Iran is the home of one of the world's oldest continuous major civilization with historical and urban settlements dating back to 4000 B.C. The Medes unified Iran as a nation and became an empire in 625 B.C. The Achaemenid Empire (550-330 B.C) was the first Iranian empire to rule Middle East and central Asia. Darius I (521-485 B.C) built a [...]
These gardens are of formal style, orderly, symmetrically planned and accommodated in rectangular or square plots. Babar, the founder of Mogul dynasty in India, came from Samarkand. His forefathers i.e., Timur Leng had long association with Persia. Therefore, the gardening style of Mogul was an extended plan of basic form of 'Char Bagh' design of paradise garden of Persia. The [...]
From the very early time, Italians have been intellectually and expertly cultivating their lands. They displayed their creative nature by combining terraces and walkways with plants, flower, water, fountains and statuary in making the gardens. The use of citrus plants in pots dominated in early Italian gardens. The art of topiary was revived in Renaissance and refined parterre was developed [...]