Knowra Garden Garden A planned outdoor area where plants are cultivated for food, beauty, recreation, or study. Gardens combine deliberate planting with paths, structures, or other design features.
Soil : The upper layer of Earth’s surface, composed of mineral particles, organic matter, water, air, and organisms. Its structure and fertility shape which plants thrive in a garden.
Kitchen garden : A garden cultivated mainly to supply herbs, fruits, and vegetables for household use. It shows how a garden can prioritize everyday food production.
Ancient Egyptian gardens : Formal gardens of ancient Egypt, often arranged around water basins and planted with trees and crops. They show how early gardens combined shade, food, and ordered design.
Formal garden : A garden arranged with geometric plans, symmetry, clipped plants, and controlled views. Its emphasis on symmetry contrasts with informal garden layouts.
Paradise garden : An idealized enclosed garden associated with abundance, harmony, and refuge. Many garden traditions make cultivated nature an image of an ideal world.
Compost : Decomposed organic material used to improve soil and supply nutrients. It returns nutrients and organic matter to cultivated garden beds.
Community garden : A shared space where individuals or groups cultivate garden plots. It turns gardening into a collective urban activity.
Persian garden : A formal garden tradition organized around water, geometry, enclosure, and shade. Its design shaped later garden traditions across western and southern Asia.
Cottage garden : An informal garden style combining dense ornamental planting with useful herbs, fruits, or vegetables. Its mixed, abundant planting differs from tightly ordered garden schemes.
Capability Brown : An English landscape architect who reshaped country estates in the eighteenth century. His landscapes helped define the garden as an artful version of nature.
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