Comments on: Where was the world’s first garden made?

By: Tom Turner

Tom Turner — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:13:24 +0000

Hassan, thank you for your comment. You may be interested to note that our eBook on the Principles of Garden design has been translated into Farsi by Alireza Feiznejad Siadohoni.
Tehran,

By: Hassan Taghvaei

Hassan Taghvaei — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:39:01 +0000

Dear Sirs

Hi,I am assistant professor of landscape architecture at department of landscape architecture_ Shahid Beheshti University, Iran. I am currently researching and teaching both landscape design studios and “Persian gardening” as we say “Iranian Gardening”.
First of all, many thanks and appreciating you and colleagues for all attentions and researches about gardening and landscaping for the years. Now a days I think we need more attentions to Persian gardens as the one of oldest and most important archetypes on gardening in new books. it is because the lack of this matter in a lot of book for past decades.
I think the “Asian gardens and landscapes” book could be able to help this.

Best Regards,
S.H.Taghvaei

S.H.Taghvaei,Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Landscape Architecture
School of Architecture and Urban Studies
Shahid Beheshti University

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:35:08 +0000

It would seem according to Michael Conan in ‘Middle East Garden Traditions that the Egytians harvested lilies and that roses were grown and harvested for perfume similar to an agricultural crop in the ‘valley of the Roses’ in Turkey.

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:29:55 +0000

I wonder if tracing the history of the role of flowers in perfume production in the Middle Ages would be enlightening? [http://blog.metmuseum.org/cloistersgardens/2008/09/11/yasimin-jessamine/#more-229]

By: Tom Turner

Tom Turner — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:35:30 +0000

I have made a note to plan a visit to Newstead Abbey. It looks interesting but I doubt if the design has any connection with Impressionist painting.

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:13:53 +0000

ps. I don’t know if an English garden with a strong chronology, ie the Newstead Abbey gardens would throw some light on the subject? [http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/newstead/gardens/default.asp]

By: Tom Turner

Tom Turner — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:07:00 +0000

As you suggest, the answer to your question is at Giverny http://www.gardenvisit.com/garden/giverny_fondation_claude_monet. People sometimes say that impressionism influenced Gertrude Jekyll’s planting but I think the link is tenuous.

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:22:17 +0000

After reading the links you gave above I started wondering what impact Monet’s impressionism had on the fashion, fascination for or development of flower gardens? [http://giverny-impression.com/category/monet-painting/]

By: Tom Turner

Tom Turner — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:08:08 +0000

There is a note from me on the origins of public parks and open space here http://www.gardenvisit.com/history_theory/library_online_ebooks/architecture_city_as_landscape/public_parks_boundless_space and there is a note from Gothein here http://www.gardenvisit.com/history_theory/library_online_ebooks/ml_gothein_history_garden_art_design/public_parks_europe_america But the answer to your question turns entirely on definitions. Does ‘public’ mean owned by the public, paid for by the public, accessible to the public or managed by the public – or something else? And does ‘park’ mean a fenced enclosure, a animal park, a place for ornamental horticulture, a vegetated green space in a town – or something else?

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:32:35 +0000

Hi,

I am currently researching the history of Public Parks. Have you got any suggestions on where I would find more information on the first known public park in history? I have found plenty on the first Publi Parks in American and England but not the first Public Parks globally.

Any help would be appreciated,

Thanks,
Mark.