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Provenance:
Chestnut Hill Garden Club  Search this
Beacon Hill Garden Club  Search this
Photographer:
Kearney, Gary  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Suffolk County -- Boston
Howard Ulfelder, MD, Healing Garden at Massachusetts General Hospital
Scope and Contents:
20 digital images (2014, 2017, 2019) and 1 folder. Images 001-020 photographed by Gary P. Kearney, MD.
General:
The Howard Ulfelder, MD, Healing Garden is small public rooftop garden and hidden oasis located within the Yawkey Cancer Center at MGH. This living, green, restorative space for cancer patients, caregivers, family, and visitors includes an indoor glass Pavilion for winter and summer sanctuary.
This property is featured in "Nature and Healing" by Robin Guenther and Gail Vittori in Sustainable Healthcare Architecture, published by John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, 2008; "Holistic Oncology: A Healing Garden Guest Book" by Sarah E. Belden and others, published in The Oncologist, July 2008.
Persons associated with the garden include: Massachusetts General Hospital/Partners Health Care (owners, 2005- ); CambridgeSeven (architect, 2003-2005); Robert Adams, Halvorson Design (landscape architect, 2003-2009).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- Massachusetts -- Boston  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File MA427
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Massachusetts
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb662f6c5c6-149a-4935-90e0-922e7a6d0a43
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref33207