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Seating areas in coves along the way
provide places to eat lunch, visit, or
contemplate. Trees form a canopy
over the garden, providing shade
and perches for songbirds that are
attracted by the water that bounces
off the cobbled water walls.
Visitors first view Anne's Garden
from above. The plantings and
walkways below create a quilt-like
pattern that people enjoy viewing
from overlooks along the entry plaza
or from lobbies in the seven-story
North Patient Tower. In selecting
the plants for Anne's Garden, variety
in color, texture, and fragrance
was considered-much like fabric
funded through the generosity of its

pieces are assembled for a colorful

community.

quilt. More than 60 different plants

The beautiful gardens were the

were used in this garden. A hedge

result of the coalescence of the

of emerald arborvitae encloses the

contributions of team members that

garden on two sides and creates an

included the individual donors, The

atmosphere of privacy and calm.

Medical Center Foundation, HGOR

Visitors enjoy finding old-time

Planners and Landscape Architects,

favorites and plants that reflect

Northeast Georgia Medical Center

the donor's particular gardening

administration, regional artists,

interests. The wide concrete walkway

Northeast Georgia Health System

circles a lively fountain featuring a

and The Fockele Garden Co.

handcut stone bowl.

Four gardens for the hospital

The concentric shell that encloses

became the objective. Common

Nell's Prayer Garden creates an

design goals emerged. Each garden

intimate courtyard where one

would promote health and healing,

can escape day-to-day concerns.

have unique characteristics, include

The beautiful curving stone wall

elements that would ensure design

effectively separates the garden from

continuity across the campus, and

the busy entrance road and parking

incorporate the preferences and

deck, just 50 feet away. A bosque

approval of the individual donors.

of trees provides a canopy and

The Wilheit-Keys Peace Garden is

completes the feeling of enclosure

located at the north entrance plaza.

and intimacy. The plantings are

Walkways wind through a maze of

uncomplicated and simply combined

trees and low plantings. The views

to display their forms and colors.

through the large windows of the

In keeping with the established

interior concourse remind visitors

mountain theme, large weathered

of the north Georgia mountains

boulders are scattered within the

the arrival of a newborn child can

provide shade for seating areas.

and compel indoor visitors to step

space. A font of water that serves as

retreat to the playful Pope Family

Whimsical bronze turtles, butterflies,

out into the peaceful and familiar

a focal point in the garden, bubbles

Garden. The hospital encloses the

salamanders, and a puppy beckon

garden. Mountain-like water

from a boulder cut in half.

garden and creates the climate of

children to explore or to enjoy a

a terrarium. Exotic plants thrive,

scavenger hunt while they wait.

features, native trees, plants, and
boulders follow a curving trail.

Siblings, family members, and
expectant parents anxiously awaiting

and mature bigleaf magnolias

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