
This award-winning garden in Cleveland
celebrates the healing agents of water, wind, sunlight, vegetation and
stone. Designed as a series of connected garden rooms, each area of the
Nona and Elizabeth Evans Restorative Garden demonstrates the many ways
to engage individuals with physical disabilities. Wide, gently sloping
pathways are built from materials designed to accommodate wheelchairs
and walkers, and the undersides of handrails are fitted with poetry in
Braille. The sound and spray of falling water were incorporated
especially to reach visitors who are blind. This barrier-breaking
garden allows all people to experience its natural healing elements.