Biblical garden

Biblical gardens are cultivated collections of plants that are named in the Bible. They are a type of theme garden that botanical gardens, public parks, and private gardeners maintain.,^[1][2][3][4] They are grown in many parts of the world with examples in diverse places, including Japan's Seinan Gakuin University Biblical Botanical Garden and the Missouri Botanical Garden in the United States.^[5]

A list of plants in the Bible includes species of plants mentioned in the Jewish and Christian scriptures. Other plants with associations to the themes and subjects of the Bible are sometimes also included, especially in areas with different climates. Additionally, some gardens exhibit objects in order to illustrate Biblical stories or to demonstrate how people lived in Biblical times.

Noteworthy Biblical Gardens

Israel

• Neot Kedumim
• Jerusalem Botanical Gardens

Europe

• Elgin Cathedral^[6][7]

United States

Biblical Garden, Warsaw, Indiana

• Huntsville Botanical Garden, Huntsville, Alabama
• Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Warsaw, Indiana ^[8]
• San Francisco Botanical Garden
• Missouri Botanical Garden
• Fair Haven Biblical Garden, Fair Haven, Vermont
• Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York
• Tree of life garden Valley Center, California

Japan

• Seinan Gakuin University Biblical Botanical Garden

External links

Media related to Biblical gardens at Wikimedia Commons

• Biblical Botanical Gardens Society

References

1. Wodarczyk, Z. (2004). "Biblical gardens in dissemination of ideas of the Holy Scripture" (PDF). Folia Horticulturae. 16: 141–147.
2. Moray Biblical Garden, UK
3. Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh, PA - Biblical Botanical Garden
4. Warsaw Biblical Gardens
5. MBG Bible Plant Collection
6. http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_2007.html
7. biblicalgardenelgin.com
8. http://www.warsawbiblicalgardens.org/