Medieval monastery gardens

[Imperial Dave]

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We want a shrubbery...!

[Keraunos]

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We want a shrubbery...!

An interesting article, but not what springs to mind from the title of this thread 

[Imperial Dave]

 

[Erpingham]

Try https://www.medievalists.net/2025/03/what-grew-medieval-monastery-garden/

For a different take on the subject, try a visit to Mount Grace Priory in North Yorks, where each cell was equipped with a garden.  They've reconstructed one. There's also a modern garden to go with the post medieval house on site designed by Chris Beardshaw.  So plenty for Gardeners World fans 

[Jim Webster]

Alternatively read the Cadfael stories 

[Imperial Dave]

A very good series