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Singapore’s first hospital gardens designed by NParks SELETAR EXPRESSWAY WOODLANDS DRIVE 17 HEALING GARDENS Half will be a forest of tall trees with colourful peeling barks. FOOTPATHS (below) Paths will have solid colours, gentle slopes for wheelchairs, and will loop so people can keep walking without reaching an end. BENCHES They will have back and hand rests and be higher so it is easier for the elderly to get up. Might reflect designs used in the 1960s and 1970s to help them recall the good old days. PARK CONNECTORS They go round two sides of the Woodlands Health Campus with a wide footpath running along the third side. PHOTOS: NPARKS, CAROLINE CHIA, LEE CHEE CHEW STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS Cratoxylum cochinchinense Lagerstroemia floribunda Melaleuca cajupti Syzygium antisepticum Tristaniopsis merguensis THERAPEUTIC GARDENS Between hospital blocks – some will have muted blue and purple flowers to calm (right). Others will have bright-coloured flowers (far right) to stimulate the mind. WOODLANDS AVENUE 12 Woodlands South station (under construction) WOODLANDS DRIVE 17 SELETAR EXPRESSWAY Singapore Sports School Woodlands Health Campus ZONE 1 ZONE 2 Serene environment suited for meditation and leisure walking Comprises activity lawns, play areas and community gardens ZONE 3 ZONE 4
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Singapore’s �rst hospital gardens designed by NParks
SELETAR EXPRESSWAY
WOODLANDS DRIVE 17
HEALING GARDENS Half will be a forest of tall trees with colourful peeling barks.
FOOTPATHS (below)Paths will have solid colours, gentle slopes for wheelchairs, and will loop so people can keep walking without reaching an end.
BENCHESThey will have back and hand rests and be higher so it is easier for the elderly to get up. Might re�ect designs used in the 1960s and 1970s to help them recall the good old days.
PARK CONNECTORSThey go round two sides of the Woodlands Health Campus with a wide footpath running along the third side.
PHOTOS: NPARKS, CAROLINE CHIA, LEE CHEE CHEW STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS
Cratoxylum cochinchinense Lagerstroemia floribunda Melaleuca cajupti Syzygium antisepticum Tristaniopsis merguensis
THERAPEUTIC GARDENSBetween hospital blocks – some will have muted blue and purple �owers to calm (right). Otherswill have bright-coloured �owers (far right) to stimulate the mind.
WOODLANDS
AVEN
UE 12
WoodlandsSouth station(under construction)
Woodlandsstation
WOODLANDSDRIVE 17
SELETAR EXPRESSWAY
SingaporeSportsSchool
Woodlands Health Campus
ZONE 1 ZONE 2
Serene environment suited for meditation and leisure walking
Comprises activity lawns, play areas and community gardens
ZONE 3 ZONE 4
