The research topic is sensory, healing, rehabilitation and horticultural gardens, and the related discourses. The first part of the paper describes the historic development of the rehabilitation and health gardens in Latvia. Then he research paper takes a look at the main aspects which dominate in the rehabilitation and sensory visual and functional garden sites in the world. The quest to create contemporary landscape sites for health reasons is still one of the main subjects to explore and find definitions for. The methodology used in this paper is descriptive, from the perspective of historical relaxation gardens and health sites. The aim of this research is to define the main development lines of health sites in Latvia, trying to answer such questions as: How we can start developing sensory gardens and what is needed for their development in the future? To achieve the goal, it is necessary to absorb the world experience and exchange best practices, find innovative solutions, and adapt advanced rehabilitation center area landscapes to individual needs. When creating the healing gardens, the aesthetic and functional criteria have to be applied. Depending on the availability of the natural environment, health and satisfaction will be enhanced.

This report offers specific policy and investment options articulated around two broad areas: (1) stimulating growth in agriculture and sustainable management of fisheries and (2) providing public infrastructure and services that strengthen the enabling environment. A plan to stimulate growth in agriculture and fisheries, the first broad area, could be centered around the following set of goals: revitalize the rubber sector, develop high-value fresh products, improve rice productivity, modernize land and input markets, expand access to loans for machinery and seasonal input purchases, strengthen agricultural extension services to ensure dynamism in Mon State’s farm sector, improve management of marine capture fisheries, and facilitate expansion of aquaculture. The first part of the report details the challenges and potential solutions presented by each of these points. The second part of the report details options to create a growth-enabling environment through public infrastructure and services, centered around the following goals: improve the budgetary and fiscal process to enable locally driven public investment, improve access to and reliability of infrastructure, expand the formal credit market, promote productive investment by the private sector, strengthen regulatory frameworks for the construction sector, exploit the potential for the development of tourism, and improve the quality of and access to education and health services.