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• - Information from the first chapter of a book on Dutch gardens.
  
• - A catalog of 8000 slides about parks and gardens in Europe.
  
• - Account of some of the major French gardens made in the style known in France as Anglo-Chinese, and in England as English landscape.
  
• - A searchable database of Historic Parks and Gardens in the UK.
  
• - Images and text on 8 Italian Renaissance Gardens and on Giverny in France
  
• - Recreated medieval garden based on German gardens in Martin Luther's age. Garden history, information about some of the plants.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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
  
• - Quotes, proverbs, articles, history, humor, links, and resources for the gardener.
  
• - History of gardening links from Edwinna von Baeyer's Web pages.
  
• - Government tourist office guide to Iranian gardens
  
• - Educational web site providing information on outstanding examples of Japanese garden art.
  
• - Index to a number of notable and historic gardens, including photographs, history, and descriptions.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Illustrations from manuscripts and early printed books dig into the story of gardening. Includes games.
  
• - The official site for Lan Su Yuan, Portland's Garden of Awakening Orchids. A traditional Chinese garden built in the heart of Portland.
  
• - Guide to the plants carried by early Polynesian voyagers in their canoes - history and traditional uses for each of two dozen plants.
  
• - Organisation of people with an interest in the various aspects of garden history - including horticulture, landscape design and architecture. Journal and garden events summary.
  
• - Garden history books of the 20th century
  
• - A categorised collection of images and photographs of gardens and landscapes in a number of designs.
  
• - Mythological references to gardening subjects.
  
• - On the theoretical basis behind the major standard features of Chinese gardens.
  
• - A history of garden vegetables, orginally published in National Geographic (1949), and reprinted here as a special feature.
  
• - A visual tour of three Renaissance Gardens and their relationship to the art of the period.
  
• - History of gardens and landscapes in the Indian subcontinent, with links to related sites
  
• - Collects, preserves, and distributes historic plant varieties.
  
• - On some of the symbolism used in their design, illustrated by literature and an example.
  
• - Archive of an exhibition with items from the Mertz Library’s rare books and archival materials. Includes orangeries, hothouses and botanical drawings.
  
• - An account of gardening from ancient times to the twentieth century organized by time periods with links to supplementary information.
  
• - A research project on Japanese gardens, by 16 American students who were in Japan in 1996
  
• - 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.
  
• - 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.
  
• - A description of the historical development of the Dutch style.
  
• - 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.