Specific horticulture therapy guidelines in the landscaping of Cluj-Napoca hospital facilities ? improving mental and behavioural healthcare

摘要

In the beginning, nature was an irreplaceable environment for humans. Theconcept of horticulture therapy (HT) denotes the use of ornamental plants to improvepeople’s health based on the connection between landscape architecture principles, designelements, and guidelines in healthcare facility gardens. In HT, people can improve andmaintain health; so, gardens must provide only beneficial effects for users (patient, family,staff), testing design elements, which can be a scroll direction in garden, point of interest,connection with nature. This paper presents a case study analysis of the current landscapearchitecture standpoint: one of the Cluj-Napoca clinics, where HT can improve patients’well-being.