mediumaevum:Medieval garden characteristics:Gardens enclosed with wattle fences or quickthorn hedges
mediumaevum:Medieval garden characteristics:Gardens enclosed with wattle fences or quickthorn hedgesTrellis walkways and arbours providing shade and privacyRaised beds to prevent plants becoming waterloggedGrass treated as a flowery mead planted with low growing wild flowersTurf seats usually built against a wall with flowers planted in the grassPhysic gardens with regimented beds of medicinal herbsOrchards providing apples for the kitchen and for making ciderFish ponds and stew ponds (where fish were purged of muddy water before cooking) to ensure a regular supply of protein during the many fast days of the Christian calendarDovecotes to provide pigeons for the kitchen, feathers for cushions and dung for fertilizing the gardenPleasances, or ornamental parks for recreation, relaxation and sport(image info in captions) -- source link