Healthcare and Therapeutic Design Newsletter, Summer 2010

Letter from the Chair
This letter brings great news! This is our second newsletter during the 2009-2010 year. I am so very grateful to Editor Sally Shute for her expertise and hard work in compiling this issue.
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Golden Threads Weave A Sacred Space at VA Puget Sound Fisher House
Spring is a time of regeneration of new life and new beginnings. This past June, a ho hum garden was transformed into a vibrant, inspirational setting at the VA Puget Sound Fisher House™ in Seattle, Washington.
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Roof Gardens in an Urban Hospital
Founded in 1874 by a group of six Catholic Sisters of Mercy in Baltimore, Maryland, Mercy Medical Center is a significant healthcare facility in the city and is a teaching hospital for the University of Maryland.
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The Value of Multi-Sensory Elements in Contemplative Landscapes
Whether integral to landscapes at large or in gardens, contemplative environments add vital spice to the mix of places that help us gain maintain vital equilibrium.
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The Outdoors for an Inpatient
Without a doubt, nature demonstrates itself most stunningly in the complexities and depth of its landscapes. Whether rolling hills, the outlines of tall Ponderosa Pines, the mountains of the Sierra Nevada or the deserts of Jordon and the beaches of the Mediterranean—each offers its own model of beauty, aesthetic profile, and palette of changeable colors.
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Meeting Before the Meeting Walking Tour
The 2010 ASLA Annual Meeting in Washington DC will be here before we know it. If you are planning on attending the Annual Meeting, how about joining us for a tour of some of the important DC sites?
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