Shakespeare A to Z | Gardens and Gardening
Elizabethan gardens provided fruits, vegetables, and nuts for the table as well as herbs for medications. In addition, these welltended plots of land provided quiet places to relax, receive guests, and take long strolls. Gardens figure prominently in Shakespeare’s work: 29 scenes in his plays are set in gardens, and his characters make hundreds of references to the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. Shakespeare displayed such an impressive knowledge of horticulture*, in fact, that some scholars believe he may have served as an apprentice* to a gardener before he...
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