Abstract
This study was carried out for the rooftop garden in of a hospital in Tokyo Ward.The main purposes of this study were clarifying the actual condition of inpatient's rooftop garden use, the meaning of the rooftop garden for inpatients, and the way of planning and management for hospital rooftop garden that should be. The questionnaire was carried out in order to grasp the consciousness of the inpatient using the rooftop garden. The result is as follows. The inpatients of various conditions used the rooftop garden through opening time, and they enjoyed admiration of a garden and plants, walking, exercises, rest, etc. The inpatients were able to feel be relaxed and refreshed by use of a rooftop garden. It was pointed out that it should regard from now on about the arrangement of a rooftop garden, the environment for access and a walk, a planting design and management, etc.
