The 2024 Hospital Gardens Awards
C2DS presented the Hospital Gardens Awards on World Biodiversity Day.
Biodiversity is a key determinant of health, and must be preserved. We celebrate the diversity of hospital gardens, and take responsibility for the management of the thousands of hectares of undeveloped land in our establishments.
There are many different kinds of hospital gardens: therapeutic gardens, integrated into the patient's care program; pleasure or wellbeing gardens, for the benefit of users, their carers and employees; vegetable gardens; allotments...
The winners
1st prize
Dijon University Hospital
2nd prize
EPSM Lille Métropole
3rd prize
EPS Barthélémy Durand (91)
One health" commitment campaign
11 recommendations for preserving biodiversity
In 2023, C2DS launched a Biodiversity Club to move from concept to action. It brings together a large community of two hundred health and medico-social establishments. In October 2024, publication of a commitment campaign "One health 11 recommendations for facilities to preserve biodiversity and protect human health.