Medieval gardening
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Medieval Gardening
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[edit] Definitions
For the purposes of this article medieval will be considered to span from 400 to 1400, though earlier and later references are acceptable with justification, and gardening shall be considered the deliberate cultivation of plants herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables. See also History of gardening The gardening article discusses the differences and similarities between gardens and farms in greater detail.
[edit] Historical evidence
Man's relationship with plants is as old as man as a species. The Agricultural Revolution began farming and gardening. The majority of our knowledge about the method and means of gardens in the middle ages comes through archaeology, surviving textual documentation, and surviving artworks such as paintings, tapestry and illumination.
[edit] Types of Garden
- Hortus conclusus
- Vegetable or cottage
- herber
- pleasure
- orchard
- nuthey
[edit] Garden Features
- Fencing
- Seating
- Fountains
- Fishponds
- Beds
- Gates
[edit] Primary sources on gardening
- Palladius, Palladius On husbondrie. ~1420
- Walahfrid_Strabo, Hortulus
- Charlemagne, Capitulare de Villis
- Apuleius, Herbal 11th c.
[edit] Other sources on medieval gardening
- Sylvia Landsberg, The Medieval Garden 1995
- Frank Crisp, Mediaeval Gardens
