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Quotes, proverbs, articles, history, humor, links, and resources for the gardener. http://www.gardendigest.com/index.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 http://www.gardendigest.com/timegl.htm On some of the symbolism used in their design, illustrated by literature and an example. http://www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~ige/gardens/1h1.htm A searchable database of Historic Parks and Gardens in the UK. http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/database/index.htm Mythological references to gardening subjects. http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/garden_adventures/27640 History of gardens and landscapes in the Indian subcontinent, with links to related sites http://www.chengappa.demon.co.uk/il/ A guide to garden history, garden tours historic parks, 1000+ gardens and botanic collections open to the public in the UK, USA, Europe, America, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece, Japan, India, Australia, England, Ireland, Scotland. http://www.gardenvisit.com Images and text on 8 Italian Renaissance Gardens and on Giverny in France http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/visarts/diva/gardens.html On the theoretical basis behind the major standard features of Chinese gardens. http://dekart.f.bg.ac.yu/~dpajin/gardens/ A research project on Japanese gardens, by 16 American students who were in Japan in 1996 http://www.csuohio.edu/history/shiga96/garden.html A catalog of 8000 slides about parks and gardens in Europe. http://www.vilar.com History of gardening links from Edwinna von Baeyer's Web pages. http://www.magma.ca/%7Eevb/garden.html The official site for Lan Su Yuan, Portland's Garden of Awakening Orchids. A traditional Chinese garden built in the heart of Portland. http://www.portlandchinesegarden.org Government tourist office guide to Iranian gardens http://www.itto.org/attraction/iranattraction.asp?category=Gardens Information from the first chapter of a book on Dutch gardens. http://www.agralin.nl/speccol/intro.html A visual tour of three Renaissance Gardens and their relationship to the art of the period. http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/Jardin/index_english.html A history of garden vegetables, orginally published in National Geographic (1949), and reprinted here as a special feature. http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/publications/vegetabletravelers/ Illustrations from manuscripts and early printed books dig into the story of gardening. Includes games. http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/tours/lostgardens/ Collects, preserves, and distributes historic plant varieties. http://www.monticello.org/chp/index.html An account of gardening from ancient times to the twentieth century organized by time periods with links to supplementary information. http://www.gardendigest.com/timetab.htm 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. http://www.gardenvisit.com/got/ A description of the historical development of the Dutch style. http://library.wur.nl/speccol/intro.html A categorised collection of images and photographs of gardens and landscapes in a number of designs. http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~helphand/homepage.html Guide to the plants carried by early Polynesian voyagers in their canoes - history and traditional uses for each of two dozen plants. http://www.canoeplants.com/ Account of some of the major French gardens made in the style known in France as Anglo-Chinese, and in England as English landscape. http://cesarigd.club.fr/parcsafabriques/homepage.htm Educational web site providing information on outstanding examples of Japanese garden art. http://www.jgarden.org/ Index to a number of notable and historic gardens, including photographs, history, and descriptions. http://www.chinaplanner.com/gardens/index.htm Organisation of people with an interest in the various aspects of garden history - including horticulture, landscape design and architecture. Journal and garden events summary. http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org.au/ Archive of an exhibition with items from the Mertz Library’s rare books and archival materials. Includes orangeries, hothouses and botanical drawings. http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/Onlinexhibits/winterex.html The recreation of a historic knot garden and the history of British gardens and plants are included as is a virtual visit to several exhibits at the museum. http://www.museumgardenhistory.org/ |
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