Period & Period-Style Gardens

On the rolling banks of the James River in Virginia stands a remarkable Tudor estate, actually built in Lancashire , England in the late 15th Century.

Bede's World's Herb Garden is based on Anglo-Saxon and medieval plants and designs appropriate to the Anglo-Saxon monastery of St Paul and the medieval monastery which took its place.

A clickable map of Britain with links to information about historic gardens, their designers, and how to visit them.

The medieval farm at Bois Richeux is one of the oldest farms in France.

A reproduction of a medieval kitchen garden, herb garden, and orchard.

An introducti on to medieval plants and gardening practices by way of the gardens of The Cloisters.

Features photographs of Japanese gardens designed from ancient times up to the 20th century.

A living memorial to America's original English colonists, on Roanoke Island, NC.

The garden consists of three major plots. The first is the kitchen garden, which groups by usage, plants needed by medieval households. The second part, the pleasure ground, consists of a combination of flowering plants as well as some small fruits. The third part is the enclosed contemplation garden. An exhibit of medieval field crops, which we believe will be the only one in North America, has been begun outside of the garden.

On the Elizabetha n garden and the condition of horticultu re in Shakespear e's time. Includes descriptio ns and references to earlier gardens as well.

Designed as a modern garden utilizing traditional materials, whilst reflecting the form and features of a medieval physic garden.

Bound together in this volume are the Tractatus de Magnetate et Operationi bus eius (the 13th century letter on the magnet by Petrus Peregrinus ); a university handbook on the theory of numbers, proportion s and harmony; the seven signs of bad breeding; the seven signs of elegance; and household and medical recipes. Included is one of the oldest known surviving English mead recipes. The recipes from this manuscript have been transcribe d and can be viewed at this site.

This short note attempts to pull together the current thinking on the date of the Medieval garden at Whittingto n Castle, as an aid to interpreta tion and further research. Given the good preservati on of the site and the associated viewing mount it is important that the evidence is examined in detail. The views are mine and are open to discussion or reinterpre tation.