8 sentences with 'gardens'
Example sentences and phrases with the word gardens and other words derived from it.
• « At the Palace of Versailles there were 1,400 fountains in the gardens, 1,200 orange trees, and a series of operas, plays, balls and parties. »
• « Perhaps surprisingly, any well-dressed person was welcome to walk around the palace and gardens and confer with those present (Louis XIV prided himself on the 'openness' of his court, contrasting it with the closed court of a tyrant). »
• « Catalans come to stroll through the monastery's misty gardens, to pray with the monks in the basilica, to line up to catch a glimpse of La Moreneta, a Romanesque art statue of the Virgin Mary with a smiling Christ Child on her lap. »
• « Water from the lake constantly irrigated these chinampas, or 'floating gardens', which are still in use and can be seen today in Xochimilco, a district of Mexico City. »
• « He and his men were amazed by the city's incredibly sophisticated roads, gardens and temples, but were appalled by the practice of human sacrifice that was part of the Aztec religion. »
• « In fact, slaves often kept their own gardens and livestock, which they tended after working in the cotton fields, to supplement their food supply. »
• « His hundreds of slaves formed a crucial part of his wealth. Like many of the planter elite, Lloyd's plantation was a masterpiece of elegant architecture and gardens. »
• « In his autobiography, Douglass described the plantation's elaborate gardens and racehorses, but also its underfed and brutalised slave population. »