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MossRehab is the physical and cognitive rehabilitation division of the Einstein Healthcare Network in the Philadelphia region. MossRehab opened the Alice and Herbert Sachs Therapeutic Conservatory at its main Elkins Park, Pennsylvania facility in 2014 to expand and enhance its horticultural therapy program. Designed by Chianis + Anderson Architects, the 1,500 square foot Conservatory is divided into three connected sections. The “Work” room includes a work table and storage cabinets. “Grow” and “Show” are housed within a greenhouse structure, and the Show Room is a plant-filled place of respite. The Show section features an 84 square foot green wall that is 12 feet wide x 7 feet tall, installed with the LiveWall® Indoor Living Wall System. The green wall is accessible to staff, patients and their families, and guests at special events. The Conservatory extends the landscape to the interior, and the Show Room was designed as a sun filled, relaxing and rejuvenating green space — a retreat from the hospital environment.

In addition to the green wall, Show includes a clear glass water wall, daylighting, natural teak furnishings, potted plants, and accessible raised planting beds. The architects screened a large masonry wall with the LiveWall green wall which adds a garden element and more plants without taking up precious floor space. It also provides a strong visual impact in relationship with the water wall and creates the central showpiece of this section. While the initial plant palette consisted of three varieties of Pothos, MossRehab completely changes out the wall’s annuals once a year and changes other plants periodically, six to ten modules at a time. Many plant options include using poinsettias and evergreens during the holidays or adding decorations and different flowers for special events.

What makes this green wall truly unique? With guidance and instruction, the green wall plants are cared for by patients who are recovering and healing, providing a beautiful horticultural therapy benefit. The Alice and Herbert Sachs Therapeutic Conservatory Show Room is an oasis for patients and their families, and a refuge from their cares and stresses.

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Greenroofs.com Featured Project 2/18/19 photo credits courtesy of LiveWall; MossRehab Facebook; and Einstein Healthcare Network.