Tea garden
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Tea garden may refer to:
Japanese tea gardens
Japanese style of gardening
- RojiRoji, lit. 'dewy ground', is the Japanese term used for the garden through which one passes to the chashitsu for the tea ceremony. The roji generally cultivates an air of simplicity.-Development:...
, gardens surrounding Japanese tea housesChashitsuIn Japanese tradition, architectural spaces designed to be used for tea ceremony gatherings are known as chashitsu ....
and which form part of the architecture associated with Japanese tea ceremonyJapanese tea ceremonyThe Japanese tea ceremony, also called the Way of Tea, is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of matcha, powdered green tea. In Japanese, it is called . The manner in which it is performed, or the art of its performance, is called... - Tea plantations, where tea bushes are cultivated
- Pleasure gardens designed for the drinking of teaTeaTea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...
and for strolling. These flourished in the late 18th century. Examples were Cuper's GardensCuper's GardensCuper's Gardens were an 18th century tea garden on the south side of the River Thames in Lambeth, London, looking over to Somerset House near where Waterloo Bridge is located .The gardens opened in the 1680s and were named after the original proprietor, Abraham Boydell Cuper, the...
and the area that became the Caledonian Cattle Market in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Famous Tea Gardens
- Oklahoma Botanical Garden and ArboretumOklahoma Botanical Garden and ArboretumThe Oklahoma Botanical Garden and Arboretum is a botanical garden and arboretum located just west of the Oklahoma State University campus, Stillwater, Oklahoma...
(Stillwater, Oklahoma) - The Orchard (Grantchester, UK)
- Yorkshire StingoYorkshire StingoThe Yorkshire Stingo was a public house in Marylebone, London which was a significant landmark outside central London in the eighteenth and 19th century....
(Marylebone, UK)
See also
- British tea cultureBritish tea cultureSince the 18th century the British have been the largest per capita tea consumers in the world, with each person consuming on average 2.5 kg per year. The popularity of tea occasioned the furtive export of slips to tea plants from China to British India and its commercial culture there,...
- Japanese gardenJapanese garden, that is, gardens in traditional Japanese style, can be found at private homes, in neighborhood or city parks, and at historical landmarks such as Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and old castles....
- Japanese rock gardenJapanese rock gardenThe or "dry landscape" gardens, often called "Zen gardens", are a type of garden that features extensive use of rocks or stones, along with plants native to rocky or alpine environments that were influenced mainly by Zen Buddhism and can be found at Zen temples of meditation.- Overview :Japanese...
Japanese tea gardens
Japanese style of gardening
- Tea houseTea houseA tea house or tearoom is a venue centered on drinking tea. Its function varies widely depending on the culture, and some cultures have a variety of distinct tea-centered houses or parlors that all qualify under the English language term "tea house" or "tea room."-Asia:In Central Asia this term...
- Tea cultureTea cultureTea culture is defined by the way tea is made and consumed, by the way the people interact with tea, and by the aesthetics surrounding tea drinking, it includes aspects of: tea production, tea brewing, tea arts and ceremony, society, history, health, ethics, education, and communication and media...