Talk:Knot garden

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Why is it called a "knot garden?" — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gobanian (talk • contribs) 08:26, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Aromatic herbs? Which kind of edge was it originally?

Most of the photos that are in the article in the moment do not show aromatic or culinary herbs but plants chosen for colour or no plants other than buxus at all. So, is the definition wrong, or have the wrong pictures been chosen, or does the definition refer to what they WERE in the past and not what they ARE - and does the later sentence about "viewing from above" fit in if it was about herbs and not about colours? (It can, somewhat, but the whole thing is pretty unclear in the moment...)

So, what did it really originally look like, what did edge the "threads"? 2A02:3035:C18:C31D:1:0:1781:8666 (talk) 03:38, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

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Contradiction

"Numerous written accounts specifically advised against using boxwood for knot gardens in preference for more highly scented herbs. Thus it is known that boxwood was not present in English knot gardens until the early seventeenth century."

This makes no sense. Why would anyone advise against something that people weren't doing at all? ~2025-35533-13 (talk) 15:49, 13 December 2025 (UTC)