Phelps Hospital is Building a New Serenity Garden
“The history of hospitals and healing places goes back many centuries. At one time, nature was seen as intrinsic to healing, but this important connection was lost by the twentieth century. Now, however, it is being rediscovered, in the form of healing gardens and therapeutic landscapes in healthcare settings.”
— Claire Cooper Marcus and Naomi Sachs
Phelps Hospital is Building a New Serenity Garden, a Garden Devoted to Behavioral Health
Phelps Hospital is building series of therapeutic gardens on our 69 acre campus. Each garden is designed to benefit our patients, staff and community. The next garden in the series will be devoted to Behavioral Health. Access to nature in healthcare settings makes a positive difference to patients, helping to reduce pain and to promote healing. It has also been proven to provide mental health benefits to all patients including those suffering from mental illness and addiction.
Renderings of the New Garden Coming to Phelps in 2025:
Aerial view of new garden
Garden will include a water feature and a pavilion
Garden will be located adjacent to the main lobby entrance
View of garden approach from parking garage
Gardens allow us to expand healing outside of the walls of our hospital.
Our therapeutic garden series is called our FARMacy program, which refers to healing through plants and nature. Our FARMacy garden series is supported in its entirety by generous friends, like you, whose support allows us to build spaces that offer our community the restorative and healing benefits of nature. Thank you.
Healing Spaces Make a Difference. Generosity Makes this Possible.
Click here to support the new garden.
All gifts are meaningful in support of this new garden. Make a gift at one of the following recognition levels, and we will be honored to recognize you or someone you wish to honor on the garden’s donor tribute plaque.
$1,000 Seed Sponsor
$2,500 Bulb Sponsor
$5,000 Annual Sponsor
$10,000 Perennial Sponsor
Naming of individual features in and around the new garden, such as the arbors, benches, seating wall and water feature are available. To learn more about ways you can get involved email or contact Michelle Smith at 914-366-3114.
“Your consideration and support remind us that our work is valued and that there are people who see beyond the misconceptions and stigma. Thank you for acknowledging our program and the importance of a healing environment.”
-Behavioral Health Recreational Therapist