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PROGETTAZIONE
Da sinistra in senso orario, la palestra outdoor, l’area a orto, il Percorso della
Bicicletta e le aiuole della vista (in primo piano) e dell’olfatto (sullo sfondo).
Clockwise from the left, the outdoor gym, the vegetable garden, the Bicycle Path
and the flowerbeds of sight (in the foreground) and of smell (in the background).
t by the flowing movements of true grasses and perennial A circular area is the vegetable garden and the orchard, where
grasses (Verbena bonariensis, Pennisetum spp. and Echina- the following is located: overhanging horticulture tables; flow-
ceae), which are meant to stimulate touch and sight. er containers of various heights that can be enjoyed also by
The outdoor gym is located in the middle of the garden; it is patients in a wheelchair; a mechanical pergola-curtain; tables
used in good weather for exercising alone or with the help of and seats. Alongside a wall of stretched sheet metal, the flow-
physiotherapists: it has been changed according to the needs erbed of taste (with strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrant,
of users, agreeing the new configuration with the staff. Plants gooseberries, blackberries) marks the beginning of the Route
of white and pink Gaura have been laid along the area, alter- of the Five Senses, with stimulating plants for the residents
nating with Muhlenbergia capillaris and Stipa tenuissima. of the facility: there is a flowerbed of sight (with Rosa ‘Les
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