What does the word “resilience” mean? 

The Capability to Recover 

The KUMC Garden of Resilience will offer people the opportunity to sit or just walk through to enjoy the ambience of a garden designed with plants specifically to support healing. In this garden, we will co-create a partnership in which plants and people work together. Co-partnership means that a plant or group of plants can provide direct resources for recovery, a deeper sense of well-being, and transformation for those who seek it. Plants want to help us heal our dis–ease, but we have to ask. The KUMC Garden of Resilience will be created in true partnership, working directly with the Spirit of each plant to support healing and recovery. 

Every person who takes a moment in this garden will have the opportunity to breathe more deeply, feel the textures of the plants, and enjoy the beauty of their color and aroma. Walk the path, sit on a bench, or write in the waterproof journal before or after the doctor’s appointment. Plants will meet us wherever we are and bring the wisdom and healing we most need. Come support this unique healing project.