An Islamic garden is meant to be a cool, restful place that reminds visitors of paradise. There are different types of Islamic gardens serving different purposes, such as bustan formal gardens with pools and canals, jannah orchards with palms and vines, and rawdah vegetable gardens. A key design element is the chahar bagh, featuring four water canals meeting at a central pool, representing the four rivers of paradise. Examples include the gardens of Dar al-Bahar in Algeria, with its lake and terraced courtyards, and the famous Shalimar gardens found in Lahore, Kashmir, and Delhi, meant to evoke a sense of "abode of bliss." Home

1. Islamic Garden

2. “An islamic garden, is a cool place of rest and is
reflection and a reminder of paradise.”
And an islamic garden is the earthly analogue
like the paradise.

3. Types of islamic gardens
• Fairchild Ruggles refers to the universal nature
of gardening, and the gardening fulfills the
basic human needs; like cultivation,
landscape, order etc

4. Types of islamic gardens
• Clifford A. wright refers that muslims had different
kinds of gardens for different purposes.
Following are the names of different gardens
and their purposes.
• Bustan: A formal garden with pools and water canals.
• Jannah: An orchard with palms, oranges and vines
irrigated by canals.
• Rawdah: Is the vegetable garden that produces foods
for the cooking

5. Formal islamic garden design
chahar bagh concept

6. Chahar bagh or paradise garden, four water
canals typically carry water into a central pool
or fountain interperated as the four rivers in
paradise, filled with milk, honey, wine and
water.

7. Dar al-Bahar, Algeria
• Dar al-Bahar is also known as “the lake place”,
and is situated on the southern end of Beni
Hammad fort.

8. The gardens of Beni Hammad fort,
Algeria
It is a ruined fortified city. The fort has the pool
and terraces and courtyards and gardens.

9. Shalimar Gardens
• The name “Shalimar” is thought to mean,
among other things.
“abode of bliss” or “ light of the moon”
There are three shalimar gardens;
• Lahore
• Jammu Kashmir
• Dehli

10. shalimar garden, Lahore

11. shalimar garden, Jammu Kashmir

12. shalimar garden, Dehli

13. Home gardens in Andalusian Spain
The garden was the common feature of homes
in Spain. There was a verdant garden with the
central fountain.