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	Japanese Garden Database URL: http://www.jgarden.org/ ODP description: Educational web site providing information on outstanding examples of Japanese garden art. Page title: JGarden - Home
	Museum of Garden History URL: http://www.museumgardenhistory.org/ ODP description: 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. Page title: Museum of Garden History, Lambeth London Home Page Page description: The official site of the Museum of Garden History provides information on the world's first Museum of Garden History. The Museum is concerned with Garden History, historic garden tools, the history of Gardening, Garden Design, and gardeners. The Museum is found in St Mary-At-Lambeth Church, which is a medieval Church rebuilt by Philip Hardwick. The Church has beautiful stained glass windows, including monuments to John Tradescant, William B...
	Gardening History Timeline - From Ancient Times to 1800 URL: http://www.gardendigest.com/timegl.htm ODP description: 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 Page title: Gardening History Timeline:Â From Ancient Times to the 20th Century Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
	Landscape History URL: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~helphand/homepage.html ODP description: A categorised collection of images and photographs of gardens and landscapes in a number of designs.
	Museum of Garden History URL: http://www.cix.co.uk/~museumgh/ ODP description: Located at the restored church of St Mary-at-Lambeth next to Lambeth Palace in London and featuring a recreated historic knot garden, the museum offers activities and lectures. Page title: Museum of Garden History, Lambeth London Home Page Page description: The official site of the Museum of Garden History provides information on the world's first Museum of Garden History. The Museum is concerned with Garden History, historic garden tools, the history of Gardening, Garden Design, and gardeners. The Museum is found in St Mary-At-Lambeth Church, which is a medieval Church rebuilt by Philip Hardwick. The Church has beautiful stained glass windows, including monuments to John Tradescant, William B...
	Garden History Links URL: http://www.magma.ca/~evb/garden.html ODP description: History of gardening links from Edwinna von Baeyer's Web pages. Page description: Writing excerpts, Canadian forestry links, history of gardening links, and other interesting things are found on Edwinna von Baeyer's Web pages.
	Our Vegetable Travelers URL: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/publications/vegetabletravelers/ ODP description: A history of garden vegetables, originally published in National Geographic (1949). Page description: Vegetable Travelers Feature Article
	Spirit of Gardening URL: http://www.gardendigest.com/index.htm ODP description: Quotes, proverbs, articles, history, humor, links, and resources for the gardener. Page title: The Spirit of GardeningÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â .
	British Library: Lost Gardens URL: http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/tours/lostgardens/ ODP description: Illustrations from manuscripts and early printed books dig into the story of gardening. Includes games. Page description: Illustrations from manuscripts and early printed books dig into the story of gardening.
	Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants URL: http://www.monticello.org/chp/index.html ODP description: Collects, preserves, and distributes historic plant varieties. Page description: Index of information on the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants
	Australian Garden History Society URL: http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org.au/ ODP description: Organisation of people with an interest in the various aspects of garden history - including horticulture, landscape design and architecture. Journal and garden events summary. Page title: Australian Garden History Society - Welcome
	Dutch Gardens and Garden Architecture URL: http://library.wur.nl/speccol/intro.html ODP description: Information from the first chapter of a book on Dutch gardens. Page title: Introduction
	The History of Gardening: A Timeline from Ancient Times to the Twentieth Century URL: http://www.gardendigest.com/btgarh.htm ODP description: List of years and gardening events/people, with links to other resources. Page title: Gardening History Timeline:Â From Ancient Times to the 20th Century Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
	Traditional Chinese Gardens URL: http://www.chinaplanner.com/gardens/index.htm ODP description: Index to a number of notable and historic gardens, including photographs, history, and descriptions.
	Gothein's History of Garden Art URL: http://www.gardenvisit.com/history_theory/library_online_ebooks/ml_gothein_history_garden_art_design/contents_gotheins_history_garden_art ODP description: 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. Page title: Contents: Gothein's History of Garden Art \| GardenVisit.com, the garden landscape guide Page description: Contents page for the full online text edition of Marie Luise Gothein's History of Garden Art - the best and most famous book on world garden history, published in 1913 with the first English edition in 1928 .
	Garden History on the Web URL: http://www.gardenhistoryinfo.com/ ODP description: Information on gardening and gardens from Medieval times through the 19th century.
	Parcs Ã fabriques - French Anglo-Chinese gardens URL: http://cesarigd.club.fr/parcsafabriques/homepage.htm ODP description: Account of some of the major French gardens made in the style known in France as Anglo-Chinese, and in England as English landscape.
	Timothy Mowl: Garden and Architectural History URL: http://www.timothymowl.co.uk ODP description: Architectural historian presents his series of county guides to the historic landscapes and gardens of England, biographies, and other studies. Page title: Timothy Mowl: garden history and historic gardens in the UK Page description: This site on Garden and Architectural History shows what Tim Mowl is trying to achieve with his series of county guides to the historic landscapes and gardens of England and his revisionist studies of great architects and cultural aesthetes.
	Enchanted Gardens of the Renaissance URL: http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/Jardin/index_english.html ODP description: A visual tour of three Renaissance Gardens and their relationship to the art of the period. Page title: J.-E Berger Foundation: THE ENCHANTED GARDENS OF THE RENAISSANCE
	Fruits and Flowers of Winter URL: http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/Onlinexhibits/winterex.html ODP description: Archive of an exhibition with items from the Mertz Libraryâ€™s rare books and archival materials. Includes orangeries, hothouses and botanical drawings. Page title: winterex