Project Description

The Northern California Children’s Hospital project was renovated in 2018, doubling the size with a new building. Brookwater Irrigation Consultants won the premier Excellence in Irrigation Design Award from the American Society of Irrigation Consultants for this project! The design included a rainwater catchment system, central control two-wire system with drip irrigation to the many extensive green roof gardens and outdoor spaces. The hospital is LEED Platinum rated.

The building integrates nature seamlessly into its layout, with almost four acres of gardens and green spaces for patients, families, visitors, and staff to enjoy. The landscape also provides natural habitats for local birds and insects. The landscape consists primarily of drought tolerant plants and specially blended low water turf. The gardens consist of: 

• Emerald Garden – an imaginative, open garden space that features a sea‐themed play area and an amphitheater for activities and events.
• Two outdoor terraces located on every patient care unit that overlook the grounds so families and care teams to do not have to go downstairs to step outside.
• Healing Garden – located on the first floor outside the sanctuary and offering a meditative labyrinth and alcoves separated by hedges for privacy.
• Discovery Garden – 20,000 sq. ft. roof garden that features life size sculptures of native animals and play spaces designed for imaginative play, such as gopher burrows with tunnel for the kids, hollow redwood tree for climbing, rock wolf head, and large sundial.
• Rainbow Garden – A place for the physicians staff to relax.