Zahrada jako prostředek léčby a rehabilitace

The theoretical part of the thesis offers a comprehensive view on the issue of therapeutic gardens and hortitherapy. It addresses the development of therapeutic gardens in Slovakia and abroad, and defines their basic types. Therapeutic gardens for child patients represent the core of the work. Drawing from bibliographical sources, the thesis defines construction principles for these gardens. The methodology contains a detailed analysis of the current state of the model object in graphical and text form. The author presents a comprehensive proposal for the solution of an area of the model object and related rehabilitation garden for a child patient with cerebral palsy which is contained in the detailed examination of the idea. The proposal is expressed in floor plan, sections and spatial display. The proposed solution is an outcome of the use of gardens for the construction of therapeutic gardens that draws from the author's own design experience and medical advice by doctors specialising in physiotherapy and balneology. The proposal presents a space for social and physical rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy. It utilises the potential of the area where the model object is based