Victorian gardens served several purposes, such as entertaining guests and displaying wealth. They typically included exotic plants grown in greenhouses, flowers, topiaries, statues, and other ornate structures. Victorian gardens were more elaborate than modern gardens, featuring fine grass, elegant iron fences, accessories, trellised arches, and greenhouses used to house exotic plants. Only the wealthy could fully achieve the idealized Victorian garden aesthetic.

1. Victorian

2. What is a
Victorian
Garden?
•Provide place for
entertaining
•Display wealth
This is a typical Victorian greenhouse that was •Hobbies
generally used for raising exotic plants.
•Greenhouses for exotic
plants

3. Things Found in a Victorian
Garden
 Perennial flowers
 Topiaries and hedges (sometimes in
shapes); structures
 Statues
 Greenhouses

4. Other Forms of Gardens
Victorians used their plants in other
elements of the home.
 Create mini-garden/biospheres
 Interior Decoration
 Window gardens

5. Victorian Gardens Gardens Now
 Fine blade grass  Sturdy grass
 Elegant fences (iron)  Picket or metal fences
 Accessories and trinkets  Small birdbaths (maybe)
 Trellised arches  Vegetables and fruits
 Hedges  Flowers (annual or
 Greenhouses perennial)
 Patio/furniture  Patio/furniture
 Flowers (perennial)  Trees
 Trees
Victorian Gardens Vs. Modern
Day Gardens

6. How To Make A Victorian Garden
I. Plant fine grass
II. Shrubs for
decoration or
property line
III. Ornate iron
fences
IV. Ornaments
V. Flowers

7. Types of Flowers
 Snap Dragons  Morning Glories
 Roses  Poppies
 Tulips  Sunflowers
 Petunias  Winter Jasmine
 Daffodils
 Forget-me-nots
 Honeysuckles
 Hawthorns
 Magnolias

8. Who would have a Victorian Garden?
Rich
High middle class
How elaborate-depends on wealth/land

9. Victorian
gardens Are:
I. Unique
II. Beautiful
III. Gardens of history
As you can see, even though each Victorian garden
has many of the same components, they are all
beautiful and unique.