Sacred garden

Temple gardens were made in Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt.

Sacred groves were made in ancient India, Greece, Rome, China and Japan.

Many groves or forests were sacred in ancient India and continue to be so in modern Hindu worship.

In Christianity, particularly Catholicism and Anglicanism, Mary gardens are common among churches and institutions.

The practise of creating sacred gardens is re-invigorated and adapted for modern times in the Ringing Cedars series of books by Russian author Vladimir Megre.