Monastic garden

A monastic garden was used by many people and for multiple purposes. Medieval gardens were an important source of food for households, but also encompassed orchards, cemeteries and pleasure gardens, as well as providing plants for medicinal and cultural uses. For monasteries, gardens were sometimes important in supplying the monks' livelihoods,^[1] primarily because many of the plants had multiple uses: for instance, peaches were used for closing wounds.^[2]