Plants In Healthcare
Gardens and Hospital Design The belief that plants and gardens are beneficial for patients in healthcare environments spans more than one thousand years and appears prominently in Asian and Western cultures (Ulrich and Parsons, 1992). During the Middle Ages in Europe, for example, monasteries created elaborate gardens to bring pleasant, soothing distraction to the ill (Gierlach-Spriggs et al., 1998). European and American hospitals in the 1800s commonly contained gardens and plants as prominent features (Nightingale, 1860). Gardens became less prevalent in hospitals during the early decades of the 1900s. However, with major advances in medical science, hospital administrators and architects have shifted their thinking to concentrate on creating healthcare buildings that will reduce infection risk and serve as functionally efficient settings for new medical technology. |
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Despite the intense stress often caused by illness, pain, and traumatic hospital experiences, little attention was given to creating environments that would calm patients or otherwise address emotional needs (Ulrich, 2001). Click here to read the full study report. |
Indoor plants, gardens and architecture designed around the environment are, once again, finding their way back into our healthcare facilities as part of the journey to health. As the preferred supplier to SA Health, Jarretts is proud to sponsor the new Royal Adelaide Hospital Centre Demonstration Centre in Kurralta Park to showcase how indoor plants improve the quality of healthcare and patient recovery services. Jarrett's is able to provide specialist advice for healthcare professionals through its many years of creating ecologically-friendly environments to benefit patients, aged care residents and staff alike. |
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