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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