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History of garden design and of individual historic gardens.

Subcategories

• Gardeners and Designers
• Histories of Famous Gardens
• Journals and Magazines
• Organizations
• UK Gardening History

Resources in This Category

• Australian Garden History Society

  http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org.au/
  Organisation of people with an interest in the various aspects of garden history - including horticulture, landscape design and architecture. Journal and garden events summary.

• Canoe Plants of Ancient Hawaii

  http://www.canoeplants.com/
  Guide to the plants carried by early Polynesian voyagers in their canoes - history and traditional uses for each of two dozen plants.

• Cultivating Canadian Gardens

  http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/nlc-bnc/cultivating_cdn_gardens-ef/2008/www.lac-bac.gc.ca/2/11/index-e.html
  Tells the story of the development of gardening in Canada by indigenous peoples and settlers, through the books, periodicals, and printed materials collected by the National Library of Canada.

• Enchanted Gardens of the Renaissance

  http://www.jebfoundation.ch/Jardin/index_english.html
  A visual tour of three Renaissance Gardens and their relationship to the art of the period.

• Fruits and Flowers of Winter

  http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/Onlinexhibits/winterex.html
  Archive of an exhibition with items from the Mertz Library’s rare books and archival materials. Includes orangeries, hothouses and botanical drawings.

• Garden History Links

  http://www.magma.ca/~evb/garden.html
  History of gardening links from Edwinna von Baeyer's Web pages.

• Garden History Matters

  http://www.gardenhistorymatters.com/
  Toby Musgrave shares some of the remarkable, quirky, bizarre and human stories that makes garden history so enjoyable.

• Gardening History Timeline - From Ancient Times to 1800

  http://www.gardendigest.com/timegl.htm
  Noteworthy Publications, Persons, and Events in the History of Gardening. Including some Related Information from Agriculture, Natural History, Botany, and Ecology. By Michael P. Garofalo

• Gardens of the Mughal Empire

  http://www.mughalgardens.org/
  An interactive journey through twelve Mughal Gardens including Shalamar. You can hear music and follow in the footsteps of the ancient Mughals on a processional path from Hiran Minar to Mian Mir.

• Gothein's History of Garden Art

  http://www.gardenvisit.com/history_theory/library_online_ebooks/ml_gothein_history_garden_art_design/contents_gotheins_history_garden_art
  Complete text of the 1913 book is available online here. Detailed accounts of European gardens, added later material on North America, brief accounts of the rest of the world.

• Japanese Garden Database

  http://www.jgarden.org/
  Educational web site providing information on outstanding examples of Japanese garden art.

• Landscape History

  http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~helphand/homepage.html
  A categorised collection of images and photographs of gardens and landscapes in a number of designs.

• Museum of Garden History

  http://www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/
  Located at the restored church of St Mary-at-Lambeth in London, the museum offers activities and lectures. The churchyard includes a recreation of a historic knot garden.

• Our Vegetable Travelers

  http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/publications/vegetabletravelers/
  A history of garden vegetables, originally published in National Geographic (1949).

• Parks and Gardens UK

  http://www.parksandgardens.org/
  Database of historic parks, gardens, and designed green spaces of the United Kingdom, with descriptions and historical information.

• Spirit of Gardening

  http://www.gardendigest.com/index.htm
  Quotes, proverbs, articles, history, humor, links, and resources for the gardener.

• The History of Gardening Timeline

  http://www.gardendigest.com/timetab.htm
  An account of gardening from ancient times to the twentieth century organized by time periods with links to supplementary information.

• The History of Gardening: A Timeline from Ancient Times to the Twentieth Century

  http://www.gardendigest.com/btgarh.htm
  List of years and gardening events/people, with links to other resources.

• Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants

  http://www.monticello.org/site/house-and-gardens/thomas-jefferson-center-historic-plants
  Collects, preserves, and distributes historic plant varieties.

• Timothy Mowl

  http://www.timothymowl.com/
  Architectural historian presents his series of county guides to the historic landscapes and gardens of England, biographies, and other studies.

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