .

Eaeh Chrisun<I~ seasom.a joy . fUl f~e~. i ;TI Igb~p~res ,en , ted by th e

'G~rden CO~l"t ful : ] of U:gb,tand eolor gHste IDI i ng en fresh snow:t h e wbG. ]e oo l:1my,a :td~s decO:If;a;ted w ~ t h Lights a !J ]J d , ! > l l e c ia ] r n I !l Js l :t ll ·

J 'a U O !W J . s i : n ~ .9 '9 1 7 , a E a m i m y o,f~"'e~l'Id~erwas c r e a [ ) ~ c l & o ~ 'I . w b H ! e

b~J'\ch[ruRksand bl r iU1C'bes, ) . 'Through the year; ~tue ,g~,rc:1enaCCioutm.oda , te ;s , . rna. I.Y ! t .peic ia~ .1! im::. i !a~unts.. s ome ·olf t hem. : forfund ,- ra[s ~,11ig'.S!:lcbasslumme:t r carIliw]s, :fJ:Of".lI]de!il~gnp . r og r ams .

a n d c ( ) < o k o : u . t ' : S ~ h at canaUrac;t U ip to . 3 IO c OpeoJ:J~e}:

V~e ef the garden 'vades aoco:rrun.g ee the season,Sometimes, it :~sroo cold ~Q g O i o~u.unU i dUl! , s lecond"lJceikof

JU fLe . . once d, ,e w ,ea th e'l' is wa rm !e R0 1lJ !g ~.here iI a n a f t ~ ; l 'W ! , ·o o · [ !

teel1~mgmm. in the IG arden Cou rn. foc :u s led on cre,~liv,e8eU-e:l!q;u:-es$~.on:nd eareer e'xpIClir~t~O;l1•One~lile 'obo:ylem."Il!edf loml

designs wheahs v!!U apaUefi~ and dlen. [ouDJdn job 60 r the sum-me r w~th a fl: o·t'~ s r,~ f: I ..~ !i.i :sn e~g hbo ill" h o od .. N o t ,aU CQ iu :r 1 t ru s e n : < 1 Ife

strictly IchHdren or yloud~+A small number efusersare inthiei:r. 2 0 5 , because '[h e y n a v.l 'l cystic fl;bt!o$~s;andhave been parienesatt h e ho~p 'i t. a lmQ: i ii :t o f Lhe i r~. iiV<es , .,b~ re ail."eabolt~en m,othflts

",'J.II:i~hbaMeseing treated in.~he ,hospital The prd)enmust sal-isfy the:u meeds too. .

~~iiil. ~99,S, < '! ' l1.I}W Fa:mily UF~~~t~ ,o;pe,ncta, ,~ Il.d .~ .n~W ,pil!~m. ~!~C~fKlC

I r u I l e r l l l l : , s ~ r l l l l m . ~nd II, I 1 I . < e Wlo:n~ f Q r th~ ICiarrden :y : p r I l ; g ) l ; l m .



llu ringfhe sum me/Ii" :i,~~8 in use from e'atrty mIQn:I~ns:ancl

,liiIours eN.pandWld~ ..lare at night-'when it beco.mc:sa t.rnnquH

s~nc:tu,ary fQI~pa:reill~s de~[i~g with t~!ei.r , an ,g l l i s h, st~-ess~,and: sorrvow. Pa ;t1e] ltg , w a r n k O 1 ! I r - o n f i d or a w t : ~ . f; W t h e : ~ d e n . ID Q 'the evet id.mg

w1~h al l td. ' i l I i l .~thol i l l . ,c:hndOJ.~ ' s : i : b N m , g s . '1t:is< it

plac,f ! ' f o : r 1~~tOI',liltb;;!i~~hatiseU1J:litionall, aecessible, a place ~h-at :i s ~ruly .healhJg, ' "

Roil::le:l'~:a re counes •.A gmlde:['l .of an.YLJ'PeP. ' f : \ov~dJes a eOffimOill

~if.!t ofrt\lf~l'\f:nce. Ithelps people f e e r n tbey donothava tQ 'cauy

il:lrue~rhlurden alene . r u n share'~his,p~aoe of unbllrden:ing:, of

relea se, o f c (lmm I ll1 0 1(;:a :t io n with life artd ~ h t j ! : r l l 1 l f Q ' J . ' 1 e with a selilse

o:E~ope.recov~~'Y,,!lIind r,~M:rth.

"One d a y a metlierceme witb her diaug;bler who b : w d . r . I ( ) i l

wa~lcJeds:h' lcle she had had an aocident~sh!e didE.'~.",a~~Q~"

:Ro,bet1a n~pcdedi."No f fl .QthtadoID. . .1'hem:o~!h~'ras;k i~d fo r be~p;,:~I:erdau,ghte:I .· c n o ~ e : ~opan.i.c:~pateifi~he f l o r a l d.esign. , < i c U v . r n t y .

' l IDoh~lp'th e m .o~ her ~~ela . t ea5ie~ m s ug ges ted l. s he J oin b~.S he ~ ,otso' engressed she s:~o:prped.pa'Y~.I:1g a:t~e:IilCkIIillh'll he r dal l lgh ter .Sudden1y we Wl;:fi! hod}. aw:arc: she was~p. waJkingaroUfld.,

wa:t~ri~g thep'lam:l~s. m t ~ ' V : a J S a m~g!c m.oment t h a m . se WIilU .mus-~m.~elSwha~happe.m w . i I l e n . : 1 ch. i l~d]$ ,aUowed ~o s :c a l1 QOrn l;m~Ung

her life· a~ih. 1 see m y .sei~ f as a facmtaw:rw, h.e.]pJch~lclren.

esplere and crea:te,.r:at:her ~han glJid~liIig~hem t h fOU .g~ . p r ,ees :U l i'b -

~.~sbedtlil!erap:,v, This wotl:~d negate theba:si~ p : r e m r u s t \ : : ()'f the

Gal"den,P~ay Program." Tbe garden can be used bJlid~.childre'ne..'I:.Clep~hose &Dm t h e h .e :ma ' to ~ og y a l lJ ld mlco~0,gy d'epalI1menrs,

as their med~.ca~ ,condH~on~ make i[ ~:m,possl~Me.The 8arde'tl is

n()t sterile eo,oughEo:[' these childooiil, ~~heyh;!live d 'ueh·own. playtlileeapry '~n th~h:nDG 'r :,ffin s id e~ .

Reg!: ' l l :d:iq s:a ,re~y aspec t s ofthe pimgraJ:m. RribenaroepOrlled

that ~U p l n l f i l . t : s 'Used In . me. ,~m a:r-ecarefully r e s e a r c h e d as :

r ! iolWt!oxk, and hypoaHe:rgenic She recolWme:n.ded~'mpadens

a[n ld b~gomi:as" S:maU animws are ' a~sg, a:ceepu:d ancli. ce,~ebr~t,~d] :[1 ~heg ~ l 'd l e n . . A J S 1 l O pesdc[d~sar~ used ~n,the garden~ ladyibug~.ror examiPh~;.areproU6c. The Child U~e Pmgr;am obulined, c 1e~u~~o~from. t he m e d ic a J. s ta f f Ito handle, th em ..,]~kd.s,'O m dlf!

iD !ner c .U y enj:oy m ak m :g , th e Couliiltbei:r bome:foll'" example, a .

pa i: r 'o f m.( lu rn~D1 lIJcloves a re c : u : r r - e n d y neslingthel ' le. · j C h r u l d : r e nC ; 1 1 ] I O Yhe id ea . of ~ o m e o D e , \ . 'V . a .t ( ; h i n g u s /'Ltohena, commen~ed.The' sen~oria:~htl.!p~.ctof ~h.ega:rde[dng pr-ogmml!S,especially

~mphasi:l!:ed, as hQ~pUa]:s are dgmin:a~~by neg~ti.v~ s~m! l lg : rh i lell:.pe'liicIiKitlS and ~}eriiods of ,confined boredom. "M a ny ch Ud ire n.h,3ven!ev,er eXJJefie1ilc:edgar-de:njlilg~ntffile:iir li.ves, 'iretffilected

:R lOb erc a . "W o rk i n ,g wj,~:hthe:m. is S OCh afl)ed and , ene:rgi z ing.

iC ar tr uil c h ec J :l JS [ f ir '~ nx ~ c ~laaJ's,have ~eel] madle lIsi ng ~heAI ' I \M.giJ,i~,~'as II . ' m e r -e n . ' t ! ! 3 , t!~well ,~5'~lfI~!:l]t~Ri$ <I t d~ C b i c f l . f !J O < ~ h u r 1 ! I ! 0 1 G :lird~J1 . -

" J 1 J : e y I ld fJ :k m)! S ,OH i' S I I I i uUslic,

Ii],t:ld '~i!\el'l1,'e iMs! wai:aug (or then ew :s f Jl (m ~ '~t5d~o:p,IJleIMl:l:te'vat~l:lliQ!~~Wtl{ til is

b6 '~U:J 'h an in .s id e'; g r o a lIdu~11,en! , .He l r . a ' S ;S~l:tl~ t1 fm of,~t'U!rgy. ",\00 tnNch, Hlt :1},.be" l~ ,b ~

i~ ' I lJ i ik f fJ" . lb~1g ' tJ ,mod$ of,ri~'~~'M : e 's a 1 0 1 ' !~o.:pp.ierw 1 ~ " i ' e . .t'ina

he u.e~~ f,ofU i:~lb.e.tt'~l; tOfJ,.jj

(M a n llll)R O F Q:t.iIffM,Im.i'l')

f f g t 1 J " e 7~rl .&amf~i . lril

, t h e Goi ' i ! i lenCpun:!i.ram, , C P M t {) b y R o b e r ta H U r S th o o , S 'e ,,



, I m01w it is b~aJ:i~g, or FOlr&ob~r[a~th e g u de:nis 8 !n " 'i;n rv :ita t~ O < [l~ o,

bOp~/ ' ;a n "~nUdDti f l : to d:~s;pah : '1 It is a lllf l(:l~ w ! l1 en ;':{ , : h H c l n e n are

,chaUengedl~o do ,siomlethh:lJig c l i : f f e 1 l e r n : t . The gar-den. says ~O ! fhe.L.:'I'd' , .•'... ~ - 'b' .. •. .• ''Ilk ,. - -'b. 1 - · _ · 1enu ..1 jOu. can, uO tfwlS: as : a st~J:1nlilgpo.~n.t. i!'ley rrse mtl',Le enai-

-~ ef !!g ~in o om rn:~ taM es ;L ep s. T be s ,c l! lf fis there ~o Ead.Htate iUl :d~I!IaoUqg:e(never to IClCD~ten, wh~ l : is dev ,e lQpm~rm~anynppropn. -

a~e a n d _med i c: a ]ll y s a f e . Is sues that , a remed tc~W]y chaUe :l lig~ng g,'etresoJ 'ved m . th e g ar-d en .. l~ i~ an ,inv ita t ion. a . sml1,~.~gJl;Q~n'[i.1ilbe

he.gpoocess"

Af iVANTAGBS

" The O an:.len. CQ _t i : s~S!ed bJawdl-de"l~do:ped.lr:I lgffi1t , p . 1 J ' ( } -lfe8'ston~t ~t: I~ide' "o 'UM;ide~ ChUd. l.;~re and hof t :~C1.<dL'U:ra] j

1he.m.py pmgram fbatwUy ,exp,loit:s~hepotentia~ .of ~he

~anlerDIspace,

.It f u lly d ev elo pe d , p r o o l " C l ' C O ] w id ], m e d ic a l a :~ u ih orlz a~ i.Qm1a s

been im!ph~me_n too [or d le: p!a nt .h Jg :a cU rit ies .

• ' ]F I,!!U y enelesed ~nd I':ro~ededW c l m extemal dity environ-ment,

. 1 :Di.~ve: [ [se,p lan .t iD , g s :~eI3 .t ive ~o m.icrocUlnatic oon;5tra.mt~$j,~

.F~e;db]'!il,adaptabJ.e s pa Jc e.. C aB be ~'e(lQllf:lgU:red ra.p'id~yu s in g mO 'li'a IM e ~ ra J:S .a nd t ab les .

• ' O~ ' e: rh ead p ro te t:: 1I :.iJ l' )f iI I~ srovided by m a I D k e t ymhreUas .

"1 TIle ,g,anien :~~b L i g h l y v1:sJlbil,ea s y ou . e.nter th e l::u:)~.pwt.at

," The ga~i!efilis oIVerhloted by the: .1.l0SpiL[)] fast. feed restau-laWlt.

! . WUdUreis en.ootrul"2l:ged ~o'ffiake!~lu,d: rhome in the garden(ladybugs~ hb:,ds~e~c.) -

'. U ~ !1 1U s et l!~ ory elements, Si lJ lc.h. " ' . : i I wi nds e ek s and wind-c h lmes~ a~f': i n. [)eg ra~ed b: tm ~ m ' O J e bmclscape .

.. T here al~~ ~O' Ihm:jts 'QD "Opel'dlilg hOllill:"S,"1'h :~, g ard~ ! 1l .c an be

1LfS'~d1m.ynm e oh h!ll d fllY (Irrngnt-lespeciaJly by pal'\l1ln'~~.

lDISADV 'ANTA.GES

., B eca us e [h e G a rclie n. '(;;(1 l:.u t.s , c D m . p w t e 1 y enc los ed , U i.'s d.i~~ncu]t te maJremajo.f dlange:s; fOl" exampLe LO add or

IJemove large trees ..Doors ,and. elevatersmest be .rH9goti~

ab~d. 'fh!: :ma:rg~~ circular plait1ter is g;oi.ngvQbelfemoved,

0111[it wilbe vel:) c o S / e t y a rru c l di5mpt~ v'~ .

• ' L ac k ,of .s ul;J lIg ht d ltf ing : lnuc:t. of the: year~Mockied by !l:~r-..

fO<~ll.ding hG~pi~a ! lb tU~d in~

! ., No R~gb~.Ughting ..



I. , ~Bb.m.e-stom!E!'"?8!l!!iflig ]oob b C a ' I ! t I . U r u I 'bu~does .no~ wmllt" w ell~ v i .lit po~es (they a\ ' i~ ,ondn ,e : i : t ,OWml i cam;ag,e (,! :n dm us t .~ ~

p'l!Isbedi ,a~Qhg::,,~deaM~d. uS:~liIga.wh~l l l l~ha j r er trans-

·po. t1 ler ), , 'l he .S ; t lr f aJce:~s ,not smfidentny smooth. T.h.ep.~,ving

'\rill be vtplacecJ i v - . t i : t h a synlh;e~h:aM'~.ysurfaee (n ,o t na~ivem bber a s some c llU d ire n h a'V e Siewre,mbbeiranergies.)

'. .Lack o.F at~~:ra-deentrance, Ex.~s~irIlgramp ,S,f!:grog;iltJ\'l:S

wh~e1chajr 1l!:S~rs.Wa:rru.nedl ren! l )v~t io, rn;; ,~ncru;de a ~\ewat~grade eatraaee fr:o:mthe \/ Iol , t i lElteerl l i Senrices area,

THe lPitou'ty tmTa~e and GardeD],'CUdRn~s Ho~i:tal,Bftd(m~,Massachusetts' ,,

ChU d r- en 's Ho s: piu d , BO!il"on, is one of'the prem ier h os pi,ta ~!R [ ' 0 1 ' "

'childl!enin the Uni~ed S~a~es,.It is I!oeate:di1 . [ t Ithe Longwood

m:~db:;a.m and ac a;d~ m i.e s~c:t~o!rtQfB'os~Q.n,,ah:m,gj with sev~ra]oi[]: l .e :rmr:gew:bM.mecUcaJIfaciUties .

N u r s e ! a ~ d I d ! J 1 1 ' d SiIl l l l lplit:IJ~

I

m f i r n l jl ll l1 i ~ C IC i i ' f c a 1 e l l l t l a ,

o

. r : fg lJ~ 7 · J 8 S i te p lr :m of U~~ Prou~yG t 1 r d E N l , Childref l 's H O 'f j l il tf o .t . 8 Q . U " Q l 1 ,M A , . .



"l~~ i 1 i l £ S J!Q1~i:S-Q~J~tl J e l u : g f i J , l l : l ' t S ' S .

1nUC{H1 go t1i~~ , 1 . I t u : i I , S , f l ' , gel

u w m : y from it ,all: IJ~~'["(;!; f 5 ; r l 'Wire

1 l()p 2 in ,rJ ~egame l l . Us diflemnl( ro W t' j ; ~ c hi( lp ltt w 1 1 w e yo,~go top.~. to tr y la fl#d '~~me : c rO f )e ,, rt~~af. Whe l~ " .per£Ol~i:s :rosie!.:.c fidc ally ill, o r-bdylng,. ,p eo pie g p

1 ,0 .the CMpel . 1 J 1 e . g~'.J:Is fa fheal ir~. ¥f7M fed dQs t r" y ou (til

~~Qj:£ I ~ o : p e , U'JD.l ' !e ~#(i:ed . . 1 ' 1 is 1 \1

~~~ ofh,a1 J fJ. " '\' ( S ' l r l ! l E ' F 1dIl.MlDB:Rj

l1 is, t , ' f ' )F) ' at th e ,(:ta,'tfe,1

Th~ ~M"del'~V2!:sopef!;~d~n 1 95 6, a nd oorn: ,~I~~ed1n 19 '87 r b1!!.~~he'Qrlg~.n.gQ:e~blillek~othe m 92Qs.,wUh .M rs , . rmutis~[!:~e,1'\estin . two'O l ] ,d bospi~, J W 311d is . S ~M \ :h a d IQ s t 3 . seOO[ ld ,d~iJicl a n d w , n s oon~~m~pla ~ill:g : a .d cl'pt ionw h en :D ',r.,R:id:il iaro Sm:~ th , her pediatrician a .Dd

Chi!eJofPed:iamcs at ChHdre'B'$. '~oo.k !he:r tosee a rMifelve~bed

w ard ~n need of reh Lah iliit :a tion. H e' Su ,gges ' ted ' t i L a t Ins~f l: il ldof achHd, she' ; 'adOip' tN ' lhe shabby 'wa:rdand ~ to im,pil. ' lOli le ltsappea :rc a n.c e • .sUiCCes;s ~ n th ~s ~ed.her to take en a , s leco ild twe l. \!e . .

b~dl l .Via: ! .dand. d ed lic ~ t~ bO lh ~o h e':!."" . ,VQ dec eas ed c llU dren. W illen.the wooden ward. t.u.1iUdingwa!'l,~om dewn ~n]953 ~nd replacedwi.~b tbe~I.~~SJ~~~. b u [M .in g" M rs .. P r·o u t y w a s: a sk ed if s n f li w O l I; I ,r n d

l f f ike1)0 spc nsora ga rd en.

Mn~p["fou~ ~IDik~d~l! : lidea. : and cO :~ :l::a ct ed O l:m s 't ~d lB !l'- o~he- -iI ': s"

the Boo~on . [ a ; n ; d S l C 3 : p e a:n:nit<ecture Ifjrn: 'Ji~ ~: ode-s:ig~thegarde~. A lt

ille rl1 eq1 J le5t ;.t 'h ey :model ed I t a lit er 'll hewaru~edgarden ~lli,d.eerraee G \ f~he Uns~um. of Modem Art in N e : w ' i o r k 'T~e fi:nal d e s ~ i I . 1 : nwase;l! ;ecutedi. byBosoo~ mndiSlcaJlje arcMt:ect:s Shu1"cliiff a 1 1 d Me:rriWl.

The g,awienopened (lin October 4 , 19 56 , and .four y,ean! ,~a®erW,21Sa:w,arded a gold. m~dallb~ ~,heMas:s~chus:~us HonicU:~.tlUlralS oc iety f 'O r a, '~weml~ec ; t f I : ted C()IlUl p~d! en .j .i A s you. enter the g,ar-

d en .ko.tn t rnef 'a :r] ey .Bu iIDd ing, a5impl~ bt '1Qn; iU!~p1aq~:IJf:o the d:g:bJ

r eac J s .~"T lms i'el':t 'aOe and G arden in ,M;em(ll"Y 'o f A.nnea:nd OlMa' fD ' r " , . ' . t - \J~. l'L .. " ' " " " i < " " ,I::. " " , d ' ,.:Ik-~. " -~'-b'~"h ' - ~ '!hi'll '~i I' - p.. ---"'" -" " 1 ' ~ 1[". 'u'':', .i' rn_~. . ~ . ," " " ,~ l :lJl . •: . _ , ~!:~!L wa,,; '~S;04' _n! '; ;: . .e~. ID.... urilf'S • .r.I.O,1Il' ... S ' L ' ] _ W

s up :po rt s t h te , ~qU ! iv .a t en to f a fU ] ]· lf f imepniene r. tCrecl:i~~orme .gar~d i e t l ' s , wcce.ssJu l ,eadyp,bm't i : I l ' I ;~is , , c J U I : !to.~ eff«m o f '~aJJteCe,lone]

'ViiiJ.Uam.Smidl, ~o:nn~rDjn~c'tO:Ii" of Ke ,so ll .Wces : a t Cbi1dI-en's,. whodalW ![~d matlJf va1u;a.b~e p m a f D I ~ s . :Ih ::!m bls ow n g ard ient.

~cri",~'O~:The gan;len J isac c :ess .ed Rom 3. CQrridor cull m e fi.f'sit Igor of thenospital (one levelaboVfl the main. enh'ance) .11:nfQrt i l l . ! !nab}~y

ni le . re anl' [11,0speci:fk:sigfis~ndicatm:g its: ex::i$t;enc:e~ .only a fe/w

smaUs~~ns 'to' "OaxdJ!Ml :SJlev,atotl ' ,and a sm3Us~gnp.am.h:l!gthl,\l:

gJ-rden attil:eentnmre. Tbehili"ilcre" r,olllgMyrectan!JU~ar ( m ' 9 0

x 121C1~ee~Jg ard .en is enc los ed !. 'by hospital ' l ! :rundhlgs~ang].ngWl Jm th'reebo sill;,s:bo!!.ieson t ben JOn ]:ilJ sou~h,and. west, andb,

the singl}e~SlnlI 'Yh~p~~a~Hbri1lI,.anda . B . a m e n waU f la nk ed by anadjacen~ sb;:~s; t~rybruld:i in:g to th e east WbiIethe .~:tn>~gsIePse,oifenclesuee cdI-eredby~a~ely high=nsebI! l . ld l i :ngsmigMha.v ,ec f1e~

ated a . pit~~ikes :p~oe" the rela~i'!lfe:~J,'b: r~. !e;\Cten~ c'.f~'he ij~rdle.n"

!pJu;s.heplI'e~elilce ·of'~evem~ ];arge ltrees, ~creem:lilg , the bl.[(ldiIl:gS,

enslJll,ieS tbt the garden fe!!~S lkea c r u ! . ! ! i e 't ,W t l !n ~ b ' P ~ . U J : 'b a : ! , 'i I - oi!lsis.Theta.n~ SQ~id.ligbt brick g:aroJen waU~ .s :h ro u ded in e-spa;M.e'redi

d ,hnbin,ghiydmIi lgea , pyra c iil nt lJ~ , and." .v iS l ~ ri. a, . 'CTharilllilS ~hev~s:~~tQJi ~nd :seenlS to shut -~ut the world be.~a]],d.



" i ' I L [ I ' " .g .a·. . ._ j ' '' ' r . . . ""om- "..;,,, ...." three ' i :""- 'g'e ""n.J' ",... ..,..... ,- 1 smal l , , , . , , 1 -.IU,_1i;,'i ,: .....:~:rr-U!Lo; .IHII, ' I ! " n . . : . . . _" _. ", ~I IJ ~ -~ ~ ~L 'L ~,_ ,II~",,·, _I~ 1L',8; ;1.~U !!ii'~J~,¥~ g._, _.!-iI;\!!~~ ~ Lr,;;IJIj"l!,!I,J-

S :PZ lOe s . , a r g e a re as a re a n ,ov -a ,~~a ,wn w:i [ 1 1 1a ' l foun,~ain,~poc!is!et

o ff ~~n~e 'r: a p 'lllv ec 1 c a~ l\ !'t eriJ ~ t~rral:;:e~Go,kin.g over ~he Q\'a~,la.cwn;

a[!jd ~,square lawn to,rhe rear separa:t!oo wom the () l i 'a~lawW\ by a

pe:f le ' l1JIJa ~, be rd e r a n d,~.o\l\\'

yew I h ed~~ ., The sH lI a .He r ~ ! !1 ,bspaC!escons] st 0[; af!,uml:u~r 'of s~aH~g dll!'Sters sc't . 1 ! I l ' O u n d the ,~dg;e ,of

th e g ru 1 !ie:rn,[ook ing c u!,u ev er t he la w ns . l']\e~:lnt~~UuifVl1ard ch'~

CU~;a'iltilaosys~eml,oovid,e.s enough ehetces th~la ~ta,1J roe:mbel"

'ou~,or < 1 1 , s~~"OU~r a p~nmt p~sh~l1!g~c : h ~ J . d . h ] j~.wbeek :W udr ; has avariety . o f vj:sua~ex,peri:c:nces. A g ra JY as:pha~tpath dfc~estbe 'ovilI a: \! 'i..¢n ,nothe~ mr ll s HI'ound th e sq:U~lle. 1 2 I ' l A m 1 I . ' f b e tw o paths Unk

~ogemher, [o:rm'j.nga broad f ig! . lre· ,eightw~Lh views en one aide

C)ltUO' open. law ns , and on. the od~.e:-rQ,.n:~o-r i cMy ~exUJreds .hn~band perennial pl~nt.i.ng.

Tbem any sm all ~ a : : u i l l p M J : f e , s !!i ,e~hu:o thephiuling be-side the

paM'lW alYs and on th e ~ aw o:s are , an f ls pec .m1 ly anractive f e a t L i l I ' eof m e P J : " d . C ' t i l . Cb"CI)Jadmg : l ! I r , o ~ _ n d ~h~~rd~n CO ! ! . i I _ j J , t 6 - - c I ' ( \ I c k w i s e ·

:[l:\omtbemain entranee, oae eneoueters sct:.dpifure·s ofa. It~~e. . , n d - r'-I"i,~I.l1 C'· .. .. , .. . ]llt:D1U,I~ .. '" ,,,II: aO€'l"'' ' ' ' ' ' '8li. ca:~an .. w l " " kl¥!if I:."'PI~"'t!!,,.!I!, ,!I;"I .lI!lJ~UJi !Iii!I!!,,JI;!IO~~ ~J\b'E!!!' J ~~ '!ii!'l,_. ~_''!;"I!IS!I~~ '_. ~... )!j,.~ _. 'I !I ;, !! ' _ '_ \~ l~ y._.J, U~Ii,tF=UII~~~.~.

ca~ ,a bear; a , sq_uirrel , two! [l'\ogs,.and a. : r o , K , half-hi ddenin, ehe

s ihrubbery , . f;tl iU:J small lHe":!d~ ef l~Q f a rabbh : ~nd bin;)=:;5!et 0'[1

th e la w n .. Ch U dre.D l~ ak e:Dou t E l r r u t O 'l£hega:rden ' take g r e a t ddl lgh t~n f ind ing and namif .DJg these fjgllres, mere .80beeaese ~hey a re~:'~',(; ;, "..l,.lll-. O · . ' c - d - · - . • - - - - d - - - N . c c - - .. ~ ~ ~ . ' .. - 1 ~ 1 c . : , 1 : . . - n ; , . . -.uau;~~nu.\,lIIe:fl..n Q liU :: . ,.. ,yn~ m,] ...~_._O\i'l'nnlU~r.ye . ,~,OiW 'cu!!')'s~o:t~:!!e~

mtUll1[1ow,ers picked E l'O lm th e :s nOWbO Il~ nd r iadw:ngperer.uti,O'Il

bord er h <ld beeQ . plac ed . (mO :!l> ~ikem y by a c :l& dld):in th e mouths ofOlle 'bear and thefox, and in th.e a rm s of thebo:y.

H gure ,~ r ,9 !lf iew aC' ro~~m~lIn l o w ! ' !l imWlrd fOf i f lWJJ i I atld bi rd i gro~ at ~h:pl1;)[li~ Garden, ~[pirld warn ,ooi lr ii rl '

to th i!! ,~ ~, (P ha ro ~E'~' (}180$ t(m,a l i l d ,e !J '~ Ho~pftaO .



' ;1. thi"k f v , ! " t he p a r: ~w t rswi~11 1 J ~cnFOn i c kids. having the g( l : r t i ents a I'e~lph,u. r;~aya r e : hel~a lo~'and tJj,(! hospi tal [$~Tj:ore li ke . a

secoltd km i r e to t~lel'~f.o the'~p,CljCtth e ., : e I s .r.h(U":i'~,~fd~OiI~

i~pQ. l ' : l i (V:I 'd . ~JJec. i t J~ iy 'wh!il"W~t

tGou;sidu ' f lu~lUil~Ot~tU/51re5S

th~}' J J I P , t t " t b e f e d i: J I I - .' . ' -TS:I 'Arf i l l fEMllI ' ,R;)

F I ~ u ( , e 7 ~ 2 ( ) ~&yr:iMC[il'''' ~ { u l p . t ! 1 J 1 ! ; '

.. wt (fOm' ' i : ! ' . P : r o . ~ z y Gorden-. w ,e fa om J n gC h ild re n orn: i

pM'MU,. oddlrrg Q p o l : n t · ofmt~~t ~subj~tl at ,r;J!.i~{r~liP,rt rm(ja~~ii'Ue' of

i i t i e ! l ' l ' l j ' l y fw ~he~fen. ( P h ~ w .b y (lareC~IVIa!lCi!. l i : l ' ,)

T bler,ea:r:e p~ en~ .y of p~a,oes!~o,S ~LJinduditngnjne 'CO!11Cft~e

ba!Ck:I~;ssb,enches.set ~ust.~Q the5ide of thep@r ,~!pheFat walh~.y~Siel'e'J:W .Jus ~ers o : f movable garden ch a~ aW l J d eables ~ellin more

p.rlVia.~e.t ree-screened , QQI ,me rs ;i: be d wooden ,eati[lg ina comer

g a z e l b i O ~ m a r b J y ;;Jul~cti'li.fe~n~pah]ihd.me~al. ehalrs a n d ~ a ib W e :sent he ,c af -e't e:r.ia .t e r race . In ~ :he'Sl ! Imtmer , [h e l;lIiw ns ;n·,ea bo u sed

:for sit~ing ()'l' SPl!'3tW~ifilg'in the sun. Wl:Hlltll~r Q i n e isp.art ·of a

~l1OUp' (li[ -wOi!.i:ma~es sh:ari~g it pi!cnk lanch, a V'jsi~-ors;wttin.g

alone, or tw,C! sreessed paret l1 l~s flJeed~figa p~~ce for pdvac-y, theg3 frt i.~ l iIo f f ;et :1) mm tyv-M i l i! !d O.pi t iOFIS.

"h e p~ anU l\lg : in , ~le gam enadds im m eia is u :r:abJ y :to U s c harm

al:ldG a;s~ ~H ke m iU e:u . d lllrlng a]~ Se~SOi['l;S. S eve ra l, ve :.ry Iarge

t~ > e S i- 'a g ffin J c,g io ,a '\\i '·htte piJ '. l~ . ~ . daw~ redw(uJd .•.s ~ v~ ra ~ CN }" f~

t !om ed a,j and . w hi ~ ebL n~ be'S -s eem . ~ oS ic a],e d mt 'l1 l. she he~ght of

the mil1l thstiory bru~d in.l} s ! iu~o:und .i(;om·llh:me.nting these ala

lower hCi~~[h~rea ~a~ variety oirsmallertrees, ·inclucli.n:glo,lI,v~dogwood, Japa:mH~semaple. c.a:meHan ' C b . e l f 1 1 . l , m .a gno,u a .•

hc~.~. .c:k, and t ] ! o w e r I r r u g c . h e n : y . [ ) ' s c ; r u d l 1 i l o u , s . a n d . ev'e:rgn'l~n

shrubs, .~I1cbJ.din.g rihocl:od!endront aZiillea,. h ;yd r:aflgeaj j~~njper.

h : o l ~ y . ]ave:ndet, m:CI]JJfltalril andmmed~, andmou:ra l lahl l . B u r e 1

ml"m an. understory benf'a:ift ~he per:iphel'\~d 'trees" t he i.r c ! o] ,o rs

,cna:l1I:!'IIingwith ~beseas!ons. Amolil!gch.e~ar~r trees are several

mire s~~cimfn'lSIl,indUldinJg O~C' oifd~emQS~~nusu31,b~m~rass~,Qttuloilao:rdawnred'!i\l~Qd. In. addiHon, there we 8)eVC([l cryp,tome~

r ia s ' (ev, em :g ree.ns s e ldom r o ~ l D i d as far north as E:OIS~OlEl), ' ! ( ,apanese

.ka~l:u:m:s~and :~.u.ll" s~a~ely in.lIl:ipree ..A:t~east oae of le~el'y val'~-'

e ty ,of ~ffe.s hru b. and pl~,t.bel)n'San id¢nt~'l~ing .i3)g g i ,mWl .~bothits ,common. amdlaUiri l l James: . AgWa ss E ra .m .ed p la n ·of :~ lh e .g ard ien

wI th , eve :F .Yplau t ..ide'rnUfi:edi~an in~efe.s~ing fea ture of ~he ca:('€h~"ria p aU o ,t lh at . o v~ rlooJ .t s.~ he gm ;d e;n .

T .be g ;Mde1 il 's c o lo rs are at~heiI ' bfl'igl1test in t h e: s p rin g 'i\{~t.b

t he ea rly - blo ss om ing OirCl 'OCU:Secs . , da .Efodi~s .and~a~ende1·Mongolian al:l;de~ ..La:ter ceene IlhetuHp~,thepiM clusters ofC < i l I I I o U n a . r l i : . , o d o , d e F l d : r o [ l 1 , l s . ,and. d l l , e r e d s ~ wl'l!i~~s.•.and y ~ ] I! o w i ' i i o , f

thela.t~·b~oomhlg :8!~)ea&. In. M i a . y , . p:!liIs~es,mari\goMSj petu n 1 8 s 'j

and da :hU ~:sa -~e~1 ': a" w eJ~ as . 'Il!;tur]OU~ u n c re't~m]O-lS, Uu ] e f .I n\l or~p • "". . . __~ __:i __.p ~_L _ __, .

ers wi~h oom:mon,liIIam~ ,especiaJly a.ppewID;gLo ,chiMren:

J oh ~ !I 1IY jiump "u p:s , J ac ob''S la dd ~ r:s ., . Du:tchmail i ts breeches , By

mb;I ;~ .Maythegru lde i l l ls f iUe~. wiO l i aow ed~g tru es : do~wood~both pjnk and w !h U e. c illerries ] c rib .apples" :a"ndsihr,emen.

T h e g a r d J e n , i s m : lH i l 3 ,g e c '! b y t l i l e om~e o f FacmtyP '~anrn f . l ! gand.S iJ a:c :eP 'la nn l~ g t :h rou -g h a 'G a rd en Commit: tee"l!l t :dcn QWl'Seesthe

,ootlJ.wdOl1l.Qf~he p.~alili.tin~reques~s: replacements , a:na.ml2lnagts

t h e g . a r o e n b o m . o o J t u ra W I D y ; T . i : l . e y alS!o d~f;il~ ,a:ppmpriat:e u s e s , a n d i

establlshruies a. the resi:d,e~Jti!:uJ~ptlaillarohwlJect~s < 1 . .member o.:f

~heoommi t~eeand~s ; penonally ~nvolVieclGna d ! a ; U y bQsis. .



l}se

tbegar:deni'S ullefl(!,ecl. teserve the dhildren, at ·tMho.s[pM~alI~ 1 . , e h t

s~h~f~,!llis,a lc en lt s .rela :rt o1 1 s .•andh,os;p'i~a~ImIpIJoy,ees.F;row, eady,s pring ~ o ' ~a;te [-al1,~e gf 'Oul)Jdis,a_re pC lpub :~ed l l i " 1o~,oni~yw~ t h c_hi1~

d ren bu t .a l! !! Ii) \\V '~ thws ,~ i( )' ", . lUNd .into s,lt.t1.n~ 3w,hff i le Qr!! ~h,e 5~on~be!!lc l1es,andearoemcl:l :a:l :r -s plaeed In both .sUf:I lf. i1Y .and shadyspots , I'h~g3_l ' \denh.we:n. .JM!s~d on w a J i " m l . daysb~s t~f f c ) i l l b r e : . a . ~

and. d~d:ng IW l lch h ou l 1's . a nd b,pooeDlts tald ing a break £1"0:11 aSikl~,d:i l indt bedside a. Onaw~ spri~g , d a~ UI!p~O l !5 iO!peo:p].emay

u se the garde:l:1 I. Spring,. Slllmme!l"; and ,fd~H[eobvio!liJ!sly.eJpeakseasons, b~l~.even ) 1 : : 1 'wi:nl~ef(and ~_:rrude:rsnQW )sl2lff ta,~e.~ mEh eg 31rd el il o r p as s , mro~gb ]~ w hen m ov in;g :& om oEl.elJui1dW ngto

an~llb~r, O,n-® ih : : 'obs~ l " 'Va~ i~ns indica~ed Jilospili'll SU l . f fas dW fmost

. ~! il e (1 ( lt u~~Q-ea~ :. in . g : il l, brQwn b~g luncb. l~ak~f. i iJg break. Oir3

waru k~Bec a!iJ ;s ,e t beg am .en c an be viie1!llled r . o m . 'the ~:ttl'a.cri.v,ec:~fe..; t, er ia ~e 'aaC!ea: !1d dile hiOsifi tal : i l ibmryi th e stp:ff ,mo'w of itsexisl""

~oeand.3!re mW.1!l tQit b ll.w a n n w e a !d ll.e r ~

Tile next most num,e.rous group observed werle paNn~S'!~!J:l;d't~

~ng f10f a child undergoing Bw:gery o.r treetment, W~rb a . fewbOtlfii to s:pend.,and p~oba!b~yIaa , te fl se .mood. th~ g;.r f 'de:n~:s, .

~e:r!l-oHisprovide:sa.weJco·mlef\e'SpU~Il ',om, th.e hQs;pj,b~ ,erili,v.i~

renment, Ib arudoll:S p a re n itSQn d p a,tiie n [;S a like . 't hega rde :n .wsa

mereirul. refug:e. a:s well as a pleas~t,plnoe:~o wheel reeu~e:ra~~

ingchHd.l'fn. Paref l i ' tS v.ri.~hib~ings ora oo.s,pi~aJJj~edhild findme' ,gsl"d.e;n,a weleeme p~aoe to let wen c.hUdl~n. ,exploR :aJld~e't

, oU : s t eam.In terms ,olfra.w li!,umbers1 i n ' ,paUen t !chiJdr-eDmay be ~be

.1r i :O i ! I iS~frequently ebs ere ed us ers be ca iU se hQ ls !p i~a ] s ~a -ys ,a re s o

bdef d les e d aiY ;s . and a beQ'luse a cillild who j, s in M a~onge:r stay

is,Hke~y~obe~QQsi ck to go ~od'itegarden. Ho.'l.l;,I'eVeiri ~heg.a!ir-den

is ~s{)ldby many c hU d ft 'll, a t s .oW 1 !lIepoim durin:gthelr Sllai}' ; i n £ W 1 e

bos:p:i '~a~~inc!ll . l ldin,gIlQ5rope~~jve~.o:noo~ogyj .psychiatJl 'iicj.ge'.I.e:wmedic a ii. a nd gCfl .ernl s :urg~.oalpal t len; ts .

l'ihecfleare no !!ipedal s~aff :a5stg1!led~o,the .gruUen. Itcan be

~~sed .by ,aniY . r e s . i . d i e ' D . t : p a : H e T I l t e r O tUp< l! H e : F l~ a ccompaQ i ]J ~ d byac'biill l.dJHife .spedaJ1:[s:t.p~uielili 'f . or vo~w_nt~er (ChiM U m mas, a tmi in;-

ing prog J.'m l1 . forv Qb,rf im e:~ ). T he ga lilen~ s a]:s o u ~~ d. fO:f ,a:Ue:IJ ,~p:001iesMd .ha:::;been ~hesoen,e Q , f man1 specj:~,ll, eV ient s . A treeli,g brim g o er1 emony . .held in. th e g aroe'.ll e'V'e:ryCnlisUW las., is

'Wa.tctrued th ro1 u gh - bosp:i i ta~ windows by chUdrenand . s ta f f .

S ! .! I.mme :r flifo g ram .s ha lv 'f: : iJ r. IL J: :liIiJ J.d~ damemng •."a!I'l:SW rhe pr -

de:m,." gm u;ps ofm!.l:s fc ~a D :S . ma,gic'ians. traveling 2)OOS• c i l ' c : u : s e . 8 .

,a nd ,c o.mm 1i,linity ac [iors .p];ay m ng w, the ,chi1drel'll.Atthe thne ,of

wrHJ.ng"thesep!['ogr.nms ba d been dlis()«Ill.~wli1ed .d . ! i l .e l l )po:~e :n . -

t iaIDl :yhamlW]pUiU.cu:~at. ,es into ~h .ead r '~ ;: !J il !.Wsed .y ,cQ!n:stmc: t iJon;activity:.

"1(Ai E i~ 1 . am l~o.t! l l rh e h.Q.spi~

ttil t lCHrm,ope w;tl,ml ,m?~J~ ~~eg4me,u . f { ' e . e , l ~ml'ew i . ( l X i t : d . It isti!R .~~ U i : S £0 . r rm~~t!J~l l i r¥l l . :~~ol/~i!!f.gitc1~hf: ' tgis/Ike th e Iw ..spiit@l; iJ f . .Mb soup,en, S ' (J bright, ~I\l!c.(}lQl'jitl~I]I'e (ksJ: ra i l ; l ' h ! ! .

br:~~i t . sgM1l t , tQ,§ l .1 t out ,o f. r . f l w t ~Ut' r i le C-a\1~,"

~S]j'H!~E lMI lER



F i ' f / u J t e ,·.n l) :sen > f ] f t :h~' c Q f e I ! l ' l f u (m dhospifQ/ medicoJ library h~ ~ a 'W~ '

ou l l'W : I , ! 'he P.ouW ( i a l f den . (pilote! by" fa~ ( oo p e r Ma r c us ,}

C hild ren c 'a :n i n l , e : l . C 3 J c l t . p h y s i l c ; a U y wir .h~he ~a: l ] ,dscarpe l i D a U m ~

i~ed. degf \€ :c .Tbey ,eaF ! sm e:U and pIck th e f 1 i o r w e n . , bu t thel1€ : aliI:'!nJQ E ~d UU es ~ l)r tbem to p~an~ flIOVII'~irS 0 < 1 ' ve:g;e t .abW es.A:s chi ldren

mo ve .a fiH u 'Id " ~ :hey d~S iCOV~f '~Efe ' I ' ew :a ,~eeeeaeome r s where t hey

can. 'e~p1!Clrea:fld hide. Th~a,fdm.~1~ta11!.1!.e,::iadd ~Q~~leI~~5e ,ofdts~ocwery - S i ome are p~aC:ledo.nlPede~tals so tha~.chi ldre,f i I , being'W heeledoa the m.~and:~r i :1 lg pad l s , bl! beds 01 ' whe ,ekbahc s , can

more easilysee them ..'I.be raised deck of the ga7~bo pt'ovid~5 : a :

loekout ~hatiis acoesiSi ,b~e by a.r amp.T he g nrd :~ rru has S l o u m e t W I J e.:;;poi... : r r l1 land. ,a.n. eKc:~ne!l' l,~ml]'Cro~

,~]imii!!t:e~:r u t s w in:L ertem .pe:ra tU l'lf l CM . be ten. degreeswarmer than,

the'streets sunlClUJl]d~",g the hOSIPHal . "E;Vlfrl in wint.er oaanlces i l, il rnny, Ci lI1mndJa~ H canib~ 'v~ry comf'Oful l ibh~ O~!,dthere~" ]"t1';p0J;1ed

C iha f '~e s S lnHb j~ ,Qs .p i~~ I , afCJjli~ecl.F'or th~'I:treason, chU.wroe:nuse~be gaWf ' l I I I in the winter and ,son!,etin')~sev,~~G o 'm e (n ID I.to ' make

s n, o\ 1'O f eopl~ t liere ,The ,g)3t"den is veryseCUfif: ,ag on~mw~ en~er thnl1:~g ,b th.e

hoopi~a~:here ~spLenty of croiSsi - : t r~mcb.ehvee:nLhe surround-: lAg 'hQspibil bu nd ~ng :s f ha :t .a~:so,overlook, tite s ,p a oo., M ~ ,D ,Ye y 'e s

watch 0veril. I~ Is weill U t at r r r u m h t . Th :e fO i fma lpooJ , ~sa:bout'lw~]V'~ inches dee'p,a~d wUnout a .g l lUardra 'u ' . "A~t.hougllsomes a f et y , ex , pe rr ts .f f iO l iYep: rrl ~ ,~ l s ~ s h a~ou . s; there have ceel i l :no

~ f\ld d e n~s " '\r id il~ h~ p O J : 1 l d ,a s fa r a s m am a .w@ :r:'1~f in .a :Ut .he y~an~.ha.v,ebeenhere," c 'O.mmerw~ed Chacr1esSm~th.

The o n r u y use 'confllict th! ' a! t occ~s ion~l ID y ~rlses· ~swhen theps ychwa t r y paUe:n.LS try to use

thegar-den 60.t ;r-ecrea,liorual a.ctffiVl1-·

~ie s s uch a s fo o~btl.U :." 1 '.h ~s is i l l i_na f l'p ro prl :d e a .c l tiv it y 'Fol i ' "the par~

~ildpa~illl,gpatblluts~bu'~Ulegalidcl1Iffis ~OQ s.lnaJLan.dothe(r usersa re d i.s u.tr be d . O c ca ;s to n;aU y chU cll,le :n clffi.m ,}Jth e tr ee s . which. IS ,

s ~m .e tlrn :e s ~ ~ ef a!a ~ ,pr,oblen'.lalic by t he ' s~a f fbeca !l J ls>e : i , t damages~ h et 11 ee -s . 1 1 :wD ' u ,t db e n ic e if a .s p ec ~ .B i, c c :l iwb i.~ , g t re e \ :l ,~ ~ t h~ow-s l [ W I l I ~ b~,n~bes c O i u M be d!~Srugl l l~t~d..The worst n')ja~U~!i:na[!l.c,e

issueseea by d i u ; : s~:al1is ~:hedaily C:~eamtlpa.fterlunch en thec:afei~eriaeerrs ee w hen anth!~na~k~ns a:nd.paper pl'ate:s . b l o r v l i

around in th e wind ..

ADVi\N'I':A(lE;S

,. S ou iI: J. 1.e r n .e~osure providas eX.£eUen: l imk:r-od i .ma~e.

-Ewu :lowmen t fu ]]:d pmvk i:e s .fO N "1iIppf"opr, ia~e maintenance ..

•' Fbt~~erl"ain~s.easily ,a(;:c~~db!e

• ' A nim al S ic uW p u .l.re:s..

• 1 :P'oruntai.nJ eundpool

'.' D iv ,eHhy 'of p'La,[l . t~ngs.

'. O v > erJ ook ~d . by , ca~~r la .and medk: :w. Hbmry .



• Many d i . t R r - e D t explo:ra~ory .s.ub~p2lo~s: for cUscGvery, C O w } -

temp~a6C!!A,and pdvacy;

• Used by w.holehospilal oom:m~ni~y;

J ! ) < l SADVU ' [AG~ES

. ' C hU .d I U6 e "ls po ll1 s or ed .p IlO g r nms ~ :ta ve lO e e ill d ' w s < c o n . 1 l n U J e d .

iI , :L;i~tle:'b!an,c ls~o:n e:ngagcme. l11~: I O I . E the c 'hn:d~ren~no ' , la:ot t lng '

2l,divi i ty:

'I Occas i~ II l,a1 ,c(H lJ if lk tsbe t1 l; \l ee :n . activ,ereel1',~aUonal uses and

p~i.veu!ie:rs.

'. N~od ir -e ctmona ]] s ,~ gns t o' thega rden in th~ l 'losp'. 'La] buiJ.,d.~ing.

Gard~t1Sat b~ CM O \iU id 'eD : SSehoal, Caaada. B~Yl!N:ewSouthWalesJ , AusitnlJa

,Ru , t6 , J ' y ,aNd' PhilfJSOI1},I.~()f,t'~ GO',,:i:.m

L u c a s is a ..s p~ c ia rn e du c a tio ill. mcU i ~ y lecared ina s u !bu rlh an a om ~

:m~:u:1i lUyolWtside S y d ne y :. a dm .ip is t le r- ed by u. ' : l .eD,epar tmeut of

'[E d u c a tio n o f .New SQ u t h W a W e s . and l inked to a nea~by r-esiden-th u pooia,tr ff ic hos;p~taLl'he ,onginal: scl: :u: :uJ!.~ates from 1 '938 .

Bec au se Q if f a lUn:g enrcUmem: it clos~d i n . 19 ,8 ,5 , was renovered

,and Qp'eID.( i ld: a s a seh ool fa r cb tb :J i ren wi~h m,u]i 't ipire di : sabi l il t i !es in

H ) 8" . ''[h e s~rngme~~llty ~chroo] b I l U d i [ i J J g $ - ' ~M ' l ; c l Q , ! l e a series OF'C01U.1-

~ s w btereth :€:g am en~ ,~op@ m ledn .~989)liui' l,v,e b e~ n d ev elo pe d

ove r s ev era l y 'ea rs .t ih eorig jm :u d ta yol.] 't oi£~he ga: r ,d ,e~! i i .w as pre-

vcidedby Good Manors., LaI i l d$cape A_ _cbheds.. I ' ihe :f~d.Uf:y~S

managed by schcmlprInc:[pa~ Je an ne S h 'a ltfio rd .j who ~am~ lII:P

w,ilth ~ :hek ! le a . , oi f c r- e .3 , it] n g ganil.ens,in ~he , e? t i~ th]Jg crnc il iied e n d

~Qt~.ho~ed.aspihaffit ,oQ1IJirtyaJrds"UlJusable beesuse ~heY'lvere V~!'Y

h O i [ : in s lu :mm,er and t l i ! 1H of pud !d :~es . in w w n t J e l j thns jn.h.jbit~.ngmobmty~~heoo~rty~:rl;.:lsw'1ll1~~renovated. 'W~l;h U::l.e.he']f' o < f thelo.cal.Rotary Club...A t fit'rS,t, , s o m e of the f j , c a f f waneedreuse th~~d s~o bu y O il minfi!)l l :s , b u t J ea l!l! :rn ea rg !J !c d ~ h a:t ~h e c . h H d l r l e ll .

,could. fUJit go :somew.bere eve~ day. She' ' W . 3 L 1 1 I t e d toereate 3.•rso.mewhe:l1'e" rlgbt O.]l th e .scl i loo, l .~i te, , " tJo bringni1ltlmelnmo, ,our

mid$ l, J Ij a ,s ! :; ,l 1epu~ .i~.It deslgnwas developed 31n;d im.p~emenl ;n~~]:O:llco rn .t in 'U !ed ove r . severnl yeaH .

.About 50 percent ilfthe children are ' i T , a m p o - : n M 110~(he

s 'c h ool ~a ;c -h d .ay f rQ m tbe nearby W lo.sp i a m .where dH~yaupe'r~manenrres tdents be~a~~~of th~ 5~ v ed t; y , of th e:M .-d~sabmues..Moo~Q f th~~ chj, ldnl lWl ~s le wheel c l tmin or ,oms.Ule ofuer h~f o : f

the ,ch Ud re n, a ~s o widD l ! 'i ~ve: l" e • . m'ijibip~i,\j: dis:~bi~i:t:[esi Ull f1ew l d D .tndr famii~ies jill, [lie C:{ l_ _ in1t:r1Un.i'ty . -

~.l«t:!luuJ sou~~th i :~Tg~irly :sr,#:~S:'iI"

r ul h o.p pe ,} i.~f5tpriW to ctl:l1~;:~gh e r e ; ; 'W e (;'fU~~f!/ , i ' e l ' e . to debrief. l~($ agpod s~l'an.g.to ge [ t:l'UlIlylro!n,'thfthQ$pl~'(il$,Ues5~ ~'Qfeei l '~IQrepeac(!~d.1!



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,Co'mmonityltwot~eutIn:i'tj,a~b'~the oommunlity' was H'1l1ea~enedb-,~'he~dea o,fasc.hoO]['Or "diisallled,j ch i l d ren oomin~ ~o'the r l l i e~gbtM) I 'hQod .Jeanne :ss:tro:~egywas. ~0use U1!~garden project 00 'bdngt:he oommunity

tC l 'ge the~:[D ,3 . "double beaj.ing p rec es s," F ~ rs t. ~ ~.hdJ;led. th e oom~m u : r : r i . t y '[0 I ~OO ' li.l'errom th e ~0 :s :so f closuee of the , o w : : i g ~ r a : a ] jscheoland. · ~ o. ' ! iCce.~ithe new . facUHy and i~s S~lI iJdeJ' i l l 'S. Seoo~d, th e .!1'i!3

den. eelebra Led ~he beaHn,g QifUte c . h H c l . m l 1 ! . . " m w(liJb~d deHberl-

a~elywiith I I i n , e g a : r d . e n as a ,cat~1:}~s~.s anu~bea:t pfGject I[(J 1 : : 1 i i ' 1 : ~

tl'.lc-,comm~:n1ty~o.rJe~.her."" jeanne COlnf[U~I'I~ed!.CbUl'Chesand,

~Ot~ b u s : r u n e s s e s cJI )ntr ibu ted B n a I D : l d a J l y , a : l i 1 d m e gatiden w o n a nilIiw.ard. for OOIDmU]t~i:y inv'0lv~nl'ent. When the mevie, ~heSecflet Oa ;ro e:n ." \ !lI as I'Bleued I a sbo'w feli tu:r i . . . J:] jgwc~ils~"secret

g ard en" (a w.dcw,~.yeJl:~u:r: l : f i lgnat i :ve AU:S' l : r raUan p]af iJ [s ) wa s 't:e ~e "

vised. ".Now~~l.~rer-eSi;c::ret prd!e~s aJl over,"J~nne ebsereed,



. D e . s C l ~ r p . t i : O i t l '

'["he SensDr, G,~rden. is tbe ,cent(el'Pieo~ of Lucas 'G~~-del'l~

Schoo,l. S:urmuli1ded on three sidJ.es by th ~ sehool buildings, il.

wasc:rea.ted by COIllstRl.cting a s e~"es ; ef cunrlnS, m-a i:s eclJprn ~rID~.e'rs

~h~t enclese several Qc thd ~rs~atiQn5 amc l provffide'ample sp~cef a r ~:h ; :nna :ne l :n . planrtngs em,Phas- iz i l t r : lg ! ! l e r n S O i fY .s t im,~.dathJif fL.

Ac: t~v.wt s~al iom si.rlU::IHd~ a . ~~tU~Fi': l;a.bl~ whe'IJe ChHdllen can

exp]'~Te~.v~riety of nerural objocts. and a : ~p~ash table-« botll .

des~g]]:ed for ,dwil.c::b:en' 1 ; : ] (her ~tand hilg 'O~· sing w:ileekha.b's.

A swh : lg in [g ; g<llrd~nbi~I,u;hpnJv.ic lC' l ' s .a q !.:d e t r~t :reai t \" '1bere

s ~a H a r..d c : I : i I I H d ! r e n c an .s [J u ,g gi:E :u p. B ef lc ltes on the s i d e s e f , ~ h e :

p.~al l l . le r , ' i i r Q ' ! J 'M e ~ l i w . l I J I ' t h e ( r es tin g s po ~s .. In a d d :i.It'J o.n1 1 : 0 t h e 'Dolor . ; " .

m..grnnces" and tesrures of the ·p]a..J l~S"~he gnrdietl is;~dn~Sl8ed"each day w~th w~nd. ehimes, w . i . w . l d m ~ U s , c\o]or.fulw][ld~ocb.,

flags",banners ..andmere thau fU ry ' I ; :~e-S] l l : rws,ca:rry in;gmessages

~u .ch as ' ILis[,ew.I, ~o m e bird ~(): rng: 'OJr i.F1 t :' 1. c it he ~ lP~der web, "Partof tbegaluen bas b e e n ang ·w ed t.o g~"QiWin to a . J U f I , g r n e H t e ~U'\ea

wi~h llllll 'g;ew.li1ies han,ghlg dov , 'I [ ).wI le re ebild rea ca n , ex .p Jo re andgel "lost," !rhi.~ a e.h~!nengej' ~h.ey ,enjoy ill," ef;!\:p~~inedJeaaae,

M O I S t reeen dy . a "ne dig"garnen h:&$ belen ~ns~aned.i'made 'of

new.s;p.aper., straw. 8 1 nd sand.

One . i ! i . r u d e of th:e Se: : I1 IS0ry Ga~'den i s b o 1 ! . l ! n d G d by-a buildingC~fIImi~ling a : ! j , p l i flU ngW 1dpbu :;.[e:.liing c l ]u'ic.a tvih.ee~!c:hair

a!:lsessrnent clinic, anda p.hys:kal and oCOlll(p:mtlofl:8IL1 I h e : r , E l I p y een-

ter. Activi.u~ :spiU OUl l into d l~ S ~ n:S G i~ ryG;~l"den "110 ~xtetld ~he

idea of thertlp:y~s car:i.[lg fUjI' the soul and S'p~d'loftliie CI' l I :nM:n tc omm ented J ea .nf .!!e.

Relaled Ibdll[t~es ~nch..dea shadehense, a 'compost~:u:,e~Ja

big ~"S5y '(paddo:c l," an QrutdOOf eenc ert s t~ g:e, apo~Hngs :hc : :d ,

and un area [or propa ,ga . t i! ! 'l g Dative planrs f(J([' prrojects in d le

commtruni 1 ) 1 ; i'Our phHo: ! iophy i.1 .0 .~w.a .Y'.':igw veba ck i ~O 'th e com-

m'~n ity." sa id Jeanne, '~Ir's a k!ey comm ~tmemu,and v ery g .ood !

p"ubHc . i~e1al·h) ' ]: ls."

An , ~a rt hwo :r"m b~" ee dln g fannin ~fu:~·p,rumGardenw.a:s d!.ev,~~~

oped as a.oO :nl .m t u l it .y p ro je c 'L and i [ u l1 l d..;m is ing a .c t ~v~ ly . I ! [ sta~:ted

O1l!ltasa.voca:Fional pf\oje(:~ \iV.i~'hsluden.ts .a .ndg rndL! laHy gr~intl)

~omething Mgger. . 1'he ferm is so prolilfi.c; ,tbali,lt .su.pp]jes earth-,v'orms l:o~jelllef'a]leeal (H:"g~~~zati.on:sand mu:n.h:ip.; i l .~iaies :~lJdis

destined t~ obe am a ja r b I " © l ± l d i i n g ~01!U"O~ for Ne"vJSouth Wal~s ..S o'far. slevem1thousand dellars have been raisedt hrolugh sales,P\UI~c;:h~selts 11~Dei\l 'e:a kit. a li.s~ of do"s and don/b;,. arocl a set of

:m.a~el·ia.J:s..Abou.~ 200 schools hav~ reeetved kiufrgm thee~rth~

w ann t[-am '], \ I ; . d : r u j , t : : i hn l : s o ,ilItt1~IJCM1evem]wslltQlll: 2. d R Y ;

'h em ~ areas ,]nelu d e t he '~ lm G a .rd !e n, ~;! 1lieSeCl~[ Ga~:de'r1l. ,

naU .V 'e p la n 't a r ea , b1(W ! te rEiY- iln d brird.··aill1~.c;tingp~ru:ll:s,a:lildW~::u;,~d

EnJvloonment Da.y g a n i L e D l s . . A h u,ge S ou dJ i .A frrnc ~.n K a . f l f i r plum.( .Hl l f ' I ' ) ( ) tJh) ' lh. l~~' t .

ka/fFHu'l-used as the Lucas~ogQ-.~helvena.ll"i[

, R g : u r ' e 1.J3 . Mu!ic rh~~pitt U~~ dj~hear ing gardM J s M i n . y ;t() ~.rl! : . w i t hQ . n ' - e (J / t he c b ll tl re .) 1 . ( A A o ~ t : : I co l l r leJ , l 01

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Fi9ufe'.7·24 Omw i . (Bl'1J . ; 1 1 ~eS M W Z Y Garden h I ' " fM~iftf : P , o r l ~ (lI

Sf(Jff membe~ ·~~.119 the' ,ef~elIU r f J f~ j ! t 1 1 de!l lgt: l .

of 'the ,g~nten and. pJ'f0wdesii! I, : symiboW o.f gJI la:i t \CUans: tJr,en,gth Eort' .he

l u c a s ICGmmu.nitJ~ M o s ~ . l i k i e ID . y th e t r e e was, p . l S : r J i t e d J~nthe ~B O O swhen thesi~e wasena 'o:f tbe lfirst f l m ' : l l lease-s~n COnl\!ict t imes.

U $ eLucas's ,gamensare des:i:gned lorc:h:Hclrlen wi~b spec:~alneeds,in du d in ;g b elm r :'i! io ra l djjsiDrdem~O i U 1 1 i d u I D t : f p l e ' ~ h y , s ; i . c a J i ' in~ru,ec-,

tua~~afl,dS!el1l~Qry d~sab,mUes,. Some of lhe chUdreDba.l!'e 'CQ:m~plex m ed tc alc ond ~UQns er ~elJ: 'n 'DJina]mn,es:ses. SO lme have

g .i !l s f t 'i ot ubes f i, t ~ed . Otl)'H::rs have .hadnn a . ( : c r u a e ' n : t or an . mness

la , t6r ' ,~J1! H m . For Jeanllle.tn.e gardenswere lcrea~ed,w ' p i V l l V ' i i d i e

oPPoritl:o:ides for chnd:flen.lobe c:h i ' l l .Uenged. :tobe alo]])e:!,lb be~ogether, orte be:' \ v f f i t h parents and :speda~ mends.

WO:RKDr3 .G 'WU'i:~Clm.DUN. Mos~c;f~he work v.qd~.h e ,c i\l1d ren. liS

one-an-one .."Tbegarden is the fi:q;t 'place 'w',etake ,chih:liren tog.eEihelr spirits np ~tihen.they Cum1\': ]back from surgery'" JeWlfte,nated. S l l i \ e e\1{plla:~ne:d~ha:t eve.n tlil.oll,gn some of dl!~, eJ ruUd " t na r e

qju~! t :eWtQbUe. su.pem:s . i .o f i ISr: lGI: m . r u d . l · o : E a : n . i s s<ue .EV ien . chUd lr e ,'I l

wifl l l . i.n~eth~cLUidd~~iil.lD:niti'~~bDm,~ghttry to~naw,ay,. ,3;Rf;., "t.. ~.JI" 'b ' - - h -l "0 ' ":l\. ::lcl L • .JitOneR. -ni(il~g . r y t. e ga~IUien. .-nee a enu c, neeomes ~nde:peJild.en~~ymobnet:hey havea\vo,n~e:ri lU:l fooling ,of&e:edom. ~o~x~lGl~e :~ .g ;G !~ ngfrom s pa"c e to . s p aoCe , 0 nv!@~Qped by g ,~own"! l l :p

p,bnts . AU Y O t l : call h em - a 1 l" e~ h eilr voloes.We c h & U i . e : l l : g e icW ldrel il

'by Cc " l tH l i l , g the-i f ~U!I]n~s.b~y C o o . l " ' t s ee ,au bu tm l!ls t f i :nd you.~~l:'~'-L ~i.;a : - ..1 ' I . . . 'U l ' > i e ' W I ! ! I J , ) ! c \ o a i l l u , ~ g o . o . s e e ; " " .



"Love!y l taings,napP'er.L,," reported J ,ea nne. "RieU y c Q luMn'thold hi:s 'h!ead u:p \Ii!henbe came ~o seboc.d. Now he's m.obl~e:in~he g amen, aliOD igwaJ !!k Jw ay s, in th e oiilsbm, ' l in hi~ c b a ~ r; h e 'a id ~p.,

H e e ba , !: j, a bl g , h :e ad" ' too -hyd roce :phaHca.

W it te n. h e fi:H~ s ' ta r~edj 'w e dou btoo th i1 t be l ' ; :oyld -ev~ef! l .t~'lfe]tiOSGh:oO~. Now h e's jlils ~

'Qut and aoou t in the gardel]_ !" .

Tea chem , tleilic'helr~atdes:"and I th em p~ sc s u se th e ,gm ilen ('O r

prog ra m a cti:rit ies , bl!~W u :d ~~ g! if i(l<bil i~ytraining. They bring cliri~.~d!~n. fn)m otherschool:s wbere ~heyw(lik for visits, as a~rea:~.l'f f i- teg ariJ eli is : a .w ee pla c e t: o . have IU[1 ;c :h Fo , r v ,olunl teexs~

IJu: : lu :d.~llgbigh seheol s~ude!Q t s rn l l lmp .g d);ldrco:mmunlty ser-

w c-e requ llr,em eD im -the :gM "deru ; a re an, attractive onCl.el1!joy~blep l~ to ,vork. . for Jea tru ne" j'~ ~e , 0 ' : v e r a i l l 1 d~.Vlersity ortb~ gafcl:en:s

and the cue-signs [ £ 0 ' 1 ' !~hebe~.pers]' make it easy : l l O oome Mipwilb

s t im J J ] ~a t i_n .g ld ea .s~o 'e 'l :il g ag e t h e cJn~dre rn~si n: t e. re~~ . " One o:ftb.e: s ta l ' 5iUlnmoo, 1 l . I ! f ! d .1 e'g afd .en a s a p]~ c e Q f ~J i.ea nng :!;IS" :s~eiID:g the"-'f'L. L"Jd . ·'II",~· '1.:1"ra ee s ~ , I . J . Q ! P P Y Cu~ i' rea ex p en enCID ! g , ll :. .. em a m.emo:mtJ \I !e wa:y .

S,I!NSORYRW.C.~J. MUlCh ~f I he g~ rd !e ;n ~ a nd 5 c a:p e i sa :t: , .! !'beeb: :l1 iab -

heigh t 'the c l l~m ! e s a[ 1 d \ rin d :m iU s are low s o rhat chUdren eanre.ach (;IU~and. ,~c~i" t le fhem. ( )l Id b ir d s~ Rests a re P 1 l . a ! : t 'on ~Q!W~

u ranc ihes ; ~iO d ' .l a t c h i ld r en can see iu~o!hern~ f ieel dlle:m. and

unde:r :stali i ldhow tneywoik.,l'he ,~nvlliI11)nm:elilt l : S de~d8fied LO

s: t f f imW!a~emobi :U: [y i b: )enc~~ge C:h~ldren to f e 'Z l ci i3 0 1 JJ t, b J '~Q1UCJ ]J ,

Ill) 'el l l :p,I!ore,~oe eha]J~.eln~d , EogO ' be:y( l l ild theh: ' ' OVJD Umiu .Ea c , h

mondug :1grmlp' ofchHdh .~n pick !nQI\v~nf;l)( the elassroomsa rnd foy e: r.

Sensory sdmu~aUo]]j.is a k~ ( lI imen:sio(!1., fil 'h~ga:rd;e!!l:S work,

1 ~11- . .' r em- .. ' .. . 'II.. '.. "'J'. . ...1 - _.II · J e W ·' h ' . tme .8 se:rnso:aryreasure .ulUlt, eaml!f ,e x~ :am ! .'r U . . '. ,e . a'W a ._~-,

ti~niE!igmap'· : sh ,Qwi :n ;gwh~t c an beheatd . in di£Krent spaoes , .

S n rtle W l is ve ry imporla:n . t , 'especial ly th e me:moir J o , f sme ru .'C:_M~dren.arri:y;~in the m o.rning alc n~ g a s oeil'l!~raU cover-ed. with.,cla:m.b~:ng roses, 'Wjst~riit, ,and ,staf'j ,a;-sm;n:e. w~call ~tOll ! : ! !~· '!~~

, gmn t g re et i:n g .'" Jf 1 2 1 l J 1 E i . e and her . s t a f f ' wod: ' : .ed wUhthe .As : thma

.Fg· l . i !ndat~QIDo dlQOI;l~ :p~an~~~h~tde : no t trigg~l"a:;;:tIDnaQir r u l e r =

g ies and w a~ , :31'e v,ery usel7-melildly. A :s a.(ie8U~tt rHle garden is,1a.[Ilied.m.ost lyffi th T h } : W r - d l = o r1 ': l S B c; t = J l a r u ~ : i n a ~ e d p ~ lm ' [ s m tb e r d 1 3 1 1 1 .

w~[Djd- :polJ lbl ja tedp~ams 'e

ANmAt . s . : A s F a n:R y aI 'd , ,a nim a ls a re difficub t oa~conrmoda :m~ per ..m:anenl :1!y .Ll1cas bri:IJ~ i11 < I tfar:myard. ffl'},Ce a ye:a11'wi l t hgo~c s .

c ow s . d u ck s . and ,cb ickens. Bi:n;!!s i nh :ab i~ the s i~e, ernl ,a :n!e :n~br.iru::lucli' lilga pair olEna :t ]v e dov es ,., p.lov~rs. and a c(),ckabQo.~e

harve a ll 'k inds o:f mai l s , bll:gS,. beedes , , and { ) tihe r Insec ts , " Jeami leI1~PQ!rt:ed.,j'EILltt.erm~:s. a:relP'r'oUfic,~Qge~hejj"withmag:nif i .c :ents~den a l1d. theW webs. We dian' t u ~ ef fi:n~ ed ic id es , .a llt bo ugD w e

~l {M r ~f~(}j'il!m l a . - r e d ~Ml h.grre. . 1 1

i :s th'i:~vat~ t 'k,t)SO\l i l ~~d'. f tl~~ tl-tie ~\ I . ind~h imes . ._ ' fJ~eau,~dofthe, Z~{t\~~ t!~1 · J r e : b f) ee ze . T he CQt·

~$, li ~.~r i g /H, , c l !1 ~ E r f M l ."( ' & 1 ' . \ ! I '1 ' Me:,\~!!!l



. ' : - 2 : 5 ' ~ 0 1 a i ! ' . e c t : f , o ~ (if r i l E ' . S " ~ j ' ,u ) \ l 'yG o r o e n ~1iQM":iJ 'jg~ ":~ ll'V l'W .

ro~'5~ a r m ' ,d~ , o f th~W:~ftl

ndgiam oouefflie~ (far f lg l1 l ) ' . fh~,j 'e~PQnd 1 '0 ,bteeie~Q(Id rtdd m o w m , e t UQ.tld (I"lW ,~I;Il ieg .amen . (Mati) (jo~t·lesy , o f UlIC!~:! G a r d ' I m S S c h o o l , ) ,

h av e ~ o bec ar-efu l wa.h bee 3 J I I D d was , p s U n g ' S " 1 . kt 'J iu c k t he was"

nests downa:~nlght when I see them.."·

Apl!ACE [F,ORFU'ULlES. Ti : l !e i in l l : r lca.te, . shel~er,ed spa.o~s a, f ~hefJnr""den are .more oondL!l.c~vet o wtu rs :in :g , a:wu :l h c dd i nga child than W il

. i m p e r s o 1 1 l ~ 1 . J n i b : U c ho sp] u ': ~ wa r d s . A : 1 l ia :r-es u i'l. mO ille p a : r e : t u a ] J

v . i~ !dUngha:~,p~I]jS in~e g a rd ~ n thQma.t~ h ~ hO.SiPj·~1. "S f IbHnWl :a ret h e s ame 'wa,y," ,oomme:r :d ,ed . Je ' anne. "Or IJe o.f ap~h : o.f h 1 l jf iJ 1 iS W I lI ;S

bra~n~da.magedat binh. [and.~!heyw~re mo~ r~latiW!Jgto 'eachoil:hew]1.NOVll'tdle ~wgbO 'y s ean : p l a : y ~(lIgetber h~l;e and haveal o v e r u y ' IT-me. Children. a i r J J d Pal lI "e 'F l ts l \eaU21e l ii s i s a. spec;ial place,

v:af~~ it great tya fD.d fe~~meycaD s ha r e i.~with ,ea~hoth~r. >I 'W h .en a c hU d. pa s s es a.way f rom ,a te:m lh '!J a~ m n es s o r d is a.bil'··

rut)j. a "me :mD illi;2 1 1pl~n1tt'·rus chO$e:lJby~he pa ren t s . and. staff.J!eam1ie,@ < 1 d ~hestory o l fTanya . ~Sfle had a l o r v e I D y .smile andlotsD iE white, C lJ : r I D y b ; l l : lr . .He.r t l1ee· is ; ~frallgipalll t . The Mos<sG.m has , :.

! ? I o , M e n . c~.nter~. ! l ,v l i :dtJe ~ t 3 J I : s e roa n d U :i, ] I n a a . bea: l ldf1l l1p~rfume;.M em ori~~ pta :nts , a re a tlilemopeut:[c pafll : .af the heali : lJg: precess .

SQm ,et ]m~ s :a p.:u re(IW twH l ' c ome ' ' bad :: a ! , 1 J i .

~y,'Oh. 1 j u s t c.une·by

to p.run.e Sl~sj,e's rose,' land n . m say somedrlng. I:me i jOn j great,good '(0 see YOIIJ,m

ItO O r ! . 1 M : U N f i ' \ ' PUCE. Prot Gf t h e p:hUlJi$opky ,of th e garden I s . dun j£

~5,open to t:h~ cG immun i t y~ n~s used by visuaUy imp~ i re c ll s ~ ude:n.tsWom the ~!Oca~ch.oo~ sys~emand highsCDool wllele:~chair

USeD. :forp];Mtidefi~ifrncatiof.!. and ~perim:enl:al pmjeets,. Other

s ru denes u se IUle f ac ilit y f 'O r etl lvff imnl l1:eJl !U!l ed u eanoa and arts

and crafts, ac~i.vjUe.s-a.~ the· same 'time, learning, abeut ~hLtI!~3scbUdlren,il~v.e:~t ~Q~~y thank you le[~~n","commented



Jeanne, '''sayi.ng hew much 'they , e , n j : o y e d ~he.ir vrusi l and how~U ! c k- 1we are' m , -h a 'V e s u c h , : I , beautlht1 facmty;"

M U d . y phy s:ic aU y d f:s aM ed y ou ng people ,engage W I t . "work

e~pel"i!enc:e"at th e sU e'. leanne told of a )I 'ou ng m an. rec overi.n,g

from ,cancer who had had ,:I nen~ou:s breakdown and could notface' going b~ck, to h i: s ,6o :rma l ho rt ic u l ~U J r , a :~ :m.l:di!0s. "W h .en hefirs~s tat1:ed with u~ he eouldn't get on a.bu s without , g ,e tt ln g 'o ,f f

at th e nex t s top" M 1ler n i n e m onth s he " M a s , : 1 l Ible te fa ee 'th e w orldagain. We're Uk,ean ,empmoymenl a , g I@ I 1 IC ' y fm' people with that

kind . o f ' p r ( ) lMem, ~speciaUy .in the: area of hO il1iclJ l j l ture. It is a- 1 1 1Il_ 'L - . 'b I'. ." T'h' 'II -gen'le p ace UJ,r 'lutlm Ito staR .ac~, 8g3:m. - .' e j,UVePI.~ecourt

,aocasimudlyrefers y ou ng poopJeto th~ garden who have been,in u·oubl.ew : ~t h t heW aw . One s u c h p¢:l"So,na.ppeared~n. c ou rt ,y l~ hpic tu res o,fh~ m self \~ Q rk i l'l,g : iJ n,tbegaroe,n. The jiudge was so

I m p ' l " e - S : s e d he g a v e h i m a. second chance. 'The g~rden turned his

Ii~earou:nd'" Jeanne commemed.A n u _ _ _ r s i n g hom e r,ead .h ::lggm u p m eets ~ n th e garden. onru .oe

day s " ] . e a : O l 1 , e no~ed the v a lu e' of th e garden for .Allzheime:t1s,padems because l :hey don't get lost ~eflec!ifilg on thewmpOJ,~-taneeef plants , s he: rec a lled ta1 km n:g abou t a daphne flower. "Oneof the A lz h eim e :- r's la dles , ov erh ea rd . me :and seid, 'Daphne, tharsm ;y nam e.' S he h ad naif s~ddhfo r f i 'f t een) ! lea rs~"

;;Weekend paS ' Sd" are issued. m iO ·casual users of the garden. Alocal , comol :uni ty group uses, it [1Ol"compos t i .ng and runs courseson. S und ay s . S~ti'eral.gmups b:os~educaUQn< l i J . and horticu~tu:ra,I

ac tiv it ies a t th e gan:leifl.The ROblFY C lu b u s es , th en lg h:tU t , g ard ensfor ~he'i.rChristmas party. The Therapy Ce~uer 'Ope-ll'~IiIgw asammded by 400 people, a ll of whom were acoommodated.in thegardenwith space left O'l .1er;

Jeanne noted. tba,( in merethan ten ::rear Ithe garden has,never been v a:nda .U zed . '''We've had bric.ks ~ ~ h ;l" O u g bh e s c ho ol

w indow .s , bu t. the ga rden has neverbeen tou ched , L oc al cMldr ,enand s k a te bo ;rwde: rs p ,] ay here a~ the w eekend ..N,eighbo:rhoodres~-dents bring newspapers andrefreshments and take Iteasy."

the Lucas gardens are well known ~mdlereg:ioll. T h e y bavebeen feawredas an exhibitfongardea onthe Gl"eat Gardl .nTour

,olf Sydue ' y and have been wri'Lb;ln up in envwronm!ental maga-zlnes, "W h en . vmsj~orsoome by. they are alwavs Impressed ~ywhat ~he:y see," nOlJed J.e<)nD,e;; . ' -' -:E '~ ry lo rne o .n , th e s~aff~s proud of

it. T he s c hool ps y ,c bolog is t c alilJ ~: it ~m;ybeautilul nasis,' The gar-

den bes ~,ed~(JiniaJl'j~ood things h 31 ppenin ga 't tb i;s , scoool.w,aybeyond what it cost, I a W _ kcut theresome e V ' e n i n g s a ~ the nd

of ~be:d ay and s ay ;good OIi 13· ,g,arden-you had ~ :obel ' Th , ej ,o y

,ofslulling nature w nh people makes it a ll wo r: tt hwhUe ."

A l i.U ! ;d~ I- a~ s~ns fu ir fo r ~he'gm:den is held ence eve'I'Y t\ ,V'O'eJlrS

\\,UhaU 'the stores in town pa:rUd:paUng.. Frutl ~sharvested,



brandh~d. : andgmven to famjlya;~d friends as , "'th~nkyG!!Is." Sp~oesand herbs are sddan:d m o o ~omake:spiced vinegar. L a V l e l l l J d e : r is' I ]~edm make ~aV'e[r: ldersa~che' t8 c a U . e d "'drea:_mp.illow.s/ '

,MMl 'n"BNANCB. ' ' [he m l a j . n m " t r : u ~ J : l 3 C e I '!eg lm e for L uc as G oo:de.ns , : isverym.o{[lest. Agamen,er , c«mesol l J€! day a we,ek.. Alluc~ua~tng

g m - G U p ,ofvolu:n~eers cares ,Bortha pbm,ts. Aceo: rd~ng to J , e a : n n e ,;!Mosdy, the garneill, talkies care of i.~self-,it has eo , S r u : ! i r v r u , \ l a ~ of

~~e .fiU:es~W S ourrlhi~oso,pby. , W e mU l c h a lo , t~nd. fGGt1$O'J\!D!ative

pta_ also ". --

I . Gc':mmu.f .d '~~t_:·basedJ ' w j 1 1 1 c h reEaJ l~s :irn.high ' V ~ 5 i . b , : i L 1 r ~ . t y andS;t;[ion,g (lDmmWQJty $ 1 I i , ! ! ! p p < J r n .

" I n c ~ . ~ ~ d e s , m :W l d ~ l " . 1 l ij s i n ; g compo;neDl~SSUC~ls a i I J J ie a : r n . h w c m l i l

fa:on.• MuI~i,user grollJiPs..E:nri.che.s lives o~ c:hUdren and 'Qi~lie:r

USle".

• A rLtra :ctiV le pJa c4 lI [ 'O r 'voluJllleern.

" E .ncou l ·: aJ 1; ;eS f am ily h1 .voh l ie~e-nL SJ l f l lhoH:ze s h . i , g b q t a ! a m i J r y

of l i f - e evenaher the p I l l : s s : i : D 1 g ~f a, t h U d L

.Emlflhas:i!~ :se:osory s U m l l l ; Q j i a t i Q ' n .

" 'PmviJide.s < i l l , gl1ea~ dtvel [ "s iLy oiEhands-en :ac~: iv i : ly ebeiees,

• Suwo1.ti,int~ma~e OODIneCUQflS Vllith th e 'indoor spaces of

ti ll e f acU i ty ;'. Un il ,r'e l's a rru , d~~igned. to : a (, ioomm~d a:1i~~i l)~ :n~ed ! ; iola w ide

'~e:ty of user groups.

'. Low maiI!Jlteo;ance. j'sunhl'al ,g. f th:~ fiues~" land:sca,~

~p,proilIch.

,D rSADV»l rA .GES

" ReHes 'OD~jhe~eadersh~p of ,!l sil:l~le i D ; d i v " ~ d J U i a l ~ o m ( J ! i : o : r : a i ntbe momen tum. Mdii:l!ll~egrliL'Y ( ) ! f t h .e evo[v i: ng vision I(as

with ft .I:Of>t vl:siionarypmjCt:is) ..

l.ej£hll~gFamly l I e a J l o o R g 'GudeD" lC :_b i ld f to .t s H losp i. ta ! Il, aRd.Heal th . CeDt~~.Sa.n.Diego" ,Ca!life:mia

By Clan: . Coopu Ma.r :cus

C b l ld t e : n t s ; H Q ~ p w . ta l i s I J 1 ,e p : r i n , d p a l i . 1 1 1 lm i bf orp eC Iia .mc h ea lt h e a r ehl~he San Di!egol1egi:olil. It a C : C O i m m o d ! a , ' t e s over 200, !OQl ( l l i npa-

' t~e[l~andoiu, tp.a: tJJePit v ts j;~ sa nnu an.y . T he CanC ler C a.re Ce:n:~ e;rt r e a t ' s 400 . ~ i J j d r e _ Q . aW l i f l i ! i . U a U y . . ' J i \ r ! ; r . o . ; ~ ' h : i J r d s Q f u be paU ItlIW : ts a r ~

under four yean of .age. lOver 601percenJ~ ba.ve no .m.edka~l[lsur~



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aneeend are covered by the starehe~lnlpla~..P a i [ . i : e 1 l t : s repre-sen~. the. cl!l.llltu[';a:~ b:r-eadfh e f the ~J \ea ,Pnnc ipa~ gTOUi[pS a re

A'Sia :n.Hispanjc l C~uc .a s : ~an. and A:friea:n.~Anl~rjcan.

mi' .. . d " '_,_,~I' .f· f .,~;to,~ ,.,~nZ$ltory ,a.,l'.,...,mlil'lS".llp~~"0 , ' , n i ( ! ' Dur~~

The Leichilagf'amUy Rean~g Gl'ilirde:l:':I,penedm ~997,. J: ts devel-Q:pn1'l'~n~,~faTvQlved i n comple' ;if p ,rooeS ' s , o f d isc[! J :S ! iiO ' IiI .~eam... 'bu .:nc l~

i .l ! ]g . d i l i! s~g l .' : !b rn i f l: s ;~Q!I i1 Idn g~and fuBd.-li![~S~g), f ed . by D e : 1 a : r n e y ~

eocb.ran & ca:s : tmo. Landscape Ar'Chj~ec:ts.Ubeg~n 'W~thtbeidea lo f ,a ,gari l ,en: e01visi.oncdby dle bO:'j;.p'Ital.~$'B~reavc;me:Jj]t

Commi t tee~ ][1. the la ,t e '~ 9 80 iS .ID i,9'91~.ftll. ~j:Dlearea~i ,ou ,o.fa

HeaUng Efiv;ironmen~ S ~ e er:h J lg :O omm : ~ tt ee " t he [ i : J , cU5, o .f t be~I l'rltd.i'I·. \..' -,- c- Clf '., · 1 ~ '1 l . - , , _ . . . ' - , ,gm " { I! !c nS I lUL ,i e aD ;o ~ ._eeea me p~n,o M e ve ra u u~mmg: ~ml~on-

men~ Pf'Ug-laB w,h i ch slse e : [u : :am : 'p~ss l ed n~deslga ; :u .~dw~:Ltiing

a [lea s a nd a pe:r.fotm illl:g a rts program. T he prim ary ~ ~'a :k eh old ,~

'·26 ~ltep lQf j ' QUhe~,ftlltr19! f 1 , ~ r lN - C h i ld r e n " $ (

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'~My8OH~~, only i l : f the .~Ml$p'.iJo1/0 ' " ,1 Ut()llt'S (Ui.d t ;~ l ! !n h e ; d i e iJ . .Laler them wa~il\I u.e'iI ' .Iv.riialseil"~

V!I~h. f i~ ( 0 ' " the. c h N d R ! " ! urhal,ave died, for·a~fJ~I'PQ;re·Mt$.Thg

,'~1eJ"'Ulri!ii'j{$~ilViae;~Va8bea.l,!tifut

~ 1 . '~Ell!uiJ~dul. Smnoo'n~h d abW , J ; f . g 1 : U ( Jowers , ~ O O k ' t t lu~1 )e lt ll $

d:ri f j. ~ l l~ ' t. ty . b i r ke .gra s s in t lw.

bii'Cet!i)t!, .I t was ,a :\-00)' to share l OUr '

g r i e .f v . . .ith a . r i t g r cS WhD . I r ( ; u i Q.:tsQ

' i l ' ; \ 'per ie.U'l,~edl~ i~ loss "'l~d iI ~J'~~i~1l. il ll l£~ wW~IfJ,isI )cr(X,e : ;~ o f l 1 e ; o J i ' n g , Ni), SOH. am i I

had reaU y b o n i i c : d 'wllti~ ~~\!ilri!!'

Oi~:U:l;de ~O i t ' UNl!S ,~p~ial lYlt l~~t :I .11"

i ' ' l f 1 f u . l fa 'Fft .M to b e o 'wts iae it! ! I ' l l :

m e : m Q n a l (OJ'}t!ll1. ~

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e~fuir the g~r-den. (lS!ndsc~pe architect, Vh::e Fre~ddent fO i l "

F.'a.d:iiUe.s, p a . 1 ' 1 ( l J ] ( t s . sla[f!. , c : : t r i : 1 d - ] j f e speda~isu,. ete.) b~_m-

s torm e d :iii'sg oa ls and w,or: k Jed 'E 'Oge tbera s t h e d ! e. s ,i g :newoh il ld .

A:fue:r ,cOln;shJ.li!l~bl~fuJ!'; l .d~ra,h;;j~lg,elortJ::i , the garden. was: earu-

p:leted and d ed i.c ated if } J J u ~y 1 9 97 . (S e eC 'h a p~ e1 i" l.:~lor a m ,Q fted et ailed a c c .u u nt ! oh !f :I !I ~:p roc e:s ,sof'Cf~aJjng:~hisgarden.)

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The garden Is~cca~edb e h il i ! l d U w : n o o p H a I , on i(;sfiQr'LhWes:t s~de,.

" I 'hsf\f : 3f ie : s i.gn :s ~o the gaJrde'l'l (hl! Ei. l ' !g l i , shmd S;PQl1I~s.ltJ)besidedl l .E: 'elevatees orf · lh.ema i l r .l .~ob.by.Ft: i sv is ib~ef t .o. fi . I. 'lne n ea rby e '~e ,"

vah:fr l ob bie s, a nd . s t ah " \l ;! '~ y ~(J il l. .sev ,eraJ frnoors of t h e h ( J !Sp~ t a t ·l 'l h e

~:r.de~i:s c o m p h a t e l y en.clo@ed wjith CUNil mear, brightlyp am iE t~ d .4 - r e 'J'.-fomh tg h w a U:s ~[ ljd is entered under a La r:g ei:L1buJ~s~eel : s t n ; l i C t ! . . u c e . B,o l.1g ah ;! .v iUea is pbunedat tbe bas e . g f

th~s:f l ~me and wi~ c: \"enil l laU.y cover what .is~fWb~'ndedsa h :uge j

me-oO'-vered. d ];nG s am ru ic bam !ed "S a .m " .A ~ .pre:s e:rn, m e \tl Illeshave gt1)\!7i l t : l only 4 ! or.5 [feet u pth e fou r d hlo.s aa r ""le.g ~and thestructure doesn ' tpa.ni:c'lda.r.my CJ~Yl1lv.ey"di aosaur," but a neve r : -

~ he]e.s s prov id es a n. , ey .e..ca~~h ingga t~ ! ; ' . a . ye f ! ! h 'an~ l I1 ! ,Tbe cllnn~near ~lanSsenr,e a number of pUi~rpQs~s,;~he1

defil il .ea:n,d enclose th e s:p~lce;~hey cU n fea w ot ln da :f :l.d erea te a~11 [1.m be l"of chih;'l~s~le "~"Qom.s . ' ~ ;the OOhJ! . led su:rr-.fa.cf:s(ora:rt~e.,

deep b lne • .pu rpl e, g re e: t: l. yeUow) prorv~de 'a v j jbm i ll ;~h{ l : ckdrop ~orrhe , oe r- a:mka: n: bu a .l . f is h and~:nsect ~ i ! i 1 ; ~ r : e . s wUh whi.ch they ared~QOll~a~~clnd ferthe p~remlla]:Sl hat are p ~ : a ! l ; : n e d ,arou.fld~he

edg;e .s of the g ard e n a ga i.1 :l8 't tlll.ewall~s,'[he waU ~O: !J if ru l "S~see Ol l li le~ ' t~edt :l igi s dcep ,bl lU!Je r u : m ca;Lora~d has c!O~GI'fldglas s iS letinto .~,t n

l l ! i l iUe:m~o f 'l~lIe o n s ; o o n ; ; l t i o I I l Sj• whic ; h glow 3 : S [h e a . f r u e . r n . o o r n and

e \ i'e r u :l :l g 5~~nsh~ : ne8 'l:li l l 'io'1l1gh ~ h e m . Odile:rw,~U~.a1f \e d e o o ! l : " a [ Je d

w Rh ceramic Eigures or ienC ;Qmp '- !s~ s teel panels w U h :il!D im .a"ct:l.Hn.[i:s.

l ' n m e oe l1J t.e r o rf t h .e g8J 'den , ~ sa ce~" 'am ic t i te sea h O I . ' , s e f o ' [ D J : n . ~u.dn~ which jets. twt! 10ng speuts of water ini'io I [WO · rai;sed

, ceml i l 1k~ t~mec l .pools, The sOU!.tlde~n.be hea rd t lM:t. lughcrut dl: te

sp~ce.. There 81~~a va:ri.ety ,of~round suda,c~s; st:art:ir!}g witl1.pa .lu ted eoneres e u nder the e-ntry di.~oiSa ' I jJ l ' :<lil lOil • .UDld th e F oum -

'rain, an.dI,ex~end:i:['J;g into th'e area~ mo.st : d:is~anlfroiinme e:n~:ry.

Inodler l o c 3 ! I t: i: O \ n . s ~ th e C uf\! . i lme' tu; , e c l i g e of pail :1liedco.nc:re~e

gives w . a ! y lIOe;(pnfU'les: o.~beige~co~oredcrushed [illes, and re

pa :u : :' hl l' lsof l a\v la i. A~I t h~ S I!;u:im:ces a:re ~~ to walk on , a . n d ~O 'p u naW3ig~n aeress as ililpl~tietttc:lili.~ctrena n. be brou g ;h 'l. b~Ei.lmi~y

rne:miJ),e li " : !> to the gamen in brig~t:ly p~jl1~~d, " ,vag'Of! ;s .•Ve' r t l ca l fea l l l I \OS , in th e g '2 lll"d encnaaist of trees and se ru c -

tures, A:m.oillg'~heI ;a,~'tel : 're abllle~paintoo SL :ee lwmdm:U. l ~ wi~il

oorrd s ins id e the S~nfl(::~ur~'1:g;a~i!a~ i the~I 'wings: as ~he:~.~r~nctmiU

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u 'I Jm : s ; [ ~e d if :l 1o s: alH ';d : :lJ eOO il1 cr e te \v aUs ; a :n d y'eUow umbreUa.s

hanging over dU 'eemo·v ,Qbleb~l ] j ch j, c a : F l u s : ' 'F l 'ce J l ,ta :nHng :cofl l-

sis ts o r p alm tRe! l ;i]l]js ic l} eh e gar-d ie ' I : l ,a;l'ldJlu~[oulside Us w aU s , as

' W e U . < l ! s , several deddu.oli! lc 5pech:s.

There are ple :n l~Yof spaoe s '[,0 si~~\I'arymg by ]Qcail io'l ' l , mater-i~l" v ff iew ,and s ens e of eaelosure . .Ar~lInclpal:1o f H il e p e rim , e ~ e'r

am"esea t~ l ' u :~ghi tp~anl~e!", aUs : lbac~ed by pIDan i lSa f id wH:~.:5evel~als:earh1grocks set bua, ~h~p:J:l l !!1I'[:erdge, ' [ \ ,VDIce ra rn ic-U le s;tllrf;ish

seaes and . o li le C1en .U :ml .k4Ue " 'mruJ ishroom~' provide, c as lull ~ea;~:iJng

f o ,r aper soa alone. ora pa;l'en~ and c hiild -"1'h.~eehighty C:Qrnoll:l l i :d

bmcb "earts" wi~:h shade tmnooeUas:prcov:lde ~e'Z! t ingfor ' two. nrd100e p eople a nd 3ir-e-~~eOil je~igny~mo\! :abie. bUl ape a c tu ~ lW y[~O' .beavy.

l'he desig[l,ers eheseto focus an ~.sesside beach. ~ihe:me~ntl1e ,c:reatk~no f d d sgB J \d !e n., with an eInphasi:s on a!ppropt: ' ta .h~

oo~()n (b1uC',s ,a .ndy yenow)~ appr«priiate t e : x l : u r , e s , (s and y d eeom -

posed granh~d,a nd c era m ic s ea C :n ~3 ,t lJ :o:::s .l '.h eov em 1 J ] f eeill o f

th _ .eg ard en s eem s app1roprlait€; to seu theen Cam6 : rw d a : s an d.y - cQ l~

ered s u rf aoes ~ th :eS lOM1]J dso r a splashing .6o~nL.~~n.palm trees,bb'd of p~ r~ dli:s e P : ~ : m t ~ .hadow s, c as t O~ waU s , .Med .He r r 2 l n eU l

oolon. In the ec o~,of~he a flJ eli1 1oorl. h Is a prnea :s an[. p1acJeto be-close ~:Q1I~:heh iosp i~aru ,,e t seemingly far~F.eIirlovecl.

l l : s e :

A ip .DS~Oc cu .pancy ,ev~ ] :u a ; lio ino f tM s ga . r - de : r lw ,as c c ndu c t e d in

th~ summer ·Q f 19'98. ,~mip' loyin,g behavior ma~p~ng. tra.cking.a:lld i :n t. el "Vie li ,; v sw ii fhadu l t and chUa. garden u sers aM l :WOll !1 l.WSiem.

FJg~~ 7~i7 lek1Jtag f O m i ll r Hea.~·~'Ga.rd~1II. W e I rV ( r o m a b o v e lo o 1 i . l n g · o v e r 'di!lo.S.(lW ~ti' ) ;: Z O d i a c . 'W a l l b e y o r :r d .( p , n i ) l : Q by M'oml 8~JIi'les,}



''W h ~ t, ~ ,C'Dl1tmst thJ s is fnm . ,a, ~ a n ; l 1 ! f l " h Q : s p £ ~ Q J M,JtlUf~igr o m . n . ' I

t J ' n ' : n : k t h is o o u ld b i l l an e ; , ;c e l & : J ' c ! :t

spo t far ' d ~ I G J " C l P lsessions. 1rold'~ ! J ls r r n ~ ~ped(JJisl , ! i !ho,tt l , r i r r : s ,t iJ 'Va b J 'O u , ; g J :u l M I i 'O , ~ . 1 A! I~m; 'She

, loved i~ loot S~I~ad l:,~ellnll!.I~

m~i Mre!Sh'e said she cfJufd doh~" n~~"J~o£u·herop), se.ssr lSj ' l ' l$

o\td h ! 1 i i ' i l i i w,~ry,e~il1."(MOTl I lE .H 'OF O l l lT1 '~ l JENi I")

~lg'l!\en~otD\~lt t t " t ' !w ,ro t1Ieg~r~

d (ms , once f 'o~' ' 'a~vhaJlJ.n~tniN~tle

b rea k! T iu]' - I!OIMP1m~' 'S ' Sa id 1~ 1 ( , C } ' U t d go o,~ d t nvp~ t /;rel 'e. tt' ~v,a5

n ic e to ~h)~~t a fh .er~>~im.v~.I .1~(J l l the $ - n l - e 1 : / ~ tl~ld't he s lr e: ss . .Butu~y5,()'~1 1m b ee,! iJ~too b a ,d s lmp e

tl O go O~tt.I t ' 'wo~dd~ bd,itr{{}rJ ! i P ~ i l :~ h t ; ! 1 J\ . \ Io.lchi' f lf t , nrt j : ! ! d a y . H e .

~eed$ soml1 l (;~lm'; , t ln~ U,~ atb,~~~rg1~ie1!~!l:his rOO1U I wishl -ye '>ol~IJt igdU 'W J 1 e . w ,~ ,~ ,v im t a ir .I t h as f1Ml~ngll'I! ' l:/$i>tl•..

(Mrmlg n!' I~PliTIII1N.T)

~Oen~ e'r 6 0 r ChHdHealH'I Ou: t lComes , 1998 )1 , 1 'l il e m.ajc l l : i~y ·of g a r-

den u sers RlpoM:ed go in g ~o ~ h :e: g." lrd e 'i: :Ito relru ::a nd ,res t, to oope

...vith word~~ and to get a .way from stress; 90~~~ntrepQi . ! .~ed iit.

pooiUve COOllge ·ofmood : l 1 l f l le , r V i s i c . m . 1 the garden.A fa$cr ef 3 .ch ild :in IfillL':lruivec<l1irel)emwk;ed.:"T.t:ds is , a belt-,

~er p J : M r l t o O " ! A 1 : a Ud~ an~! hew alli in.g:~"Q om.W e oQ u ld n ');sland being~rnhere. wondering Usrne 'd make H:.This jlS quiet and peaoe£-ui:

~he pee'I1.ery; tl'te ,to:~~~ llowelfS"thesotuJd Q if wate.r . ' I~'themlOl ther o f a~ l) lI I, tp ad~ :r ru t , rep lied :. " FQ r my S,Ol i l . this ~rde_n is

wonded1l.lJ.He's,a:udsdc. and the pn!ien seems:ahnost bUlh ferhhn. He ]ove s d i ll ewi 'J J~e rl a ll ,He ~sve~ v i s w a I D , and a J so wor ldu l [ t

a : ~ .leam~ngthe n ame s , o ft 1: ru in gs ~U~e a!fWima~s. He does aw~lle~~t.er ' O t w : t hi.ere ~ba:mhe l!!iI.oegi.fis~deawai:til:ilJl room. so ~t is~.ess

s t r~5ru l . for me .... " As t af fmem .be :r rle spoJ :l:d e:d :~ lme ] h~pp~eF'

and lesestressedcut, ~t:h~nkii.t's mOis t ly ~herunni:!1gwa~e: r , the'I.·~ ~I rrm ]'1 ~I!.."_'I.· , : a , L_-~~ •. ff ' ,r , 'I":-~'-UnS",.t c O ~ . G < r s , . voU f. , .. ILlIIJ:~~n!l'i.l'neeas m,ore ~jliillIT~t!I'&--(l]l 81~U' ~m - r MU:lti

[0 do."iF,ea~uresmentlo.n}ed~s he~pfn!l~Incluu::lIoothe :soo~!h:i.f:lg:eund

,o fru ooililg w .a .~ er; i the , serue ,~f"escap<irng the' bospiu,~.~j~.rne&e!'i(h,

:air and breezes.and the flcwers, Hal f reported that ~hega:rd.~nJnereased ItbelF w:iIl :Urljgness.'[0 rec om rn end C hi) dn;ln'8Hos :p ~t al

~O' ·oth.e:fs.F'or on e s[affman1b~r! du~pr~~en0e o f th~ '~rdeD o o n ~~.ncedt1in' to I la:k:ea.j:ab at ~he h05pit:~h~ < upea_W lyh:e~ped : rue Uke~htsJl,lace ....,m was,neaUyhnpre$sed ... lme~n .~fthey ~ake,this~ .e\ te J .o .f, c3 J re. ,~o '~u twn gEdens ~o'rthe mmi iH€sand staff J~ 'ke,~his ,

Ifbl: heaU ng .••1 dec;~ded',thiswas th e p:]~.c.e.~ormeto do m y [ped~-a tt ic ] r,es [d enc -y ;"

How~v~r,fhe g:a't'denwas s i ,gn i f j , ean t ly underused, Neadyhalf o . f , i1Ugarden u sers w oW id enter, walk '~~lh:k1yaro'l.:l:nd.andh~ \ave 'jn~~s ,m an f ive m bu Jlt:es ..W 'bile the sea . 1 1 o : r s ' ! : fQu ' f l tairo a l l 1 d

theJl\~.l i l~a! l iOrnbenehes aUnl lc l tedu:s : :e lS , ·o th era rea :s , , of ~ h eg a rd e: E iI\! i.I 'e :reu n u se d. T h e wbo]egalcden wa s , em:pty f t J o t " kn\g perioos o: f

t im.e.

Some 'people round Ul!eco~ors ,af . I J c l h~msur~ce 'S j~nin.g~

~ ,o.; th i.r d .s . o f chi~drel1.inh::nri:ewedl wara, t~"nl 'Orelhi f . lgs~o dQ '~ '

intbe gard~ln . l 'he m a j,orJ ty of u s eIt 'S rec om :m e1 'l.d ed ,~ ha :ng e.sSUlCbt lgadd,~c nlO'Fe.[rt;:;es and gJIeenery . C:1 i ' l i ! ·a .ungnvege l t :a :U.o~

S-C{eeO lQ Cf1lil:a~eaJ!id'Va~~comer (,~or~hera;py~gr.ffieving parenta,e' t:c.) .a Ad bu U d in,g a.\v.heelcbair padl to the oen.t;r~lpa ;y ed a rea ..

Nj ]Je~ , y :. .f l. vee rcen ~ o f th e fa m i ),h!:ls, s ; u . N e y e d i . ~n ~h e hosp'ita~buHding (.N",,23)l i l W I never 'been to the garden, and 48 peroen.tdijd n~o~Ibrtow orEi D S ex is tenc e. C iea rly , one ba::mer~ol l lSiels l lack

of kn.( )wl~d ,g~, ibo,1U! t .m~ga_;_rde!!1. O~he:rbarrl.ers indud~d "roo far. " ~. • - :1 :_ 'I t, d ' l!.to ,go ; COIT(US1!Oll ove:r I.~S purpose~l~tJil" exam pte, WHO, an ,Wu:a;t

~Ils Fo.r;and. ~he .mecliC'a~mod{'!1 o . f 11j~a~men;~,h~t is , s t a f f f t u lU:S~~IlIgen t he , hy s jjc !i:l.~mmess 'wiUlI~eSS,aUelilrkl:n tOI the , e f l l i H J H · Q · n a J



need;s, of pat~e:ntsa:nd lam mes , . 0fie s t @ l ,f f .membcr!~sPQnded;

' ' ' ' l iVhat 'S50 heaUngaboul theh~a l inggameJ1l? J j u s~ dan't, gll ' l~,~H"

Th ls ]:ilUIe:r, comn::u~nts; l : Ig,ge.sls lhe need far gllea,~er L u u l ,e W 'S c a :n . d ~

in g ofth e po([e .lJ .[ i,a J~ en~ fU sofh eaH ng g i!I~ .-d !ens ,

Bued on. ~hi,sM~dYilnd o{her. i:n['6rnud sne cbservat lens,the :g;~rde;llseems teserve palJlen'tsa.nd chUdten as a hdlilf di.~ef~shn1!.before ,or after ljO~lif!ehos ,H ~1v:i:si t5. W 'he:n parents and .chHdren must ' ' I I ' i lsUlhe h o o : r ; : d l a ] regu~:arly for tlfe'atmen~ 'Qf;l,

chronIc co ru :U t1on - f ' Q . r t ' ! .xa:mp~e,or cU a)ys ~s , ~hepsrentsendany sillirrugsm iigh t c ern e ro ~he g:arden.~orafl upUfciJ\g :t.-.espi~e

'whHe ~lh,eU I ,c hH d is being 't:re~:~ed.Howec ' feT j , tbe same enviJ'o]},"

ment tJh~tappea~s: ~o m.chUd H1;<)Y nnt be f eS 'UJ ra rir,,refor 51r , e sS !~d

p~~e'IJs, since ~here are n01pi f i. 'l l! l l! . le ge( " l3way spaces, and thei:lil~e:ns;e,COh) i [ 'S and ('o.rn:'lS<. 'll" ,hkha u u ;ac t ,ehU rlr,en,m ay be WoQ

"busy" for an ~du~t, .5Clek:i'l.lg~uie~ so·]aoe.Pa(\e!ll~s. of a chi1d in a

r . : : r is iz ; ;s i tu.a~iuiL1l i .n l e h O i S p U a : 1 m.~.y ~~:ml~:ilIrJyh;~ve di f f i ,cuhyfindi rig a pea!cefu[ c:orI1lel~ intnis gal'den.A ben,ch~Oocated~n

wharwas inrended a's a qUle~~miedi ~anve comer is ,e'o!l:posedi~Q

eve~.·ycn.e\NhQ en&EH 'S the garde1:1l i .TI. ' l ' l . .wSl ' l ly deslre fo r ~ .p d.v ,a [)e ,

cunternplative spot needs to be aecemmcdeted elsewhere onthe 1 1 O < . ! i ] J l ta lgrour:uis i n a calmer, ~es:sv i s ]: b ~ e s p ~ c e .

f o O ! ! I " pare'IJI~g\iV.hobdngi,npa lien,. chHdI.oon. to the gan:1en i n , a .'W agcm lwneeJc .ha i. ]_ . therea re oppo.rtl :n:dUes ~o Interact ou t s~de ,~,way lfit\om t he .~ filld oQ rassoctarleas , D E the hos.p:iml. ina space

\vbe're dIV~,t'S~o:n$and di,Mrae~io:n:s albounA. 'l'.be child !na;, O'r

m a,Y not be able Ir~ be e 'l lga.gedj . de,pe 't : :Iding o~.Lh.e severit.y ofthem~es:s.

For s t a f f ea t iugh. i ! fK;h outdoors, the ~rdenwoirb \\leH fo,r

'~ '1 '10iSe~eking, a seciable space , visua l s t ~m lda don. n:o.veh:y" and!

~~ lOVemc :~~{illCQf!lI',asl~re t he n:t 'lc es sa ry st!eri~lty()nndoo~~:),.fors ta E f wa1l1xmrng~o umlvhtd in peaceandquie t, the prdeu m.~yno,tp ro \rl df 1! .a s u f fic ien tt .v l 'e :s .( o'~ a ti'! !l'ee~ped~~nce-bec~u:se:oftbe

lac k ,of prIvacy ;,uldilhe p~dona.in,anoe 'o,fh:i!rdslca~e.rn,thie;J·th :~ng re ;en . na l tw :- e .

Ado J e, s c en [So ohv io u s ly e:f1]loyhangingout jj\ nd "messing8Ir,Quna" (':il!oppi ng the wunudn j~ts., .hang] ng off ~he dmesaur

stru,cll1,l l1',e,ste.), bu~ rh[s~ype' (If ,act~v~Ly c O I l l , f f i l k m : s , w]c h 'th os e'U~e[S:seeki ng , peace and priv~cy.l'he ~nTaiCnon of the wil'ldimill

amd d .~no sa ttm :"f o.r el i mb~ng ha;veres l1~tei : l . ~f.iI <fIflO cUm,~~.tIiJ~(i:~g

being ~Unc:he.d to th Qi$ ;C ' fe a t~l1e s .• Th~~oemQre ~c::ti\!epursli,W its

migh t need M J beaeeomm ed ated s om c '\\I 'iJ 1,e'l" ,e.

For the chUd ",vho seeks di.versi.ol l from hasp.i,~a] fears Qr

from ~he emrn ~ons ofa s~re5sl;ldp,~['~nl, ffI ' l J!OO' d:i"ll'crsity is

reqw:red. WhHe thegarden is e~ear1:yweloom~n!, 10 c .hUdren ,

( ih eI 'e a u : filo'le'flOU,g,hopPQJ1lUlJI:ilies :~o:rthe chUd. rebe engaged

a:~d Interested . f : O I . · (oJJ!gperiods. this ,""O'wd~'~quire i n : S l a W l a :t : i o n

f'iglJre '·.;18 (;~"dmDrh'fJ1"Q n d d lik 1

p 1 a y . i ' t i g ·peel-tillo~ ~ t h m r J g h t h eA r r ima l W iil l. (PhOi l) ,O y C l~ o C . o o p e . r

Ma,rc1J~, )

~.ll1liHk Ilu! .~ ~'(liH1WlJ~td §el

l '1 ' j ]a ~ ' e , r ,( J i e ~f·thr!,)'pm s. ign5 ~mrm(l

lhat i1i!'!'1I~k l d i S WltllJ'fCr. ~f)~lli~a t ''ht: p. la j',U. ,01 ' : s . ~ ' ' ' ' ' 8 1 1 t l leN' l . , r ; ) ' tph;k

th~n . .fo " ,u 'am]1 Ie . , l'b~lthU 'U l • . 1

aU:!. : . Y ) { i ' Dj' Si,".!'ell me, 1 ~ 'u . I011! tl n·

d 'e J :l f o IlUd1 "i !n ~ J :im~ ld ,'lot . r . C I ' l o j d~

5 o . , : " ! e . r l . ~ i n g . lUak ' e i : l a frie.ndly

si~u._Jl,wok(u ""'~,b.~d d ,rm ~

,~,(J-~ichtlclJ.ierl!'e. Hm!8 t r ' 1 . ~ k f d $ i . N

o .T. nUl.k ' f ! i ~he~ig}~'S ' ,Dr ( J ja v e. ) t1 1

cv 'uvn /~ ! !ScerU ' k id 's l ud p l'IUlkl!:

rhel l ' j (~,!?$fI i[,rtfl,o re jl d o is fM lJ nr, ' t r ~ Slgl tSJ ' , . T : J : r e . ! f h l! ; k id ! ; C O f ! f d

bri~~~th~:rp~,~~s .lo the' ~:r(le:~1,~mJs/~r.!wof{ thci~'\ IVOrl! ;. "

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of man :: lea:lu:res or ma. t: e'na~s '~ :h: a, tchib:b"!i:!I:Wcij!uld :Move.ma!mp~tailah'!!• 0 1 1 "cl'~an:ge. Wuh nl~'e p I ' ) e s ! ~ n t . th eira t tendon w cn:w lc 1b~'mere S t r o: lil :g J yenga , ged , el'lluui:ng a m ore positi .ve euteome rram

til ,{'lucien vis~t.

A . s e c u d r y gli'J!atrd] 'ieportled~ha:t~he : s t a . f f of l ien came~othe~~n e e e~~ l~he 'r f IU l ilCh . Thegua :OOi n~markied: f ' m t ' : ll : , ! ; l i . fdc~p]a .oo~bU it I dopt'~k!llow~lli.h.yh~y had topulaIDl t h~~ dh:t in here~,~ts h o u l d . b i a , \ l i e been l a ! w . n . J I l ' ( H e 'wasre~eml:1lgrolhe ,cmshed i ! 3 : n , e - s.) '

Thi.s l"~m3:rksl!1!:mtS up ",hal may be atypic'at adub l "OacU~n to 3 "

s pac e ,[ha t: is d es lg na ood a " 'g ar-d en'" bIU whOSiea,peamnce ma~tresemblesa oo]orlid beach scene.

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t E a s r u l y accessible from hosp:jtal.

I- Entry' Ic ]ea r :~ymarked \vith, slgn and. idino~atur ' ,a Imls tu. te ; ... S lrnnt\l: s ense ,of ~n.dO:S!!1~~ S!l'lgg~:ts s~ c~ rU .y and a d i:s t inc t

s e ns e o lf p.~ ac:e .

.. S : tn ;: ll ligool lOr5: proov ide a chee: dil irn .~~ tiDg .

• SQu nds o lf fou[II!,tad:n.heam. dv()ugnaut ml:ls' t ,oftbe gMden , .are SOo;[]Ydl1lg.

• F,orm of fo~tntaif.il.fafti.cifu]st~ish. sea:tl.wl\gj. cernm:k fig-

Ulf!~S on walls,aDd so 'OEDI, communicate '''I'bi:s,~sa p.~a.cefoI'ch :Hdren . "

_ I ~led: sU~.pa.ee51d:Qjw' 'chilcl :~:en, :~ntOIe~p},ore.< I! P.h;uuy ,ofpla:oes ro s it •

• ' V ane, ty of p er,e.n .;m a ls t o ex am in e witlll ~noon1i1aJt~vea:be' ls~

plantsanm.ct hl l lm: ingbhm.

'. T r-ees and w im :u :lw iH cast, i fi tere 'St~ns, at:trac:uves:hadawpatterns on v : i i v : i : i 1 i y colored 'waUs.

• L~gh~shining~brough .mw\l':idua]g~as8.baj~·:sm.~he zodlacwall add an a:ttrncti¥eand distinct :pun lHuaOon eo the.space.

.. Sm~U I l : l e ramk: . f: : i: gJUJ ireso :nwa~lsa;nc l e ! ! l~Q:ut 2 I ! n i m aW nlJilre:s

are c,h~Jcl~scale.(an: be~guctted,.and 'eng;agl' l: c h n d I D ' e ; I 1 I ~ ~

~Uemi.QIIl,.

tI, Holes ~:n.the wan sUm:u~a.tJe~assic peek-e-bee and note-

p~ssing p~ay ac t iv iMes , .

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.. Tao mUlCh v.a.rhrty « l i f CJo~!Qrand . m,a te: ri :a~ s in s 'iJ jc h a .small :

sPQce;COUl l i be emo:ti!QP~i,dt:y diraif!!ing. O : l ! e o~po.!'i;i[;e of

res to:r:a lli¥e. T "h ere a re f~ pla lj,)es f or th e ,~ eool"es 1: ..

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" I.bere n~ tl'oploces klr <l in.adulm~obe:priva~~Milddecom~press, or ~Dra dl:ild! to Sienil:~-~idea:nd.bealone ..These aw:eelIperielilc es ~ ha:t p eople m a y s eek . Ina :heaUli Ig gardCll.

" HO i[ ,eil10 1J Jlg bha de, 1 '.h e lroeS, selec ted dio not crease much .

shade.. 'fhe umbreUas over th e m ov aM e benches c:nat~s ha de 'oW !.W yor these s ;~ ttii~ g e n 1 !h o !S ebe n ch e s ..T h e g a n: l:~ iIl

ii s 'L 'OObot ~ ()u se iIl!t. ~hebeil;bt· 0 : 1 ' 8llmmer~

., W hUe an ~I'matl:lre~dlA1;pedU.k:ea dil1!OS3m C',m~a~e;sasuik:-·

lng entry ~e'a:ture.it is . so mu.chMgg:e:r~han ~be children.£1 l1a~m ,Qs t do no~ r ooo g n i: 2lewh ,a t ~t: is , s upposed . to oo~and.a few are frigh;~efilledb : y i.~.

• The 'z,Omoc. w~lt wh U ea :nanmcl ive f ua l 'W ieJ i .s llQitunde:r:-

s:~ocdlof"cogm~i,d. bym.<lsL:wen u~e! l 'S .

" Whe:na breeze iSiIlQit mov~lJ,gme windimiiU, th.e £ea~ured oes n ot :~ ee :m~o ,b ~" ot io !lld by ch i lid l ren .

• ' 1 'h tl: ~ ea .h .Q f S@ fot11nt3.i!ll enga~e.s· cM ldrl ' l f. ) as S IDOr : ! as they

en~e:m: ' ,b~t s ome paj,'e:n~sseem Icoin!c~meda:s tQwh~(he I '

c hlld r-en a re "ru:to·wed""'to~.ol!Jjch ,a :nd.playw~l th ffi:e wa.re:ii:'.

'. W h a~ en.gag~ c ihU dre11 llhe longes t is '~ :m aniipu ru ati.'vep ] : a y J J '

(e.g " d ig ging in sand. p iling u p , b;]ocks , .ruming o'I Jerrocks , .p~:ck in .g M ip sUcks , )_ Uf] j :Eo"un~~el ;y ; .lhega:rd.en prov~d!esfewo rp;pon l .U i :t iues . f o[ " : 1 1 i i U I . n : i J p u ~ . a J t h " ep la .y • .s o e p c rord 'we f o \ i l : n ~ ·

~ a m .pool.III T.h¢l t l i~ 3 J 1 I f e a .i s t o o s m all. O n{ )e , E I . f um:~ .y"ocoup ' ie s " it. nQ

O (l i iIee ls ee sn use th e s pa ce .

• The ~"mohile"bel1dbes are to.obeavy to move.

III 'lh~s~eellh:l~ at one end . of'ea.cn b¢ r!:ch h a ve a.® e ] ] ) d ! ~ n c . : y to

sink. .lIilto ~heoom .p~ cted c m sih ed B neE l,~'aH:Wlg a se,a: t :· tha t

S~QllJ~51 ln.OQ m ~orta bIy•.

• ' P eo'P ~ ,e! i J . ! i l i n g I ~ h e , 3 : l: 1 e aoJ1'~hega:ro!en i :WUf l i l dedas aprn,va: te:medi[~rhf,tleemer are mO I S t "on wew" to [horse ~.ntergg{hiegarden, and ' l ,vh i l le s : ea : !ed i .n I t h a t spaee, fh e s O i J I J i n d s ofa.

nearby fre~w.ayClDm,pe~ewith L h e l ' 1 ' e : s ~ £ U l s o u f i d s . of dIe

central f1( ' j!J.nllahll .

., There am no UUe'rc~.ntaln~~, and usees bavere~!!lest-edrhem.

DlESlGN CUID'ELINES FOR CHILDREN 'SIlEALlNG GARDENS

Th e f ol[ ow i ng : d .es ig li'J .g m delines a te ba s ~d on. ~ be iIi.nd in:g sof th e

~idma; ry case Si~Illd!i:filS a : sw~n u ,add:fUonal. u : ! ) . p : u b U s n e d cases t udy l W I ; lu : e t l a l { ,as refe] le:ncoo).



Fjgwe ' ·3D View 01 ~ \he ( h ic t r go

IGMden Ceulit f rom J lle lMifJ1foy;gr ol, t h e fwsp iM .~~~g ~i~~ti,~w'~.s n a d £ ' ,t~ and oC l; eu ibk ' pMy . t a i l M l : $ ,

li'~egaro:e~ Is'd~ed ou t w i t J 1 i ' i ' u r n p -

li~1 reJ~btatlrng"11, , ,~ll,ho:rwJt. Mainlimtil\l«e fs 0J' i , f l i ' l 1 1 f e lt . h l ll l' d iu1 ,by l he 'fra~ U~~~ (QIilI gafllefM the , o ' l n r m l ! l '

~l l ' r , raU! ' ( G r o un d , a n u ,mb~ w! ) le illm e ,u. lmm,IN): ~-K! I !mI~he s;t)~j ( W ! i '

,~ if amfmJot0J ')7 O f tlu rn s h ar p r e l i t

~1I Q ra~' pa~hway , behind ~'he

p la n te r. (P h a lo ,~ 9 0 ~M ~H ursfi'J ~.) .

I . : S iiJ t epmanning :

O,ri.eilllt~,eg~fdems~iteIDll'eceiiveye~milflnd. Swli ad s E i l , e l i : e r

f i r :O : . l . win.tcrwinds,., .Many users ref~r to .h.eaUn,gprdens as...green IQa~~.j. Planes erethe mose hi gh~y valued [eauillre m1d

p ro vid e t he es s enc e of ~h .ea liI llg ;" hill.h :ea U ra !s gardens. Bu t p.lants

need s~n ~og row , :C l1 iIDd re nn eed 'a !l i:l ~dQo rspaces warmed 'b y the5'11:0ins:pring~ E 1 ! I , U ;and wiIl~er f lO a greater or l e s s e r d e g r e e i

d e p e r o . d i ' i : n g on 'Ime~atitll1de)..T h e Chicago. G~:! :1 'denCQu,r l l l 'vas o,vlershadoW!ed a ll w:huer by

t h e : s~ r rou f J IiU : [J g hospit2l] b u U d i l ' J i , g s aiil1d childr ,en could not USe i. t

u..nHl J'iUllile.The BO'S~(]illgarden, on the o ther ba..1 lid ,f aced sGu thand. . h . a o d ,abnos! 1];0' o.versJlado\~i:flg and co /wd be u s ed y ea r:> -oo!Und .

Siiiethe garden. om l~v;e,l.t~~,. A~'lyth.i.ngbut a\lerym(]d~

es~degree ol f tiOpoglrapl.th:a:~wr:ial~O[l~nth:e gamer. she wiUgive

r l i f.fi .owt ifnm~m:poss~b~eacc:ess pmblems.T.be diilLrenoein ~ev~l.between theac~sFl.Qorand g~en.

Ievels of the Chk:ago garden r~suhedin. a tamp, thzn ceosumed a

sjgn i l1cai l l .Jt . pcopOirrinn (l[ Ithe oou:rty:al'darea. 1 'he ra . rop UI'!;:tiU:ll'

d1a~ ehad:ren. YS1.iI ' ! .gWheflhihahr~alld t ra :nspor~~rs h'ld~Q' e'n~ertbecourt:Y~rd b~~s.ep!i! l l~.1iiteroute. In, c~lill:ms:t.othe.tcue!:lludJysiues oi f fe red aC~~~lvaho:ut su.(;h,hl~dr~.l~-except Wd~e':s~ey.

bu t tlh .a .t is a priv.at'edin~c w orling w ~;l:bIQn~yone ch~~d ala time,Coue:nreo>ilUlina1.feoJ'lPl:·es. ,~ft'~site •.Natuta~ fea~Uf\eg:.

:!llll!ch msmalUR! trees\orockC!'lI!;(Jcrop~i~n:giS~ and wa.,1l .e:n:oun€is.

sheuld be eonsereed as ~:heyprovid:e natuml ide:rnli~y~o~e sfteand PQ~e:n~:i.a:ny~seflJl.iam;~idU!l!s (~.g• shade, in the case oftrees), Cons~nI'e ali u 'D J ll.I! cno p.s o n a s p e s s ib le , :[,0 give th e n~wplantiugs the best poss: i , lb!e : ! l : t~:r t i l i ' l ! U:fil .



T.he:]denti~yof the Lucas G.f l :m~I i lS ;V!. I 'aS grea:~ye:nlumced. by

the huge, o~dplum tree~hal! :5:rmbolized~he·whgle garden andw a s uaedas t h e l o g o l f O { 1 : "h e .schooJ .. l 'be na tu ra l :ru opog ra .pby o f

( hie T h .e t.·a pe yU c : G a :rd e: n wa s elx:~e.nded a nd d es \~ gillied as a 'm a j{ lir

eleme.n:t ~n the:raJPeLilllc use of the g~rde:f'I.

2..J . ,oc ;a ,UO;D

LDe~l:e_,dlem SOI~.t is o:vulo!i}ked. 'yp,atien:t: .RI<~JU. Fbr ,~h:H~dren.who c m nnO lg p' 'O lJ lMOO l~ . the win.dorwview j0:1, '0the :saw-i ller .! .s

c dd ca Hy im .pc l(l:ta n~ . C !bJ 1d U E e .s ped a1 ~ s~ s a re ~ hern.a ~le to rude:

tbe C~Q:nn~ct f f i 'mbe(woon.insiide a~d. 'oUlts:jd~byphyska_lly hnport-

~ngnamral elesnems f rom. the .~1idenas wen a s , v l : s i b r n . y . [rnj]js.p]an:~~

m g plants p ' f 1 e " a L 1 ~ e d b y the c J W l d . indoors. Cllicago C b i l d _ r ' e ' J : i I ' s

M!emt . l l " l ; a rn .o~verye[ fec i l i \ l 'e l1f f in . ~hl :Sw.ay, i U I S : l r n \ g the bonltul~

~~ l tbera :p:y pli"ogmmbo ac : l t !! 'a t~ ~~ md(lor~ou! tdoor Urik .

L~l lega : rde.n .a~jl£eDt t op ]a ym o:m n . A d ij; '} c en q' ·o fg~rdelll

a~c l pil laJ i 'l " 'oQmwiUrnsa:v~ ttm~a ~d e ne ['g )' OJl. tbe pan , of Ch :n .d I~J~es;pedaiUsts , and borU : cUi~t u ra l tnemp,j js: [ :S, who m . l . l J S t niI.ov e Item s ,of

eqlll.dJpmen~and play meterlalsbaekeod .forth,The Wellesley

clinic W.as c l e s i g m l l l : d . ! S i D that dle: d f J i l . \ l r , ~ . p i b u and l~hUd.: l o 1 i J ~ h ; ! I .mQi¥e

eJI :sj ,~Y&Dim t he pl, a.y .t1oom, « )~Il ml)O ~he S i eCJ.li! Ie n ce f spa iOe s~ [ !I ~ :h e

l'h era peU !~ ic G l il if d en . T he :luiCas.gaoo,efis wl! : r ,eeve:rpi [ \egel i l t ·tiD tb e

u s erpopu laU ons a :nd h i ..ghly~ccess~b~~u: : lm d a : e .m~edQrsp !1 l~es .This sUl ! 'e ly ecx.p]a:iIMl in p~rL the ,gr'e!il. l:diversity (if OlIcthr i :~i!e8 sup~

'~~rmedb~1'lI.egame ns..In other eases (Lei:ch~ag, ..oor lex~lnple)j.lhegal'df;Ttl.s .~cme dis~anCf! :ft,om~s a nd p :~ a :y r oom , t :h iU : s t ~ eg a r~den. is u sed m ar,e : f o rmaJ1 ;y~ndbecQm.es "a :phtoe to go" or •.d e . s : l i : -

fia~ion,,"The o~her San. DI].e,go C!o,'l)]JrCynrd~.l ' }Id. l \oG fg:a rdens of&'.l~m(}fe dmec t . md,( l<or/() ,utdoQr' CQoo !ec t i :ons .

Lo.cat :e igard'eD.SO tba:t .it Is v i s ; U i l l e &om pu lblie use fadH.-tIes :s ,u c has ,em :lmm ,c es J waitill,gaJ:'e8S.tM ' i l i d cafe' l .eriM·, When

'the: g i fu,iden isvi:sib:le f rom. Uile e~n:trnnoe"i: t re:~I1!fo~"Ces kieil ' l ld.ty.weloemingmessa,ge m patients and visUors-les:peciaUy ~f ] 1 . is~hefffirs~,ime : tl: iiB y b a ve been. eo the .hospi~al. In 1 : w , t i i l dl£: Bos~on

a n d Chkago ease examp].~, U'}e garden. W~ Qve rh :mk i~d by thei ' lospU:al ' sprubnc nl~l1l.\II:r2lint.BlQ tb ~l'cll:lU~ Clomt~u~ica~ed their

:prlfSience a[ldgained bene:f!iJd;a~ eXpOSUf1f; through d1l.ev]slual

a d , j a . c e n i c y . .

3,.SecmtJ

L~lehQspi:ta:~.~aJdg) sotbat i!t~s fiully I~~!ill!)sedom . a n[ 'O i JKS ~de8 a l il ldma loces s~b lefmm lhe piIiI.bli;e s l . In\Oundlng . s of'· the. lEaciilitye:~:eeptthroutbthesec.nlfy;.,g""Rt:ro~led. eDiltranc£

·of thebHp:ita1. H · t I l . e [g,a:roe:g i.s;p..1!e,d by th e CQMMunity.

~My 'g!P'Oir ldd 'Q.~tg1I tet JiI~$beei~ il 'l1 1 ( : U (!'l'id l~iIii! . 1 M . W ! b B t :~ f Wi t~1her.(r J1 ' pv~ d~y.~.o~."' ,~ J~j:$~uaws~wthif; p,ta" (rom. , Q : wh !:aQl~~Wdon~· h ' ( ,l ll !eril'r~~chri:~nil!eca.~r~eMW'tjM:tro i b : ! : ! w.ld~our ~'by but i' t [$

n i G \ e to .b ~o . ~ u J:ttJ~ f~~'I: ,~~k."(GI!:AN~Mom.E1Jt Oi1'~NPIli,:rIl'1~'



7.3 lTha~u i lJ i f r Co.r:~"CN I Ja~~ H 0 5 p i 1 : i ( J ~ ' T a m p a , FL

TI !1 l 'gweIJo . i , s ' ! j1rmt1l i : tded' by a m~,rl. ! ' re. o f

.~r1too:t,~llkJls , . G l O OQ r J \ f l u W s ,

mcfudjng ~pef ; ;1 !$ I .ha~' Qlimt~ lmtl'eJi'i-

' I I i e ' 5 . A l C I k ( ! ' b i~ ~M, t l~kgrounr j :( A A o ! O ! by Noe l le ' Vo ll e. lJ -

.appJ!ypr:iin.c~pla; ,of ,de:~efl.s~ble:s:p~ (smgleeotmnoo., iJ,v'efi.

~Iilto~edby a;dmhBs: t l "a t i .ve l i .d f f !1 . ' :e~. a:udio : S i l g n a ~ of each 'oom·m s : oil' going;! electmrd.caUy ,co:g1!l"oUedg~iIi~ et tc . ) • .Ch.i1dJren. ,

,ru:,en!ts. and other users o rl: he g ;lird e, umu .s ~ . bepJ;lo:[ec~ed from

inlmsive, 1 l , m : w a n t e G ! . social i~te[~llon. A n . i : n : l . e r e s m i n g , e X J O e p ~ j l O l I .tQ thils pr:i.f!,cip~ewas L II[J~s . whkh in ~ subUfi'bap lQ<;:a~:ion]$

- ~o,~n~o ,11bHc aceessar an Umes arilldl~ocommullility use artier

hours, Uw-Il 'I(g the day. the high level of oUl~diOOil' acti:vi~y andstaHp~es~!Rcei . 1 1 I . th~ ~w e~ m~3!fI!tthet ~h t u " ewetea lwa .y .~ : ac t I vee :- y es , fin t h e l oo .k f it l~ .~o r . a : n y t j n o , _ g um; tt !! lUam. 'O i l: 'tn,~pp:rop:da:be.

4. IUc:roelmate

PtI!l'rride .she~tie:Il"&om tIl.e ~lmIIIm.ef;' SI!im" ChUdre.1l hal!!'e ~ens.i.-

Uveslcln. Ulilal: ean easiIDyb e damaged. by overe~pf,ls;ure te ~he

h!arsh8t.I1:mnn~r sUn. (;h.i~d:relll , v [t n lLm it ec lmG ;biJ ~ t y are' espe-c :iaU ym lnem .ble a ll; they can.nOI [ get a.w~y qukllcly [ l tOm. d~r,ec[:

SUIil. f'lenty ·of shady areasneedra bepruvldecl. FUtlered ligM~ - I r n : bes ~at. -a . ..1 ititll.J1 ~D'~;!I'"~h:liI::1,AI. darl'~11 , c . : s : ' . no~'ore. .es._.m_.n;Y.jiL._)\.!!eS.",ep~]' S.WL~. !Ii. . . _~_ ave. ~~.

aurac[:~v·e and because ,olf ~he low i~hJmina'lionj do ]'tot fufic~ion

weU. as act~v~.Lye'U:iml,gs i . l ' ibe Boston site o.Hiered. l . t5e.rs s e iV~a l

1~tre3ts sheberodby shadetrees ..1'he~ca:s g:ElIXdens L'! : sedtn:~s.ma.ny ]ar~ sh:rnbs,~e"rgo]as and arbors to ereate a wid~ varietyor shade condj~j()~s. Th.eSanDiie~o,Cw]dreil~s HO SPi i :ud p!me 'n

provid~ only m~llIimai.shade snd is, O'nentoo hot to 'use :~tthe

heigh t o.f ~lI l l im.mer.H1oweti '~r;ggod ] ig hH fI ;g a t S a n .Di.egQenabt~ ,u se in. Ehe'c :oo~.oif the e'Venmg.P'.t~\i'idle.f.o1l1'tIiI,e peneh: ' , f ! i , t IQR 0 1 ' spmgJ' win: l l e~, and :f:a:lI

sp_igb1t.U's.~s!Oiutb.faclng 'orle'lltatioftiS (Hy:en.ein S~u .• tl:irnl

he:l l[[spb.e:r-e:) , f jOf ,acJI:i:.,\it.y 3Ras . A t m .a r ru " I'a ~ ]~ iU 1 d e s .OflUdoo:r

a,eUVlitJspaces, aremoreartracttve :21Dd comfo.rtaMe U dh"ec~

~lIIl'.!ngln~sno~d ~Q !I?~n:e:1!:ra te.l i: ee spee ie s m o ~ r u . dbe '~ho~en

andshade S~nt(:tUl:e!i.i desip~ ~ndpos~tio'n.edfn ['dati.QQ .ac'tiv~

ily spaC1ecS ()r : i : .eIlr ;ed~.oi\ l ! Ia.rd fh e su n ,hJ aHow S'tli1lHg~lt tepene-

l1'a~edluing ~e'mp~rca~e'a : J l d ,cold seaseas ..As the U'eissrn~d Olil~~

t~l~esame SJl~~ win'he proteeted fromdiJf,~cts!~n d~Hg[he·

hetseasen, th es e' g eniemm princip,h:$ o ,f d e si gn .tbr h uman oom-o o : r r al~~sup~ erred b y many rese i! i: r,eh. smciUes . o f ,ubl:1 'c use oifurban 'ppe~ : s ; p a . o ~ (C( lO~.r MaJ~u:s ,~I :! ldF n l ! J ] J c : i s , 199.8).

P rof id .e .s illu ilt el ' .&o'Rl.,"c~p'iJl\a.tifiQ. Inthe m id cU e part: 0 : £

[h e year whe;rn th e weather is warm 0 . 1 1 ' hot , chUd r e n enj:oy be:hl,g

'o~1:,I;s;ide,flven wihtl:n~t isra~J!lin:g,proviid!ed that th e a ;c tW \ i'i~ S'I'Qce

~sshelw.red ..AUgb~,l .m,perriol!1$ rno! wil seJ.Vethis Pllu l>os.e and

am.ow ch:ildlre:nto cG.nMl1iue 'W i Id l tlle~ractl ' i l ruty and to be expesed

~o I t h . e S t : ! f ! . 5 Q I c - y e ' n j ' o y m . i l : : r r u t of the; 'el~tl1le;n,t:s.



N Q ease s tl !1d !~esW~l1 : '!i ,del ' l t~Bed W ht 'lM t n J : S needw as expHc -

iElly adCk-esS ied . It is exem:p:Ufi,ed bybesi[ practi,ce h l, flllU:'Slery

s c h oo l d es ig n, e s p e c i a U l . y [n o o g i . , o l ] J s ;w h e ' T - e : l l i e 3 ! r ~ M U n d p ' N l c i p ' i i ~ a ~

t io i ! : } , is b l g h , . An. ' e l ! ! ) c ; ; e U ! e n t e x a . m p b : : : is C i f f ~ R d i b : y the Umv~n~tyfB.rit~8h.Colwnb1a C h r i J d c o ' ; l I r e Senl'.~oesbu :iJm Iilg g .. T n e il! ' .ampleext :en .d . O O daSiSroom~ena,Qesare:c()v~edby 3 . tmnnslU!cent;, u I l tm~

v i l o l e , t HgM,-i[\es;~s'taI1ltmbric~hat lets the Ugb: t th r ,oU ign, w.hUe. k ieepin lg ~he :rahl ·of f (Pi,a:y.Ri;ghl 's~ 1994:)..

5,•.Enlte:dliIIgand Edling

.Make aD entraillfies w.efoor. l l i ' l . ingand c!hU(b;m:endt-y. Cl1: i i~dren.

es~l~jy 1 i f ' S~ -Mme U ! s e . n l , S : h Q u M ~ ~ d GomfQrta.b]·~t ; a : t l " !dme a r f ! . O

w e ~ o o m , e d i n tQ th . e gIlroen with SIQme :&:;e;ndly g l l ! s t l l : r u r e s " T J : w i s call

be a ch J!ev ed by thep~aeemen't ,of a :n:ifu c t s s !Ilc n a s s C i u l [ p i t u r e :j•

belIDch~. p l t w y f O ~ ;arcffi' i ,\Wys. p~::m!eJllI i~n.tOG lo l l "~ o.r o o ~ o r m W planJt i~:ng,s. LU.casG~ooelils5choot we~comed their Ll:se~ w:i:~ha&a-

sra-n~.! r:Q<ve\l '1etlw alloN a.y ; The S an [)iiego' H~1ing G u c len

w~tc(!m:ed~se.t1il,"v~.thUledisign anda dino~a~r-sha.ped enby~ea~ure · .T h e Th ern pe~m : ~ cGude[!latltmct~d cihUdren.Millll.an ele-g:W ' lt , sprin_g:~lj.ki~wa~et'( 'ea tON Ithat~d t i1!e rill .l,~a~in.c;.l'li!~dnn.itl@ugh tbe garden. Walt:e: r ' has beenused as a we.lcomimg sy.m-b o m of h ea Un ,g ; II:br<illlJgbout:d l :e his[10.ry o f .~a:nrdscape al'dlwtec~nre

from Balby lom~(" BOiS~qn . A powe ; rn d td J e a. no~.i.mp:l~m,ell~~d.y.any ef m e, e as e s tud i:& cs . Is ; ul'eng~ge ~be Ichildren ' [he.mselvles : illd~velopi!1!lgideas E o r fennOiilneTItele:mle.n~;i5.Dnd1o]! ~ e m ] ! 1 o : r n F Y d~s~p ~@y s o:r mstana t~Oin : s . N ! ll:w Y ()l'k l,oh !.nk a~ 'GM ." d~ w tCMldr:en'is

G,aro:efll af:ld 'I:]]eMJch~gan S·t~te·UmVie1'.sU:y4-H C 1 i l H c k e f i ' ! ! :

Ga:n; len andilil1l1 ma~[!!e.ntry eo S an J)~egQCml~rnn'sHospi ta l . a nu ~e tio pi:iit ry r il U .lI es a s p ~ a y ~ u 1~wek cOm ; in geh ; :lmen:t s ,, - pos's:ib~ymspll: 'edby c njld iK r ts ~ d ;ea sQf c1la.a,u:~ers l f r o : m . ch~rndre : l :~~i~flra~ture,

!6 .Ace:ess i l J i l i t y f f i sa : l JUi ty

.P.mvldeacc;ess~blity 1:'0 eWldNliII 'Usmgwheetehairs~tr'B!I1I:S-'poPiers~wa~kl .ers~ Iwts~nd .p;m ey s ..Chi1dl'~n till hoop~t ' ii t l : sand,o tW lermedic , , ] facmU~sy~!~d . i6 t t ,~~ t~~s ,oif mobfIDity de :v i . ce s . .

G ud~ns S hD W ld .b;€! l i In l \ l f :~rsaUy dresigfied~alpmflde an. e q , l l I < i l l 1 y

s t imu ID a~ in g , ex , ed em ;@~ I ) c_hUdDen of i;liU ab.i!U tie s .. foF ' example,

m ake s u re a s m . u c l : ! . oE ~he , exp erie nt ia l l aW 'I J d~ c a( pe !.l ~oos ~b le i'S

9i:tth€l belg h '[ o f these dev[c :e,s •.. , y~o , d.eslgn for cl i l i~dre-o ly : iing ,on' tbeirb~ob tJD I [!;oc ney s . - -

Inthe design a l :1 ld ! .man~l !J~e-men~of [;ucas Ga:roens , . much

I~a:q wa s : g; iwn rQ;C; i i1Ung in i r :e rac~tve a l1; i fac : t~. a~ · w . b e e h : : 1 U d i : r

'beigih:~.n 't be G a :me l'l COU1"il : ,a la.rge s.h:ad~tree was located. to ,

" 'I v~~~d m e g~~E!.t:il!li'tiaJ~6!'!ittof(nvlJ1do~~1w~\!<~id~$l!' ; t J f . f : $ , . i f

p:o$~i ible~fOTCO"~.Nl~.8..Ii \MOuM

b e: nil;li[! t o b e (7 i \4tQy fro.~J: ~ ' I ' l J edis~

t'f'(.n;aa",~ ,o(. t1j~1h ( J . s p i . t a t ,and".k iiisw o uld p ro ~b ,~ b :e: '~ 'O r~r : e / a ; f M O,lil~l:iel'~ . W o . . "

( S :r r ll : f 'f M L '. iM I ll 1 :



7~32 / e@RfM ' $ittatl i :m:l l t II l i'M i I' 0 'r n f ire!x~Uj~ f ; J f ,th~paper . .

bQ~' l J l ' < e e fn r h e SimS~ Garo '~ al'

t m ' a : s : Ga rd e ns S c ho ol' ( : P l t o w C l il '! l !' l' if e ; w

,(if llJ " a ~ vQ t rd e n s:S ellooi.) .

furlict:k~in as , sQmet .h in:g in~eresU ng ()\I\e·ihe~dtto~ookl.!!parL Lucas

G aUJle :ns ins taned \ iV~ ll :d -8ens ; rt i: 'l ! l' e ,a ,mEa.c~s8u.C:hai8f.1.~gs and b~Ul~'

n e r s t o :sene ~hts : a . m : ePUOCl!0SiB.PnnidJe u$albmty fQl'chUdnDw:I:lhllie~Mory ~mpail".

Plt!D!ts" ''rbe: n eed s of .s,~ght·mIld . h.earl!l l .g~impalirecl . chUaro ' f lshQu1.d be b ada:_nced a J i J 1 : d . met h~ Wa'J'sth~l~ al~ [g.QiIi:Iilfltrnl}:i!\l'e eor

OIthe l " cbi1Jdren. S igh t -:m :. .pa i. red l chUm-,en . l1 I I .eedaCOiU;Sl l : i :c , ta iCdle,

and fnl.grnnce c: tw.es~or orie:t l to'oh)ll and w a . y ~ . f l i . l l d l i ] ] g . . Hea:ri l l1g~

i.m:p.red ch :Ud l re .n I1 lJeed v i sua l cu:eiS.f 'GHow:lf.DJg ,eyle . S I U i : r g e r y ;

cM1drenm ary be ~ e m p Q m r i l y hHncl .Permane l ] j i l l y KInd . (IiI" S : i i g ! : 1 . t

im.pail 'edchHdire:~ may also be pa .t ienit s attheh.e~]thfalcmty; A s

: 1 1 1 . pre¥en~i'l!i''Cime~s'UI\e~ Ith.e de-Si:gn of' the garden SbcHddbec hee.ked! fu r pm w uding objec t : s , IPa t hways i s :h ou ld l be d es j;g lJ 1ed i

with S~[\Dng~.ydelh::u~a~Ededges. b) .EB:~mta~eeasy.safe l lno:ve-

me:n~by d]JUdilrenw~th s igh , l d is ah fU t :ru c :s .P ~ anU ng s. s hou J d

em.p .ha : s~ze year -r (} l : ll l! d&a~ra ]1 !, c e te cQ i.nc lde w Uh th :e v~ s u :a~ .

\W y - ll ndilJlg s : t r udUfe o:f~hEl g am e l'J ~ f or 'e'Xamp~e, re~nfO:f \ce '~he~eroep'['l!I,i!llmpac~ G.ra cen~I':.:InDd.a lpo. inl : \ !Vi thahe~ml ,

scented species.,$igna,ge ~;bouklbe cQns: idered~t: i l te l ;o; lJt jJQn m h~an:liIg~

impe:~rledl ,cbi1cl:ren.asIl lJ~y a:re: m arie depend.e:n{ l: on the v is l ! : l .aW

s e n se, ~COWD.Qg r;a p: .h i c,adte·r[h~E1veiblal], signs ~hGt lM be eensid-ered F G r plIeU t e./l '.a te cbUdre;II ' l .. Ramh . h1,ghweqi l i1e: l i lcy n.oises.

(m~: t :aI rumHuIR' f : s!cra:pi:ng a rt a .hS l ' ,d js ! l ! ! r f a ! t ; , l e .fQf e:x~m.".~~), sbQllld.. a~~obe avoided ;~s~Iuc.h : I] ois :e s c am be wry u:noomfonabte espe-

c~:anyBof ' dtcheaJriAg..:~mpalrecl. Head ng~lrn.pah~~dIchUdrenhave : d lf f ic l; :! ~ ty disJCrmmi.naitlng com :p~e: x aCOil l.s t k d~ men;s:io.ns,

tberefo:re; theacousl'k: land s ~ :s hoIiM .be low .key aad s im p~ ,em rorm .. Lu .ca s G,a . roJens pI10' . !!l l;aifly e:Il;:~m,pru~( ] f~he$eoon~

sideratioas thl1g~m:l~~heuse of wjndch~:mes, b .anne.rs , .E rngr.~n.tn]arnt'S and ! C ! u e . . . : s i . a m ; to ( ' jH ~d ~·~~~ ·t~~'d v lO~~ ' n'l ~ ~~ .""~~"'~~ ,~ .. . .t ;> ... I;o_ ~_ epa !re !f.l s an .. ~~IU . ers

PNri,de a.c:le~F hierar'Chiy ,of palhways.. r:rimary path :s

shioMl1d provide r o . f r e t n U v e ~ y dwrec~ .t . J . " a o o ~ L h r o m ; g l l i l th e ,g iWden~. ~l ,i:.~.. "Ii,. • h' . S ' .:I' -I'1~s :pec~aHylU J f u s elr :S w~tu S' : I l l> :1 lmpa:uu l Ie 'Ats . :.eoomua.rya:nut~r~

t],a:rypa~bways eanbe designed ~o be:!p'['o:gfe,ss.~\I'eJy .more md~-rec~, wifhan a.Clce 'I il :~ GI : ) , e.iXp.~o.raUo!lland d~ s t a -\ i'e :ry . P a t hw , a y

sys : l i ems ill. betb Prouty Gardie(rt and lucas G ardens had a ,h i.er;.·a rew. ca :~s : J : r u c~U!R.

P ' rGvJ !desmootb" ev l lD l s rw faces to. aIllP:riDJ'~·P:athways .•Ua~np~tbwaJ-Ysshould. be ,cGJi lstmct led · o r oo.ncre~e-a ma~erlal

~ b.a t ,c aJ rn,betm [)ed a nd . inla id . w. id l. c e :r ;a ;m :k I t U . e ~oraes~he' t i .c

enh anc em e nt; [ntm l eG am en Co_ t , :i~wa:sa~:n;llost impQ!Ss,~ble touse .MiW sta:.Ddo~tdoOirsbecause of the unevenness Q lf the: Slr~l le

s u.n'aoe. A tlih e L eri.d u ng H ea U ng iGarde :! ." .! , : l!oml l1!of th :e decom~

po sed g ra nite S : 1;! :rf a~ esS J fe b em g ~ l :e 'P , la !Ced wUh concrete to per-mffit easier mo'v,eme[}16o.r ,chndl\eill~n whee~.cl::ta: i lrs.



P~!iTwdea,cce:s;s fa :r la~gesca'eequtpmelll: Hlq1med, for'

IB3 ! j4U unova tiO I ,D andr-epa'~F" Tbe design of h e'a ling g ard ens

sheuld ta:ke ~nto account the' need [o'f'aceess for .ma.biltenanoe

ve.l:tides,,andeccasional ne.a'\'Y

equlpment,'l'he:major

l -e:nO'Y,R-

tlon p~anned for it he Garde'll Court W'a~ , d e r n a y o o and 'pos;s:ib~yco u 'l ip rom: i s ed because th e re was no \W)f te bling beavy equip~me-a t i::l'tohe cou:rtyardlio dem o,U sh and remove obsolete H em s .

' " 1 ' . User Group 'Fenitorie:s (Chii1ldr-en~Adoleseents.P 'a ren t s , S.taff~V "uUo r : s J

P roV i d e fur u s e : by ill8'eR)II:t;gr-ou:ps.~fappropria:teJ' by ,a1 l0 -[eating ,diffe:re:llIt s ,pac. ;es , ,ofthJOugh t im e-,s :bm :n,g . In c as u,aU ,

'Used gal-dle;ns~re~ f to 'lja ~ 'U s e .~8Ukely eo 'b e a more' [oomm on is su e

as there is ne SUiu , : :~uJ : \edprogram. or centrol 'of accessto thegarden. In the Lucas Gardens, there was an irnpressive aroou:muof conflict-Iree jomt : use beceuse ~'l,was , c a re fuUy programmed,In 'the ProU'ty Garden, con.Aicts werementtoaed between bojs-terousadclescenrs and 'Users "'eeking quiet conr.empla tmoiO. In asmaller nonprcgrammed ..garden this could become a .serio,u:sissue th at m .u s t be ooll.:::!id .ereda t th e design prrQ g nm nning s tag e.

Insomeeases, ~tmay make sense' to,p'IlOvidefadUHes : f o J i adeles-eenrs In dlcirown garden space,

P lflo \iid : e s ,~ pa :cc s.fo ,r 'g fte r in g ,a D d kig'h!y s l re s1Sed ,f amiU.es .

P.aren. ts" s Ibl ings , and rela u I V e 5 need secluded spaces where theycan be In contact "V ] th Hfe and restore d~H; : i r inner balance.Natutal spaces fmmedta te l p . co:mmul l .k :a . te the regenerativeprocesses of I i . r e . The encourage people ~Q dis-cover positi:ve

R W J ~ ',·33 n aH (m d d 1l1 dtM g e . r , r j n gH in t~,,, wi th na lu rQ } obje c ts Q({iJllfld

, t h e w h e e lc h C J ir /s r , a n d in g ' r om e t , a b 1 e i n~ 'h e 5e nso l} " G o rd en . (P Il( lto C O U lte qr (j JLucm uOrdtfl$ 5'chool..' .



fOT:lf)~Ula$ D'll1 f a m i l , Y lh e l ' p f j ( Jo nc e. T h~ c-h U d .~ . d y i ; P " 2 & an,d

h eld to b e $ ~ k ~~ o ff l i f e , suppor t .T l 1 ' B if ' a m a ; y w t l i n t e d ~o s p e n d $07',1'8

,time OUi5i~ w i t c h : ,ll~ei1"b , i j i b y . a!7d

, , 1 M y w~n.r~toh !.1'i01~!I:!m e t a ' h a v e ;$(lH1,~pfi\u~q. lcotUi'(lct,M S~CUI"

r ity ,( uid th e y G l e a . r e d th ~ B a r d~ nf e n " thi,s f i J , ' 'I ' t'i : ,h,a~rt;·

n . o ! M ¥ with ' f lJn~i 't} lwas ab~~coie by IJ1~'iI iI 'se{~ autt l t i ! I " e , · j #tfi'n"i~' i - e : a l l y ;l,i!lpoolhe,11~${J oo~nt! to le'lllll\lS."

I(S';\:F!' M...·.tll,~~

~'17~e'us,' l im>il i llilr.sftw tll_~~~r-

de n Wi1 1~ C l: p ar ien t" I j;fil$~'w,~r~ied

U$ t o b e , ( > > I t ' S M l e ; I ' h '( l : a " ' }l,igh.risk

,~a.s~-gang~'a,t,ed-tk~~ I feltir~'1~panlaP1t to gG'lo 1111(Ju/side.

,c\!~~ 'o f t$ u wa~ ,rl:l'~.S~ fB p!,a;ce."

($r,!!;riIr rl'11;M~flil!.)

a t t hudes I~O ,co.nlfro;D,~ ad .Viers i~y. ~o~swail1G,w~be bi~~erpU]'''

!Bmc: .~es, tn~S 'o1 ! J !ndand ,mQv ' l: lm ,~n~ ' Q . f w , a : L e r " screens Q[ plan:~~,

andp : IDaoes fh:l[t a re eJ ~ e v, a~ e d" '[ ,h a t g ~ .v ,e a sense ofperspeet1.ve

(p.(1lJSipec~ru1dl~fuge')~. are features tl~.at,eans>upporl dll~~'oorn-

t~veprocess.P'w!wdedilffeunltia!tioB !Il:fsp~ t fO\ l tp i l l ead01eSiQUl l l t l ad lo~

l es e e! l! lt gm , u .~ ~ iif .:uleVadit.A.doles<ce:n:t gi .ou:ps . ,n\ ! f (1 ! rVo,ba~e

t ihe ;KOV! ll !1 i ~ .p_aJceswhief 'e t l i J J e y ca n hang ,ou t .a:w,a,ywom a cW u . lu .

T'his : isa Viezy sUJ,bUe , ~ ! J e s r u g n p robm~m. Any spac~' id~]jjllfiiederl a lbe led ! .~Q r l ise by :~dd .es . ce:mt :s ~.s~f. l I f ac t u nU ll:iely ~ obe u sed byadolJeslcel ': l . ts, w.h .o , of t en needto reast a~.iJnstadW!t ru les and~.o~ides.

8•.S!upenisi.on

P :K fv lid e a . ,~ l,n 1 !lfD r la 'b le s o e [ija l e n v ii_ _ r o nmen t witb ,pl~Dty ' O i f: P la c e s f o .r pM'eII:h : i m t i I . stall ~o s U : a;nd.:sh.e th e space ,\W,th

chiJdren. "Sl1pe:Ni!s:ffi.otl."fH:Im. mepo1Um of v1 ,ewo:f " ':mo~i~on.f !g

of behavior"~s!Jiot a i b l g i:SSI!Ull in cbJ~ldren.·:s hea1f f i l l l gga; r , d~J18'as ,

m,my ch iUd ren are eD ! g a~ed !'OIDe-~o~o:new~thsraffmem be rs lo rparticlpa.ti!i! i n c : 1 :Q t S e ~ . k .n i t .actMt~~s; wUh! n 'u ; )l'" et han Qne ~naff

m~i lBbe:I :, L '1iJ : .casGard.ens e.. .. :: empl iBles bestpl"acUoein t : 1 i : d s o,en.~

program :approac.h.

9. ,Attt,aet_g TniDed Volunteen

C:~ealt:ean. '~D.mG:ntttlmt: 'thaili:is ,;}ili:trnctive RSa .-.c1~ OfWll!I{l"k. . _. . -- - ----- . --- ----- ---- --- ----- p----- -- ..t 'or iW iobmi t :eef t j" Provide a w id ,e 'm nge .(lif ehoiee ~nd wver sHy · ( J . f: s e t t~ng . s and o :p 't to rms ro r r e l ii lt :~D !goo ehildren : D u :W ~~ ;r .e nt s .

. MO i S t hea~ru rng gar .cl .ens , r e l , 'on.vQJu.nb~~r:sto h . eW . p mai .Wl~a in

them M.d.~g'work wi~hthe dliM:ren. Thepro~i~s;~on of ~M.8 i hlQ _ iIlaU I.y ~r ir o:nmJe n t - is a ma j,o r i! nC l~DUv'~~ G a tt l'a c t a :n dr- -e ~a in

!comDil : i ! t tedrohJi :nt~r s . 1'h:efwu[y Ga ; [ l d en , :Lucas Gardens. and

dl:e G a rd ienCo.w :t m p p0 irt ied :th i:s ,rl.n.dp~l.

1.0.A Raug e: 0 ,fWgL :.-Q iuai l l i i ly Social Sel l !1 iDgsc

,Pm:dde a bJ'loall.:range 0f settimss tl0 aCOODbD!ooate ,ehil.d.regbeh~1 tOltlr&eF 'iiI!~:wie:1asckildR1lII belQig able ' i~D!w:i : t luka!w.&&.mt l i l :egroapto be '8wDe. Ch: i i1d :n l ' rn ,~n.hoiSp: ira:~ and o:t l i !Jermedica l e l J 1 l . m o J M l } e r n U I ! l bai!!le ,~,w~demn_ge{ ! I f soc :~~ l , a :l il d .~ycho~

.~ogical n~~ds dIal are oons~a;nUy changing as t.fu,egI1ou.p ofp a : ~ i J e J E l t s . ehange:s . .E t ]:8 :funda:wu'l1'! tal t > I J n r u e ~ n ] ! e Q f m e eutdOQf

enwJlo.D !me:n:~.ch !Jt ~ch chUdha;s. ~~d!o:m to f ind . her o:rhis O~,

most comlQrl~ble a nd em J iQ y a lbj, eS J eU~n:g . C.ho~.oeo.f s : e~U~g Is :

crItical. as e M J e m p i L j Bed b~ i!JUthecase ex~:un,les s tu d :ied . ,es ,p e..



d : a . U ! ywhere pJ~n[Spl,':()'Il[d,e the m:f1il} SOUttle OIfchange and c y c U -eal lnrerest.

Pr:«\fide a c h . ' ( ] ) i i . l C i I ! : ,of settings fol' ckadn!:m~pat'e;Dlts~ aa.ds~bli:ng,!:tQbe:tiQgc:theJ' •. A , c h o i l ! l ! C ofs.e t t iW l ,g .s rba~ ra!.1g~~mp.ri:va~e Itopl1.bHc snouJdI bep.rovided. They should be of difWr-·e.ntsizes t o 3coom wodia te a \l'ane~yo. f .gW U pl '3. COll:s~der the v;a t1~

et y of :mobH~ l 'y de 'V~ce :s '[be ,childl ' len w:i[l be u sw g. Prou~}'audLucas illlJ.st.l~ate besr practtce in. fionprogr'ammed andpro~gra:mmed sp~.oes,! : -esJ) '~ct iVl i l : t : , . . Th~ .L~ichtatg .f.a.m.ily·HeaJingGm:den,'I,·vM1e visuaUy e:ngag i : l l Ig , does no.t ofi i 'era s'lJffidentVMi-

ety o : f p~3ces~o I ; ' e in.the gamen.

PM,wde settings wbeH .s,pec~al eIvents/c:n.tenainm.c'BtiC8ID.1!Je he)dI,(J.1' : !! i, · ta~ . . COi[ J :s ider ~he pOiSs~bmide : ! ! l~cH 'cf1eating

programsOif specia l ·'iiwi~n![:sand. ~'W rerta . inment . £ 0 : 1 : ' ,ehHd[len andiDei.l'f~ :m m e c S " Many special ,ewnts are be.sraccomm.odJa~ecl b y a

. space ~aiJ t ls c u s t om desigrnJ,ed f nrgoQd . a ll ,il ai ef ic e "pe :r ff irm .er

reJ a, t:h J< ns . A mod~s~,m'UldpgrpQ.se 8!mphiU1!e-a t~r can be :an.appropriahl .so~u~i.o:nif S,!ailce is avanabl~. l~ljemative)y,.an. arrea

in d i : l J e : g ) !l ! r d e : n can be d e s i ( l : m l e d i tebe oon~n~di:ntoill.~em:po:ra:I"Y! ii !t fl ge and ,pKt~e:l l ltati.Qf.DJ8enilDJg •.

W .he t .her Itemp~~ orpe:l.m:1Ui!.@'~t, 'the spac e ::iihou ld be

desigaed to sup.poEi l ~lwa.trk~l::! . i : ;ocn.J1![I~n~m~nts!lu~h as back-d r o p : s a n d ~[~p. Pellf()rmaDOe~,reas s h o : ! U i : ld b e orleoteted . E f l i C ~

i .n g th e s un 'fo rg Qo dl . i n lunina[h)11. The SUI!]shou.M bebehru fi li d the

aud~enoe" w~wshoulel be D~"Oi~eC:ledyperm~.ent or I~empm:ary

shade. Mn'~he casestudy s1ites, ,e\!\el ! l ts s~u::h as bin: hda.yp~u' ' t I : ies

were 'or.ga.fti~ed by c h ild l i.[t 'l s p , ec iaH st s U n t he G a td e:n.C au rO ::

R g ~ i I l 1 ''·14 TheW\lf,mClUfl!' i nWe \ fJ e sJ q; sMe ro p euU c Cw dMr s dieCfiflrtOr O!g~mzl!lgl! 'h!.rt:1 'M'~ .oj f.kegar.

del'll tl'~~~O~iIi'~M : t h e ~NlTfKe j' n (i!

lOw~iW,Q,gRll'l'l~e~i"" 1 ¢ f J s o v e r ' t f u ! '

~m's edg,~!. 1 _ n d ~f from ~tqi, ~ £ s : · ~ t e e J P i p e s , m , (lI' l J e l d J r o n e ~ear1,i l9'

'W Q ' l. P l a y Tel~e l . . . . v " t b W , a 'l i !' / ' 8 Q . s m .

(Pho~'(J . b y Do,~glacS Reed.\)



..~~ts 110 i l ' ;SD.Prii!flti!'O~t r.he.refor

l he.m [b# '' eQ ;Wt ;dp f1 .1 fen t. '5 , ~ti6.lMS

il~l h e m , tp y f D r 'a b u : se i : s5 1 d ! e ' . £ . , C , ( ! ' C j ;

~nayhel:l~lJr:ec-ouid~a pltmmd(}.t!UI iu lhe'U 5'CJ 'eenui ·o f fp tace : f P : l .

;rill! garden-,~oore ..!a1h~p , l e ( l S e , i l l l ' S t I1i fli(Je p.ltmled (lIrel'l~

P f 1 r l ~ o . p s , ,~~ i , r~aU~!1hin.g' O . $ ! I l 'm i s h

oti~f.I'J'iH,e, som.crhil1g g!"U'l'l, a r . l dp.l~a$ aut., . . - -( S rll Flr ' M E 1 ;M ~ ! :: R)

,Oilher ,ev,elil'llSwe:repf;eSielil:tedbypro~ss;~()na~ gtrOUps fr,om the

' cQrnm'1i.!1nily (~n r~ro!Uty~fQiI" i :xam,ple)~ yet ,o i the : rsw~re aan.u:al

!iilodal cecastcns of supportgmup~Onl;utas~Eor ~am;p']le}'; o : E '

Siemia l iu l .ua1 me'l iJ lodal semces foil." c hU AIren w ho ma , \ l J . e di.ed

( L eic h t ~ g !F .: amn y He :a l~ f lI g'Garden).

11, . Ai:icom.oda:ti!o'l) ' O i l nH fe:reu :t P,a tie:m ! t T ypes ,

A s · m;pc.k as poss~b~e~. ,des:lp h_eaJJ .nggil l_l 'dens , · t D ~ inelbde aU

possible pat:lie'D!I: Ilypes. R 'eClu .t n~m .enl it s s hou l d , c o" "e r tn e ra:rnpof dUI~ereiD:tpatj!enisse"ecl by 'lb~medka~i:~:Stjtuti()n, Thes.e:may i nd ,U ide bu .t a :r e n:oL~: i :mi .~ed !~o , c h il dre n ~ I iI .~ h eS oUO ~ I i! g e at -

,egDries:PQst~~mMvle" olu::o:logy. and. psycniam.c pa:n~n:~s; ,eMl-d ren w i.th emQtiof.l2lii~ ~ee!min.g) pbysicat S!el!lSlQryi a:nddevelopmental im pa irm .e :n tl5 - ~:e mpQmry and : pe r ,manen [ iU~~ong-

~e:m1"res~de:l !! t , chiMren. TheSif!categ~ries are W l;otnec~~~arilye'xcl~she.,a:nd. sh iow :d be used asa bas~s .fo:rd~sc 'Un~( : In 'wuh, c h :H d l i.f e :spe,cialis:ts and medical s ta :f f a bou :t ~h.ef1ilf .DJc;Uona~

ooquh:l~m~nts ~obe a oc ommcd a IW d b:y the diesjgml.. ThJ s

a ppv oac n w as ,u S Jed for the. redeslgn of 'G.amlen C~ur1l : .

12. , A € : l o o . m m . o o ! a l ; ' l i e ' N e ed s .(o.!l 'B o, th ChaU.eng~ , a n d . ReS!t

:PI'(!I,wdea f8Jllge ofp'hiysi:m1itsoda), settings :s o :~a i i t :a lmm.~

1dd iu a i s ·ean.eip~ofe. , a D d , dbooveF theiro'WR b~M\I .o f t h al~l~!!i1:gf:" .b1! or ,del ' '[0 grow~ chlldren meed . looo ehal ~~n,~ed.

Prac t illone;r;s. 'in t h e: .I lie ~do f c h i~dhood . d~ s . abHny e._m.c,hasj~ethemany \\lays to ,chaU,eng ;e ~.Mh ild bes id es th es te_ feoit :y pia lh j!~ a ,of

g ras s motor ph~s ,k :21J C , b m r n e D : g e ,(M oQre e lL al., .19'9'::1:. One c'b:ild

m~: y 'b e ,cha1~tm;ged byrne idea. o O f s imp , ]y g o~ng :.outs ide. Afu:~ th@r' w i l m l need to ,ov erc om e s hy .nes iS h i).play ing , w iit 'h od ieI ' c hU dren ..Yel,ii 'Ulotherr w. i i I l . l ~find, pla:nt~Iilga.f]:owe1" 1:ria pot. a new andawe-

Slom.e:experienoe. And soon.Odr.ler ,cJ:wUdrel1li"perh i i l .ps , reco,ver : i :ug from sll l 'geryor c a, se\l iere

i : I D l n e s s , s e e k : Des;trn$erth:an. c h a : U e : n g e " ''fl1~r e e d . q~iet,pea.ce~fu~cornier'S tQrecupe'm~e. '[he o ru;y W Z liy to aceemmedate dtis

g:rea:t v , ade ty ol f needs is byb::u:ll11:d:~pg a s :mucnphysjal driv,e:m~lry

a s p oa s J'b le: ( s e e gJli!.i:de~in~1 4.b e~Qw ):_ - s o t l l . a . t ,al . b I ! c t i V l i d i l l l a i s : , canI1ndtbeh" ' 0VIi'l1 ·€O!m fort l eve l .o foc t i .v iLy . .

U,. C I : ! I i U . d , - N a , t u x e : lntemcDOl! lJ.

PfIln'1,d.eas _amy OptiGJ18, taS possib1e" :[Qr chi1dlreil i l l i l io have :

" : r i m a , , ex .p c rie :n .c e , a: fD a t u _m J . tb ait i: s~ 't o b l.le r a ct tb ro u ;g il! l,t b.eir'R :ns es a J!!J <lo.1 'f lN ! I i1 ; I, !g l b.Jwnd l s -Qn , a et~ ri ti ie s .'b e e s s en ceof a h .e.a !il:iingg~l! t'lrd e~ .llrom . t he pef ::8 pe cU 'Voe , of c h 1ld re- n is f ur ~ hem



to ~:pe;ti~~~ d~~dy t :h~!l,e.n:!!Gry :riclm~s and Ilv:h:l~lCrU8!~i tyofn~ : tu : - re .D ive t"S i~y and change 'a re the ,key , criteria. T h e .naluW~et l in :gshouil l id . oonluain.dle g rea ~es ( d lv u sh :y of ll ,]a n.t s possj 'bl!e.

:selectoo fu r n~~ir ooU~Qtiv 'e y , e i \ [ ! " , , ; o o L u l d . peir£ormin,clefroim eadyspring tID late :E21U .U, anynme of year n~e1ie s 'houM be a.1flewli1.at~

.ita] eve: ll ,t happening in , ' l.h.eg;lrden. SBi le t t : , spec:h~:s tl1.a.tp~"Qd!!J!ce

~owers., &u~~jand ether parts ~ha tc : an , be bar"\ ifesved a :n ,d u s e d

by m e cbildren direcdy as"lay obj~cts.

L u cas , G a:rd ~ns pr'O 'V ~.~ ¢d an eJ !;c e.I!I~ n~ .eN ! f1 m p1 ~ ~f t l l~s,a ppru ac h •.Anc2l~e e:! i;[lm p ~es .m u ! S trn telh eiim p o:rta m c e of th tsg tl:id !eUn.e in a , \fade~yof ' \' I1 a J y :s , oom the : s1 :r uef t tr ed ! seqii le lnce (lIf

exp~:ri!~~,o~intl'!~W eU.e.sley gardefl. ~odl~mll.!!ldph~: i:n~e:rnc:Uv,epo~siMUUes ()I~ Lucas,

P' lmviide 0pptilr1w!u!t~~:Si~DF,lal[ting. One (l if the: mos~.

mea J1 '!!lngM a cd viJ U es , f or ~ .cl l i[dLlf td~J:~'oj .ng ~be s tres s ; ,Ul ,d.am;.~e ' t~e \ 'i lf m ed ica l 'Lrea~.DilJfi[U.istJQ be .a~le~Q ~ n~ e'J V eneJ n t he c y c le

of U f e-tt l Sl1!art a De,, , , , liFe.~o p~3rnt a .s.e~d.T he f ea:s ibiU ry o,f: suc.h~cUvff i :UesiSj dependent on~T1!sHt :g [ ~Qna~ oommltmen:t ~o

fad iUta: te <lind Sl!l~~o:rt pbuulngac,H.Vi i ti.es:,.~bebless,ill!;g: of tbe:medh;,al511l.ff~ and th :e~:H-e~e:nc~ of t rai r.g ;ed. bort~eultum~~heil'a~pW s ~s .o ru n ~be,pro~m ..

- Th.e Chicago and . L u ca s g:a:rd!!!~s mus t r a ; ~ e~~d s pd:n:ci.ple ~nd

dem( )nsu ' l [be~he p o w , e ! l ' . f u 1 , . :pooiU v e im p~ ct . on d ile wd-Ib~m.g: o . fp aUen .t s .. Cb ,ic a go ,': s Gm:den CO' l l [1 t , demmls:~ra'u~stbe wea: t~hG fpIJSsibmUes wl1~lI.th"e c:rl~~ri.aare salt:i!5l: i!~d. :Lucas ,d.~_on~s~ntes , the ric h po!S s~bii]iUe sO iE a , com;mu :n~ ty~bi f l !S ted~c~ l~ ty~CSee

Moore e~aI., 1'9,~],for ,d.es i ,gmgtl ic! larnc€.)P1'o1lide (!I:plPli.llrt~tiesf_ h _ aInl~ tiing •.HflnesUn;g;ffis t!be

na :t um l cO :.t lS eq ~.e:W lc eof ptall't~ng:. Howe\ l ie ' r~ , ex ;.c ept f a ir 10 l 'Dg -

~~rm re5i:d~ln ts , tW!:d~ricl: l; !al chi.ldren ·ar'll!not ab~~ t!C! ;q)eriej1ellthe: t t t r n i cyde o!fha:nresth:ill the results of~hek 'Q'WDp]31lnng-

piilnktitailliy vel~~bles a:FtldfIl~wer8.\t~8etalb~e:s~.tleiQ[, asEeasi~b:~ eina m .ooi:c a~ .envll",l)ll!m~nta. Rowe .t s oert a:i:nm y .aR:, An arp:pro~

~riiue s:tmregy Js to provide op,port lu lUi.es fur' nanlesUng by,chHa,i : -c. -'.' ,~~,,;(tfin e v en r .~easo- ohheuear . 'CL.~]d"'e:c ca:~ rn.u[!h______ellOf.n...~ _ ~ ._ -'.l ,, : m . -----.1'---- •. u .,_n,g Q _

e :l 'l jo ,yme il:1 lt f: -r o:m a Jn yly pe 'o f ba lV ,e lSU ill1 ig a .cU rity. far example ..g,adteringpu8sy wi iUow, ,other buidd l~ s :b :mm!C:bes . , and da:f f 'OdUs

in the spdng. Asw~th pla.n.ting,m, be sl : .u:;oessm~.,hane.stingactivitiieg; reQju~.re ins i I :Uu; tWomatcommi lmen ' t . m e blessing of ~he:

medical s~a : fe , aDJd '~ ra lne .d i bartffic:tdt:t:rrol tihectap~s~sobdU:ta~e

' th l e ac t iwty .

illS W e c J e n " eve :FJoRf bring s h .om .e b'troh b:r;a nebes : f i o o . m th efo've:s~.~Q enj:oy the -b t ig1 f l r g feen lea , f .i.ng '- 'ou t indoors to l help'end ure d':J e e nd Q f I(i![};gwin:~ers . .L ueas ebildren O l i[ ~ f lC 1 W e : r :s aaJily

'U;t deOQr~~e d-lie roy~1i: ' entr:an.oe'aficl Cla:s:SfOoms. p r u : ~ ,a:rr.ilflge-

.me:nts of dried seedlrue :ads and grasses are ,eq:lHln1inv:i:~in,l.



F i g U F i C 7 & . " ' 5 ' C fQ~~ ,~p! ) { fo , tm~ai r ) {withl h ! i ! l 1 1 " bron'~ ~iQh~qum~ ~l'et)(Jntlb.l«b ,grn~~~! lW Ca r d en . Cn1 l d f e n~HO$ pi jl l 1 t ll~non.. pJ l0~CIcoude~¥ 8 o . s t c r l : ' l

(J ' '#MIWI ' . i ' N o 1 p 1 l ' Q } . )

.M a r l 1Ye r a E~and l I e c reaL~ona~ a.ct i Iv iUes ,canbe C),f fe 'f ed aroru .u~d

h a~ :!id ng ,ofpT ha:m s .A t Lu e a s , thes~@iHa~S!Ohawe . s t seed beadsand other l:d~lll:part:s fur the chnd~n to p~ay~"",iILhnd tmph.)r l~

a s a s ea :sory /1 an8 ]j) a, ge '~~peaence.,

.1.4.Diveni i : tJ 'ofNa:tuailSettm,IS'

:P . [ l owae as witie allrWllile ,of : natura:[ ,seltDIgs, _pNs~'lel

dhinthe c.Q!Dsltr~~ilds(!I,feliilm.le ,m a aval ia. lde sp;a.~e:!'Ooulijel1"dte foUm~i l l1ig:maj :DI ' cal ' l iegor : i ies :~

Vege',tati:o~.Tben: ar.-emany methodscf brin.gingveget:a t jG[J i l

intea ga roem l s'~ttin,g -g!ro'll!.ncl'cQvers. r,a,J:sed.beds" pia/miler,s,

pots of' m:ar;ry types, ,a :mturu-[iUed iLl!ijIb~,arbon" 1:1 'eUises ,a rc l les ,

rin:e~ c'o:v ,e]:'ed fe~ c~ " mO S<5~ a nd vruH!e;.oolnl~ed.w,aUs:" h O O g e s . ,

topialJ'~p~remdal bo!lildje!rS~erbs, bwb~ I shrnb:s",tr~~!i, ofvari·

GUs: sw: ze s~ ,andmnny ether l tech.miq:ues . "la[!ll'l~ :should beS ! e le c: te d fo ,r s ea soi na l i !JD !t: er e s~ead .y f. ilo \;ve rll :lg • .I .~~ecolor ,~O:Q,gf 1 !o ," ,l~ rin gs ea s on ) - v e.ry j.m p o rt a.n t f'Ol' IOlng~temlospmtall.z;l l lci

c .h J1 d.r-en,a s, .I\!O 'nn(y l.:jndq;~is:~diSCC!I'Vereo many y ea rr- :s mg :o

(l~n,dquist 191'7),..0 the:rlkey Cr~hl:r~afor :plant selel; ;t . lion ~.r·esens10ry ' ' Y ' ' a I r i : e t y (li:a~a,mteite:l'(;tiU:re.wi,nd ef1fect's).pla:lj! value:(!&uitslliHU'tS., s eed !! !, a n d roUa.g e~ h a.t c a n beu:se:d aplas proplS,

places tQ , h~ d e) , f 'n au , :g ;re 'is bo u nt y " ( ed ib le f ru .it s/ rliu t s " b erb s) ,

s:bade qua:~:it:~es.,cme'Jl~ng (wsualibuffers and wind sereeas)w ~ l d U f e ] :a ;a b f f i t l ! ! tval~ (biJrdS. Ind. b ~ t . t e r . l l i ~ s inpm: ti c lJ l ID a r)~ e :ro~

:!.dOD eeatrel p ro ped :ie 's • and dr'ought~o\le<.rnrnCie and g,ener:a~

hardiness. T I~e.~ s s u e Q . I'bOKic and aUe~.;ltf:iggedng p~opeil'ties'of ,la nt s, ,m , u.rs ~also be loons idaed . (800 MQO[J,'IC!:", 1993, f ioradd~.-~iQna~p~~J:1It:li,e:]ecU:oillgnidance.)

Am:~iI ' la ls. A nim :a ls a['i~ parlicl l~i!l .r tv f a s c l n: a :t h .l g ' [. (, )c h J j d J re :n

and ean Q f fer a plQW erm ~ l therapeutic e: ff ;ec t (Mye:r,s 'i .~99 '8) ' . .Al~he ,enher ead of '[ he a ;g e s pe ct trm lD l, it ts in:te:res~iIlgto ,n,o~eLhillt

do[ne~tkar l i jmals 8 J . 1 ' ebooof llrm g m c o ,gm z ed j a s a 'I! .! I,Ia iYf i n l l p r o v ~j , n : g the we ll J. ·be i:W l jg t o . f l : 1 i . u r s l l n g I\tom.e Rs:~de:n:tsthroughthe ~den i

A :lfle n:u uiv e :S tJ rs ,'Ite gy (Tnom.li ltS, 19 '96JI.mn , fela~ioiQ to ' chHd~ 'e f l .no: nd t .) lme s ~ ic ~ .B ima l s a re aIS lC l 's igWf ican~, . In [rus f1ega ;oo , l!I'~~-l~Liclll<1l'~~.shmction.as de lac l 'a 2Il1Iim:al habit:at:s," CO!l i}s ide:r pos-

:siblehabi~a'[ c O ; [J : e i l i ti o n s :for a .mphj ibi ,an5~i I l S O C ~ l i f:e!a.! l ld.b'wc!ls~thi[lk ab!.)ut aq;l ta tkhZl .bi ta , l~s :m~fish, dmgl\'Hl,iI iI. i.es~ , aDd d.~msel.flie s · (M G o re a nd WO . r: lig ,.1 99 7). T h i i n k a h cn w . ' t spedes connect~a~:s.

t o~ be' c la ss ic s of ch;~ldreil1l.~sU era lu f1 eth a l m ay releteto .s tory -t im , e! . B ,~ rd s w e re p reS ! en ~ in a ll.e:a :s e : S l tu d y s i re s : ~nd~ :a~ybu \g s .

ave a :fea:[t.l i ' le ,of O M'den CoU d.

W ' ll 'e r .W a :u~r f f iS3. t t a d~Hona~ , g a :r c i! eJ 1 , :r nemenl~ .Re se an :b .sh.ow~il:;msapopwa.r~lay :n:u l.t enmand ~ .~fi'«ngl,y ' r-ememlberedl,c ;bild ~ ho od ~ 'q )erit 'ln [:€ (Moo rea .n d. W on g, :~ .'9 9 '7 .Cha: .p te~r , s4 ,amld.



m 6 ) • . In l l ,e3JJ lh~g gi !u:deI l lS, wa~e : r~ s e,Ve:Iil.IDOJie s i g n l E i ! c . a : n . t as l l l ' r u s

l tle S IQU rce Q fH fe, E t ~s n .o~ dif t l cu ] l to ~m "lg in e i W . < i l n ! l d I D r n g ,a l ! I.a, tJ l iJ!~

rali.sLk r:is h po nd , p erh ra .p s e] !ev a ~erl.to a ro~ d c hU d ren. m I U m g in.Tbechosen s6IIJUo.n wi.U depend (linmany factors. cone:agu~s.w i ho , u s e , e~ v~ ro :nme J] jt al .~ u~ ob~Qgn l! .p by l a s a 'Leach~ l iI : !l t rn in if l , g

m erthod w.Uh 'i iU 'Ji iR, '[ " s i ty s~uc l.en im aUies : t llO the :fmquerntm.e:nLi:oIil

o f .a q J .l i1 a ~ ic: tp eri.e :n .o e: s.a s powe~ eb: ii1 d hoo d rn emo rie s, In ' l b e 'WeUes~ey .ga:ro~.,. wa~ ,e r~ s the re<a~and. ~m:bon!i:i tJ~~;-ea!d tha. tW e : a V ! l! :S i n and a rou l1 Id r h ,e ' b t l r u : i l : s c a p e W MiliS : a r n : l I p l a n m : i n g s , . lead-

~l'1!gthe :paU~n~, s ymbDUcaJ l y~ .G in th~ f\o~d. ~Q l r 'OOOVie f J . ' fh~ .ma~yw~y.soi f de'si,gnhlg'l,vater in~oagam!en s . e t~ i. n g a r e ' e x J e : m l p l t f i led

b . y ~he harrd~edged,. li.near Wellesley riH~the ,decof 'a :~ .ve: Pr-au~y! f c u , Q i n t ; ; B i l n ; .i h e m o d e s t 5 l'pW~s .h tabh~s iiO G: a.me :n C o u r t : a n d L ' l l i c a s . ,

and. thes~1.hars.e ~oi'mJiaill~IiIi[h,e Le lch : ra :g f '< llm i] y ( j· aro.en: . Cfol I '

[1U1r the: l 'd ' e s : i g l l l gu id~nc e oIil. 'iitegdaMan, anima~s. a~d w31~r,see[)aooe:[lnn~iel7, 1'998~G!.:Iin~s~., 1.996: M.oore et al,~.'992j Rffivltin,1995.)

I .S "Baud s"O JD . Aet i.rit y

P\ro: rVid~ :attn.ciijvQmOv3h~e i ! l e m s O m !3 1 1 1 :wi) e'Jlig;ap ~ _ , minthc'lr use ·of tb,e ga.rden. One ·ofth~fun:dameRws 'of cj'dl~dre:~':spli1Y~ .s the desire t e m a l ' . : r u p t tW a 'l .e t he en.W ronm .ew u . Smallw~gOin s tlult c an be J filf iv cd iu :numd or a s 3J ru d ~f iK w ~ th ~o'y.s,will

be sGuroe-s, of deUgh~for p a . t l i c m ; l S and .:~:~, s : i . b I l i ~ 1 : g : S .

A~ ~be Chilcb:en!s Gatden. at L e g a J c y 8 F I l a n ! u e ~ H,ospff i taJ.Pon1:and, On;l :gQ}Ji l "bri,ghdy , co~Q'red wat j~r in : i !l !i caru;~.e i l1 ,cM u;a .J : ]y

hi:!he prdenenc~nmge chJId.l'Iene o coUec~:Nar ter Wo:mabt!l.oe~

and w,ate~~llruepta:nts"

.Ptori.~a .rmg :e , of a:-pp l5 !1 lJ [lnia t:e:iy s lCa) jed ,~ ,a.coc'.ib~emmltli~puqrose strlJti!ngs1 '01 "ban~ ..on aClmtyu,weu. g:l\ 'o.rsl.Kial

ga,tihenngs , Q f M~reDltype8. Whe,n ~hega~den. su~or't:S · Z I . l i I ,

~cHve JU'DgIca:m (:ompo,rnent, spaoes f ' o 1 ' gr-oup acdvHy w~th ~he11. . •. ·Il.·~.allI·~ "_1" L. ··.ll_.lll ""'h .:I·ft" f

bl~g'~!l;t Qf Cu:~~U!_~CS'~Ch:uru~~ mu s : t ee p :rOV l !i ;! \X : !. 'r e ~S\~gn 0 : _

t hes e s :e~ :I ::~ I:il8 13 '~H U be f l J l U y d~SC: l ! Iss ledWi . ! t1 l1.h.e rel!evan~ stallwilh re'gard~Q,~ocaUon!size, fJ .e:dbiUty ( : l 1 x e d (!If l l I I . ' lQ w l b . l e l ru ;nd-

~ure) ,s!e.aslo1iliaJ v;ilriatkul. and s e o.n. W l\ i.e re 'PQ~ !dM.e " O i ii :c U v i i~ y

:senh:~gss b o ! ! l J d . be c !J es lgW l ed In a~SOI:serve the soci,al fun~tiomdescrsbed 21"bOt\ l \e.

b:i. :lutt:egradngthe Am,

Pm·'lideop-PQnwtll~e~, for a fiilS i liS , 1 0 ' 'OOIlitribu:l:eio botb.tbe:des:ign. MIld!p[iO,~g ,of the g;vden" . h i , c · h l l S i ! Q f . l L o f artrug~:8

on m ( ! ! c!Je '~Igml:eama!' ld the ]Dte,gramiJOfl. o~~emporaryand per~

" I cil ln S~ l ~ Q W s 'Qlue f j J O O P ' k

might 8U jO y l , h B gt.lt&~t,Zih ' {anl i ·

li~ "vitll1Q~~g chil'dreu. Mt:lybe

wh~lwauld b~ide t: !l ll vo~ld ~ " 0~'ave. hv,tl.prlilens. th e a n!:! .~h C l ) ' o 1 ! e a n d ,hen CI~dm$r i ca l l J ' ( J : l f .

(emnt,.wilJ:i the cJ : IJS~( , ) gmenery , ' ! I i

$tnMj~~~ ~ t J l r t g t~w M gh•. U ! f f l ' l 1 1 UsOI'l\ll; . f i sh) . I tJ~:a lT~'ik~ I ' l l . ,tfa:liq~il. l il p . c U I 1 t ! :r e § a r d r l ! l 1 1 . "

I(S W F M /E Jo tE lE .R



".For~1l~it iJ ; be r . ! \ f g auuiile~ ~s,~,a U . t : h e se~, ,th:ti.tl~~kt.S1 ~ , t f ! , f e ( J Z

Iretlez:FIuJl~ R i l l Y p.'UientJ1 'OF'~~p~nDre:,o~t d~e~ :S '~J (eel beli:erabout g e ~ t . i n : g I~~ ,~~Vll!'rotH

, ( l I si ' t lwZ' l tOn . r a ' a ip 1 ~ th~ (; ' (:211

I '! ! l~"

m:anent w 10rks ,of .a n .in.totbe gardieI l wmaddaes~neric richnessland symbol] : ! : : meanh l1g to tbe ~ ,ard ,e[l. e.xperiC'nce.. Coru:;~dI~rde-sigm.[J;g~deru, ~oexpHddy :a:m-acthomcuhu:r :a l t l i lerniPis~s j ',c()m:mW1l:ii lt .y an:ist.s.. · p l a : J i 'V l J a r k e r s . a : ndamima l "O f5 de~ir:ingtJo

·~IlI·otk~'.ilh.h e c ih :ii1 d ,o ons ee MOO R la nd W o:ng , ~ .9 9 1 ) . Ga r d en st ha ~ a:re .s u f fic ie nt ly In:~ere.sti.ngwUlaumc:t \ ! loh.m,teei t :arn.sts a. A .U

~he c ase 5 l , t J t J . d i y 'iililte~met t his lJ !lid fl],~ .ne , ~n v ariQ u :s , w a y s .e

We:j~esle1made the water t fea,ture iateaa e~egan.lwork · ( I · f a : J 1 : .

( j , a m e ' l l l . Coun and Lueas b o t h di:sp~~.yed.\Iilit'ldsflcb:and.o~[he,'rha .l 1g~ ril g wow-k s .. Lueas uS i ed l"vi: nc l I~h imes . P !Fou t y ills :~ anOO . a .

sertes of an~ma~.scl1~pU~[1esn.che .~andsca .pi l l !g. l 'heLei!c-bt21:gPam]] ), Hea !ling (iMden cO!1IJ~d.becap: : ; : ide: redasawo: t t 0 : . £ art In~tsO\m.dglu a.

17. :Stol ' ,age

'CatJefuUy,estimall!e a:nd. :fg~lyp]l~)'Qd.er~r Ilol.mp :n l@dslog ts :~d!e.$ torage ·~s one of: U l e : m:olSt oommonl .y o'!.l\eriGokJed

i!l~dsl hl~he d~s:i j ! ! ! : :n j)[ :~PQQeSOIl" lolhild:!r~n. Lc~aUo~. ne:xt 1.0

.Qcti'li'i:ly areas ~]l:cl size (which shorurld betheDm~lUp~~~dby'iwo,. Ole ~ s ' tl e ' m p ' te d . ~G.add) : s h o , 1 I J l d .be Ica:reruny ,c:crnsideredby~he Chnd Ufe a!~dh:Qrt~cu~t'Ulrals~al. the mCl l l~ that i t ems tobe used ·o:u.~doors;a n be: ~ It( ll\e d O IUU ! iOO : rs ,elosete theruruSieloca t i io :ns . . the mCfierich:ness and div1sni ty \ ! \ f i J I be a d Jd ed ;o ,me

pro.gn.m.

1 , 8 , . Ma~DiIi@DaD(ie

Ma'tch.tlle I~I ·ofre~~ed lariI!em ma: iJ r l len i i iWce lo , tllre

ab.tymsuppo:rtthe leMts, h;yweiDs,ti!tuti.01'lJ. W.hi i l i teve r ~y:pe

of g am em is . [n:s ~a Jned , i~wU~r~u r u r e som~~e\ii~'oifm;~l' inl i terr' laf ioe.It i5 :ma~ lOna ib le : t e a s s u m e th a t t :he iin5t,i,~~dQiIlwiUoom ,mw t ;a[l

,a'tpl"'opriare ,amoun~~f ma in te: lU ' IT tK ;e SiUp1! l0n: o~e:n'l~~eithew~a (1:£ im .p~ ~m ~ nting ~ h eaW ing gili_tdenwi~l-n~tb~:fe'8!$~bW e.

]n e~,ch of ~be~.ses , tudl ies j m:abilite:I[j,3.nce was, an. issue ,ilnd

W,U i ltd d .1; 'f ls s ed in different Vli 'aiys. W e:~1e:51ey~stabJ. is ..h ,~da ~ITi!$tf lmd tOC$ln:y ·tbe 'CO~l; Ga : vden eO'l.!ln w as main~amed l by , the:

gro:ff~,but """ 'as·.Eadmgthe 'i s sues ,oima j6 r .renO,v3 :L i;o I11 l wn .an~ lT IaD

oossiblei!1!..tl:!rio[' oolllrtyard; P rou ty h ;ad i a tru s~ fu nd tha~ SI;!Jl~

poJJ1oo. a h m 1l-'t,im.egardenerj Lucas h~dapa:r : t . -nme g a r d e ' l 1 I J e r

and .re]jied heav ily on. 2 ! ! . wdety of Icom:muni!ty voJu]]Jt '€:en.

wlhich worked WeUOOC8 ! ! l S e of tbe s tro n.g , c o:mm u n ilt y 1 6 t h . o s of

t .beprojec:tl: tile Le~dh:l;<!IgF:a.mily Hea~ : i: ns Ga rde :l 1 . is . main;ra ined

with as sts tanee :E rom v,ol:u D ~eer-:m e:m .ber:5 'O ".fa local b(il~amcalsodety.



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Ce l'J i ~ i~ fo r' ChUd .R¢< ihh OU;1 : ( lO l r nJes , C b . i . 1 d , m n i ~ s liQspi~ruand .U~hh

~ . - '1 1. t.er:;.~&f.lD.~~..e:~·.oU...98.,·)....... ..lka1i.ng G arden: Pos tOOC:ll.pa!l(;Y Evall!.'!~l~O.!l." ( T J pe:r~.

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Cog,per l ! , - I 1 i \ l i n ; : U i S , C.~d C. F~~cis (E~, ) (l9$lS) ..Pe;():ple ~I~'{l,~s;~ignGl>Iidel j !1e5' fo r I~ hih cm (,lp~n Sptltle" .2:m:l:ed ..N:~wYork: WI.lley:

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f~~s. ' l , J 1 . an d P• .J,~l,iQb(S,1 ( 1 9 9 : 5 ) . , '~PbyD(!p.r i :vat~o! ! l i :A Faci tOl" i~ ]1u;v~~jleVi.o.~e'D.oe.Di'l'letrfSiQ~~.s·of.Ea~1yChildhood, Vol 1). No.3., 1 ? : p . . .14-21.

' G i ~ j ' E . . (mSl9i~.) Tlf,~N e { . l .l i l~ . g P - O W . -S r ' of P ' k 1 . . y . NeW ' ¥ c:ri.~ G u ,i1 ib rd Ptt:-SS.

Ouin~$.B. 1 ( ~ . 9 9 \ 6 . } ,Creatf~ig a :F :a ,m i t , G 4 ! " d ! 1 i n : Mag i c a l O'~udoo,S p a c ~fa,, . A . U ~s. New YCll:k :Abibev :iJ le P :re.s s.

8Q(f f iwan.E. and. .D . C;a ;s tr o~ !B l a . II ,-Co(no ,d i < ll Jl ie j .Homcultural Tjh.erapy

with a rOl).:!f ' -¥ear"OJdBQY- A I . C~i~' ·1)~fiI."Ps)'cl~Qlagy.D~pattml!illil, S l. ' ,O:b:o'st l~; l j I \eTS~~Y;.Ja :ma:k :8 , N Y ( repr iml i~s fi"Qm:~•.

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Cheste.lI ' , fie~d,[lm1bymilt"'e, .1J.K; l lOMPA. .

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