In addition, wealthy ancient Egyptians grew vineyards, as wine was a sign of the higher social classes. These gardens were a sign of higher socioeconomic status. Among the most popular species planted were date palms, sycamores, fig trees, nut trees, and willows. Gardens in ancient Egypt were often surrounded by walls with trees planted in rows. Egyptians associated trees and gardens with gods, believing that their deities were pleased by gardens. Wealthy ancient Egyptians used gardens for providing shade. A notable example of ancient ornamental gardens were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon-one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World -while ancient Rome had dozens of gardens. Ancient Egyptian tomb paintings from the New Kingdom (around 1500 BC) provide some of the earliest physical evidence of ornamental horticulture and landscape design they depict lotus ponds surrounded by symmetrical rows of acacias and palms. Īfter the emergence of the first civilizations, wealthy individuals began to create gardens for aesthetic purposes.
Eventually foreign species were also selected and incorporated into the gardens. In the gradual process of families improving their immediate environment, useful tree and vine species were identified, protected and improved while undesirable species were eliminated. Forest gardens originated in prehistoric times along jungle-clad river banks and in the wet foothills of monsoon regions.
Robert Hart's forest garden in Shropshire, England Ancient times įorest gardening, a forest-based food production system, is the world's oldest form of gardening.
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