Hospital rejuvenates a memorial garden
A tired garden is revived with new plantings, a clearer path, and a “wind phone”—a quiet place where visitors can speak to loved ones who have died
The design centers on a “wind phone,” a tradition that began in Japan. It offers a quiet place to speak to loved ones who have died.
Before: The garden beside the hospital’s emergency department was overgrown, with no way to walk through—only around the edges.
The renewed garden includes a central path and benches for quiet sitting. Visitors can leave memorial pebbles at the base of the wind phone.
The garden and wind phone offer a quiet space for hospital visitors, nurses, doctors, and staff.
Just beyond the garden are large air handlers that serve the adjacent buildings. A new satellite bed with tall shrubs will screen the equipment and reduce noise.
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