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The Healing Garden is a serene area where nature engages and fills the senses via color, smell, touch and sound. Connecting patients, staff, and visitors with natural light, fresh air, and nature helps to nurture healing, provide moments of respite, and establish a healthy mind-body balance.

1. Ample seating clusters allow users to situate themselves in social groups or smaller personal configurations as desired for moments of respite or quiet conversation.
2. Large curvilinear Hebi benches allow for comfortable, interactive, and inclusive seating arrangements for those who are wheelchair bound.
3. Chipman chairs offer full postural and arm support for patients.
4. A row of Sorella planters create a sense of place, offer a habitat for flowers, and engage visual and olfactory senses to refresh and heal.
5. Guide bollards define and illuminate a clear walking path around a serene water feature.
6. An overhead trellis (custom element) offers a zone of partial shade and increased privacy from upper floors of the healthcare facility.
7. Water feature is a serene central focal point.
8. Perimeter gardens offer an alternative outward facing view for those wanting a peaceful, secluded healing experience.