一个抚慰身心的场所:梅西癌症中心康复花园

A Place of Solace: Massey Cancer Center Healing Garden

康复花园在诊疗卫生机构与设施中的健康价值已经被相关研究成果证实并且得到普遍接受。2006年建成并运行的位于美国东海岸弗吉尼亚州弗吉尼亚联邦大学里士满校区内的梅西癌症中心康复花园是一个杰出的作品。作为花园建设方的梅西癌症中心与风景园林师合作创造了一个提供独特景观体验的与众不同的花园。介绍与评述了康复花园的设计任务、设计过程、基本设计元素、种植设计、花园维护、花园使用效果以及设计师对未来康复花园设计的思考。

Recognizing that the benefits of healing gardens in health care facilities are widely acknowledged and documented. Massey Cancer Center Healing Garden is located at the Massey Cancer Center of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia on the East Coast of the United States of America. It was opened in 2006 and showed its excellent benefits. The landscape architects worked with the Massey Cancer Center created a garden that would be transcendent. This article introduces and describes the design commission, the design process, the fundamental elements of design, planting design, garden maintenance, a review of uses and effects of garden and thoughts about the design of future healing gardens.