Boston Children’s Need for Extra Space May Eliminate Pediatric Garden

Citing urgent needs for space, Boston Children’s Hospital has decided to build a 500,000-square-foot addition on the site of its much beloved pediatric Prouty Garden, according to a report from Boston’s National Public Radio station, WBUR.

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The expansion plan includes an overall increase in green-space, though the garden areas will be fragmented. Evidence shows that hospital gardens contribute to reductions in anxiety, pain and blood pressure, according to the report.

Prouty Garden was endowed in 1956 by novelist Olive Prouty, who lost two children during her lifetime. 

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