This thesis investigates the importance of including landscape and natural features in the design of healthcare facilities of all focuses. Historically, medical facilities embraced surrounding landscapes and recognized the therapeutic and restorative benefits of nature in the healing of ill patients and, as a result, relied heavily on garden spaces or surrounding natural elements for contemplation, healing, and stress reduction. Modern medical advancements encouraged the disregard for such healing or wellness gardens so prevalent in the past; however, a recent trend towards total mind and body wellness has lead to a rebirth in interest in landscape as a necessary element in healthcare facility design. The Hospice movement in particular, due in part to the fragility of Hospice patients, has accepted the importance of landscape for the psychological well-being of the patient and embraced this philosophy in the design of its modern facilities.