Open Directory - Home: Gardening: History
See also: - Organisation of people with an interest in the various aspects of garden history - including horticulture, landscape design and architecture. Journal and garden events summary. - A comprehensive timeline showing how the various elements of miniature landscapes were brought together and continued to develop in China, Japan, and elsewhere in the world. - Guide to the plants carried by early Polynesian voyagers in their canoes - history and traditional uses for each of two dozen plants. - 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. - Information from the first chapter of a book on Dutch gardens. - A visual tour of three Renaissance Gardens and their relationship to the art of the period. - Archive of an exhibition with items from the Mertz Library’s rare books and archival materials. Includes orangeries, hothouses and botanical drawings. - History of gardening links from Edwinna von Baeyer's Web pages. - Information on gardening and gardens from Medieval times through the 19th century. - 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 - Mythological references to gardening subjects. - 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. - 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. - Educational web site providing information on outstanding examples of Japanese garden art. - A categorised collection of images and photographs of gardens and landscapes in a number of designs. - A catalog of 8000 slides about parks and gardens in Europe. - History of gardens and landscapes in the Indian subcontinent, with links to related sites - Recreated medieval garden based on German gardens in Martin Luther's age. Garden history, information about some of the plants. - 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. - A history of garden vegetables, originally published in National Geographic (1949). - Account of some of the major French gardens made in the style known in France as Anglo-Chinese, and in England as English landscape. - Database of historic parks, gardens, and designed green spaces of the United Kingdom, with descriptions and historical information. - Quotes, proverbs, articles, history, humor, links, and resources for the gardener. - An account of gardening from ancient times to the twentieth century organized by time periods with links to supplementary information. - List of years and gardening events/people, with links to other resources. - Architectural historian presents his series of county guides to the historic landscapes and gardens of England, biographies, and other studies.
