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tea garden was a place to drink
teaTea is the agricultural product of the leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of the Camellia sinensis plant, prepared and cured by various methods...
and stroll around lawns, ponds and view statues. These smaller versions of
pleasure gardensA pleasure garden is usually a garden that is opened to the public for recreation. They are differentiated from other public gardens by containing entertainments in addition to the planting; for example, concert halls or bandstands, rides, zoos or menageries.Public pleasure gardens have existed...
flourished in the late 18th century. Examples were
Cuper'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
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EnglandEngland 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 and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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tea garden was a place to drink
teaTea is the agricultural product of the leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of the Camellia sinensis plant, prepared and cured by various methods...
and stroll around lawns, ponds and view statues. These smaller versions of
pleasure gardensA pleasure garden is usually a garden that is opened to the public for recreation. They are differentiated from other public gardens by containing entertainments in addition to the planting; for example, concert halls or bandstands, rides, zoos or menageries.Public pleasure gardens have existed...
flourished in the late 18th century. Examples were
Cuper'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
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
,
EnglandEngland 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 and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Tea gardens also flourished in
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and examples of Japanese tea gardens can be found around the world.
Tea garden also refers to a tea plantation area where tea bushes are cultivated.
These are found in Turkey(Karadeniz), India, Bangladesh (Sylhet) and Sri Lanka.
Famous Tea Gardens
- Japanese Tea Garden (San Francisco, California)
- Nitobe Memorial Garden
The Nitobe Memorial Garden is a 2 1/2 acre traditional Japanese garden located at the University of British Columbia, just outside the city limits of Vancouver, Canada...
(Vancouver, Canada)
- Oklahoma Botanical Garden and Arboretum
The 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
The Orchard is a tea room and tea garden in Grantchester, near Cambridge, serving morning coffee, lunches and afternoon teas. Since opening in 1897, it has been a popular retreat for Cambridge students, teachers and tourists, as well as locals, with many famous names among its patrons...
(Grantchester, UK)
- Yorkshire Stingo
The Yorkshire Stingo was a public house in Marylebone, London which was a significant landmark outside central London in the eighteenth and nineteenth century....
(Marylebone, UK)
- San Antonio Japanese Tea Gardens
The San Antonio Japanese Tea Garden is a registered Texas historical landmark in San Antonio, Texas. The gardens opened in an abandoned limestone rock quarry in the early 20th century. It was known also as Chinese Tea Gardens and the Chinese Tea Garden Gate is listed on the U.S...
(San Antonio, Texas)
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