Gardens have always been considered only as purely recreational places, like parks or simple garden rooms. The healing power that ornamental plants may have is rarely considered. What effects do they have when located in a medical facility? Those effects have been studied since the 80s and the positive results obtained are scientifically proven. Their use is becoming more indispensable each day in order to lower costs and the hospitalization time of patients, and also to improve their life quality when long-term care is required. The fundamental elements that a landscape designer must know and should take into account to make a good project are the subject matter of this paper.

The children's games area is one of the most important parts of a park, a seemingly solvable problem, but its lack of successis just to think in that way.The game is crucial for children of all ages which contributes to the psychomotor training and establish an appropriaterelationship with the society. Thus, before giving a contribution on how to cope with the design´s part is important tounderstand the educational contribution, and above all the different types of game. Furthermore, I have given an approachon the risk and safety factor as they are important variables in the game´s planning as well as in its maintenance.

At the current bioclimatic change and shortage of water in which are located some geographical areas, it has become essential reprogram and project a lot of green areas in general and private use. For ages, these have been planned on a garden scheme not appropriate to local conditions. In general, it is discussed the concept of “grass” as a fundamental surface and unifying of the urban landscape. This implies reprogram the concept of “garden” and use of itself, even in many situations may result difficult for the user to understand, and others situations such as in California is the only solution by law. For many people, the problem does not prevail until they realized the high maintenance expenses, and in the case of public areas, these end up in a state of total abandonment as a result of the lack of maintenance. It is relevant to become ...

Gardens have always been considered only as purely recreational places, like parks or simple garden rooms. The healing power that ornamental plants may have is rarely considered. What effects do they have when located in a medical facility? Those effects have been studied since the 80s and the positive results obtained are scientifically proven. Their use is becoming more indispensable each day in order to lower costs and the hospitalization time of patients, and also to improve their life quality when long-term care is required. The fundamental elements that a landscape designer must know and should take into account to make a good project are the subject matter of this paper.

The children's games area is one of the most important parts of a park, a seemingly solvable problem, but its lack of successis just to think in that way.The game is crucial for children of all ages which contributes to the psychomotor training and establish an appropriaterelationship with the society. Thus, before giving a contribution on how to cope with the design´s part is important tounderstand the educational contribution, and above all the different types of game. Furthermore, I have given an approachon the risk and safety factor as they are important variables in the game´s planning as well as in its maintenance.

At the current bioclimatic change and shortage of water in which are located some geographical areas, it has become essential reprogram and project a lot of green areas in general and private use. For ages, these have been planned on a garden scheme not appropriate to local conditions. In general, it is discussed the concept of “grass” as a fundamental surface and unifying of the urban landscape. This implies reprogram the concept of “garden” and use of itself, even in many situations may result difficult for the user to understand, and others situations such as in California is the only solution by law. For many people, the problem does not prevail until they realized the high maintenance expenses, and in the case of public areas, these end up in a state of total abandonment as a result of the lack of maintenance. It is relevant to become ...