Enclosed and hidden gardens have always appealed to me as spaces sheltered from the stormy world. But a bunker alone is not enough; a refuge must be uplifting and play to the senses. Where better to ...

The main Cuxa Cloister is more elaborate than its medieval archetype but follows the same four-square layout. Enclosed and hidden gardens have always appealed to me as spaces sheltered from the stormy ...

More than a quarter of a century ago when I first began to explore the plant realm, I remember a visit I made one warm afternoon in June was to an old Salem garden where sweet William and foxgloves, ...

Europe is filled with castles that once belonged to royalty, knights, and nobles, and now, some of them open their grand ...

In the fall of 2001, Tom Turley, a medieval historian at Santa Clara University, inspired by the medieval garden project at Penn State University which features plants grown in Northern Europe, ...

WAUSAU - Wausau residents will be able to take a big step back in time this weekend, back to the days of kings, knights in shining armor and ladies in corsets. The RW Monk Gardens will be holding its ...

Continuum presents a program of music inspired by four medieval gardens, namely; The Garden of Zephirus, The Garden of Earthly Delights, Dreams in the Pleasure Garden, and Dance in the Garden of Mirth ...

Assisi (Photo Tour). Franciscan Web Page. Clare of Assisi. The Legend and Writings of Saint Clare of Assisi. St. Bonaventure, New York, 1953. _____. Early Documents ...

While some people swear by homeopathy to treat their ailments, the fact is we’re more likely to turn to a prescriptions today–thanks, pill-pushing Big Pharma. But centuries ago, doctors only had ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana State University fine arts Desiree Baldwin, a former horticulture and landscape design ...

Carly Still, the woman in charge of the museum's bounty of plants and herbs, shares how she merged her loves of art and gardening. Carly Still, the Managing Horticulturalist at the Met Cloisters.

In undertaking the project in 1951 of spreading knowledge of the medieval flowers symbolically named for Mary and their growing as a prayerful religious work, we first of all looked for a name for the ...