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healing garden

American  
[hee-ling gahr-duhn] / ˈhi lɪŋ ˈgɑr dən /

noun

  • healing gardens
    plural
  1. a garden, typically in the grounds of a hospital, which is designed to have a therapeutic impact on those visiting it.


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The permanent memorial will be separate from a community healing garden built in downtown Las Vegas by more than 1,000 volunteers in the days after the shooting.

From Seattle Times Sep. 5, 2023

Over the past six weeks, Mr. Fetterman participated in talk therapy, had his medications monitored by doctors and went on therapeutic walks in the facility’s healing garden.

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2023

Last September, Marston fulfilled a long-held dream of leading the project to plant a sacred healing garden commemorating those lost to gun violence in the neighborhood.

From Salon Mar. 17, 2021

Fiona Davison says the long story of the "healing garden" is coming full circle and we're now thinking of gardens holistically as "healing spaces", where, by spending time in them, we're getting some well-being benefit.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2019

The Traveling Day Society performs in the hospital’s healing garden on the first Monday of every month.

From Washington Times Jun. 9, 2018

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