Egyptian Garden Design

Popular trees included the sycamore fig pomegranate nut trees and jujube.

Egyptian garden design. Gradually as the country became richer they evolved into pleasure gardens with flowers ponds and valleys of fruit and shade trees. Often gardens were laid in symmetric patterns with the the shortest trees beside the pond. Ancient egyptians designed and thrived in garden houses it was no modern architect who invented the garden house concept.

Ancient egyptian gardens often consisted of both trees and other plants. The gardens of ancient egypt probably began as simple fruit orchards and vegetable gardens irrigated with water from the nile. Meanwhile the tomb of high ranking egyptian official meketre c2055 2004 bc contained a remarkable wooden model of a smaller domestic walled garden featuring a large rectangular pool surrounded by seven large fruiting trees.

The pond was in the centre of the garden and was often stocked with exotic fish and we re sometimes home to migrating birds. A range of trees and plants such as pomegranates were introduced into egypt over the years. They created gardens enclosed by walls with trees planted with trees in rows.

Persian garden style evolved after the egyptian style of gardening. Egypt s culture developed beside the river nile where the two factors of water and plentiful sunshine allowed a particular style of garden design. Sometime the egyptians planted alternating species.

They grew trees like sycamores date palms fig trees nut trees and pomegranate trees. The nile has always overflowed with predictable regularity and gentleness gradually depositing a broad layer of dark fertile soil over the land which is easy to work and full of nutrients. The design of temple gardens depended on whether they were the cult temple where the images of the living gods resided or were funerary and were intended for occasional use.

They composed the green decoration of the city. Meaning was fundamental to egyptian architecture and garden design. Like ponds and housing gardens were rectangular and reflected the egyptian s understanding of complex geometric concepts.