Heide Museum of Modern Art is delighted to have opened the much-anticipated Healing Garden within their museum grounds, on Tuesday 23 November 2021. Inspired by Heide founder Sunday Reed’s profound love for her garden and designed by leading landscape architecture studio Openwork, the Healing Garden draws on the curative properties of plants and the ever-growing body of knowledge that positions gardens as a powerful tool for connecting communities, reducing social isolation and providing positive, life-affirming experiences.

The garden has been designed to facilitate healing and restoration for vulnerable communities and will be a vital space for the broader community as we navigate the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Circular in design, the garden draws on the concept of proxemics, which considers the intuitive spatial distances between people in personal and public spaces.