The landscapes Struth photographed were all made in the area around Winterthur, including views of the Thur Valley, nearby vineyards and farmland as well as the hospital gardens. Many of the plants and flowers he photographed were also found in the immediate vicinity of the hospital and in a garden on the grounds of the Oskar Reinhart collection in Winterthur. He also made several ‘flower portraits’ in the garden of his friends Ingo Hartmann and Hannah Erdrich-Hartmann in Düsseldorf, including clematis, tulips, roses, cherry blossom and dandelions. They represent a familiar and ‘domesticated’ view of nature.
In each of the 37 rooms of the hospital, Struth hung one landscape across from the patient’s bed and two photographs of plants and flowers behind it. Many of the Winterthur photos have travelled from their intended context to be included in exhibitions of Struth’s works. Dandelion Room, a book bringing together all the Winterthur work, was published in 2001.