The center piece of this design is a beautiful healing garden. It features a shading arbor, quiet meditation areas, as well a labyrinth, all on the rooftop over the operating rooms. In addition, we developed the lobby courtyard area and a terrace garden.

For Providence Milwaukie Hospital, we designed the entrance and site plantings for a new ER/MRI addition and a meditative healing garden at the medical office building. To reflect the local characteristics of the neighborhood, we created a delicate mixture of flowering plants and ornamental grasses.

Macdonald Environmental Planning was engaged on this University District campus to design the pubic courtyards for patients, staff and family members to enjoy.  The courtyards were planned to promote access to natural plantings, water features and gathering areas for healing purposes. Three water features were designed to make the gardens tranquil and meditative in order…

The Yakima Farm Workers have been expanding their clinic footprint throughout the Pacific Northwest and we were asked to update the campus of this new addition to the Woodburn Oregon Clinic. The overall scope included an interior courtyard and water feature and the rehabilitation of the existing grounds.

This seacoast community hospital undertook the addition of a Medical Office Building with landscaping that would be salt tolerant and colorful.  Our plantings included numerous perennials, ornamental grasses and seacoast plantings.  The sandy soils were also taken into consideration for irrigation purposes.

A new ER, Imaging and Pharmacy addition provided the opportunity to re-imagine and unify the whole campus landscape. Patients now feel more connected with their natural environment through beautiful views, and visitors are greeted with a soothing water feature.