History Resources from Home Directory

Australian Garden History Society - Organisation of people with an interest in the various aspects of garden history - including horticulture landscape design and architecture. Journal and garden events summary.

British Library: Lost Gardens - Illustrations from manuscripts and early printed books dig into the story of gardening. Includes games.

Canoe Plants of Ancient Hawaii - 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 - 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.

Dutch Gardens and Garden Architecture - Information from the first chapter of a book on Dutch gardens.

Enchanted Gardens of the Renaissance - A visual tour of three Renaissance Gardens and their relationship to the art of the period.

Environmental Aesthetics and Chinese Gardens - On the theoretical basis behind the major standard features of Chinese gardens.

Fruits and Flowers of Winter - Archive of an exhibition with items from the Mertz Library’s rare books and archival materials. Includes orangeries hothouses and botanical drawings.

Garden History Garden Tours and Garden Visit Guide - 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.

Garden History Links - History of gardening links from Edwinna von Baeyer's Web pages.

Garden History  - Garden history books of the 20th century

Gardening and Mythology - Mythological references to gardening subjects.

Gardening History Timeline - From Ancient Times to 1800 - 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 and Landscape Design - Images and text on 8 Italian Renaissance Gardens and on Giverny in France

Gardens in Iran ITTO Guide - Government tourist office guide to Iranian gardens

Gardens of the Mughal Empire - 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 - 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.

Iconography of Chinese Gardens - On some of the symbolism used in their design illustrated by literature and an example.

Japanese Garden Database - Educational web site providing information on outstanding examples of Japanese garden art.

Landscape History - A categorised collection of images and photographs of gardens and landscapes in a number of designs.

Landscape history and garden history in India - History of gardens and landscapes in the Indian subcontinent with links to related sites

Landscape Virtual Gallery. - A catalog of 8000 slides about parks and gardens in Europe.

Medieval Garden at Immanuel Lutheran Church - Recreated medieval garden based on German gardens in Martin Luther's age. Garden history information about some of the plants.

Museum of Garden History - 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.

Nature Described - Descriptions and photographs of materials found in the Vatican library. Two galleries one for botanical illustrations and writings dating back to the 10th century the other for works created in Renaissance Rome.

Our Vegetable Travelers - A history of garden vegetables orginally published in National Geographic (1949) and reprinted here as a special feature.

Parcs à fabriques - French Anglo-Chinese gardens - Account of some of the major French gardens made in the style known in France as Anglo-Chinese and in England as English landscape.

Portland Classical Chinese Garden - Lan Su Yuan - The official site for Lan Su Yuan Portland's Garden of Awakening Orchids. A traditional Chinese garden built in the heart of Portland.

Shiga Project - The Japanese Garden - A research project on Japanese gardens by 16 American students who were in Japan in 1996

Spirit of Gardening - Quotes proverbs articles history humor links and resources for the gardener.

The History of Gardening Timeline - An account of gardening from ancient times to the twentieth century organized by time periods with links to supplementary information.

Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants - Collects preserves and distributes historic plant varieties.

Traditional Chinese Gardens - Index to a number of notable and historic gardens including photographs history and descriptions.

UK Database of Historic Parks and Gardens - A searchable database of Historic Parks and Gardens in the UK.