
A tea garden is an outdoor space or
garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate bot ...
where
tea and light refreshments are served, or any garden with which the drinking of tea is associated. Especially in India, it is also a common term for a
tea plantation. The tea garden was a part of early English commercial
pleasure gardens; often parties of couples visited these, the men occupying themselves with
lawn bowls and beer or wine, while the ladies went to the tea garden. In modern times it often means an outside area at a
cafe or
tearoom.

In
Japanese gardening, a ''
roji'' is a particular style of relatively small garden, originally developed for the entry gardens to
Japanese teahouses, intended to set the mood of guests arriving for the
Japanese tea ceremony. These are designed almost exclusively to be seen from the path leading through them to the building, and tea would not normally be consumed in them. The style is suitable for smaller
front gardens of houses, and has often been used for these, both in Japan and the West.
The term may sometimes be used for a
herb garden specializing in
herbs that are consumed as tea, such as
chamomile,
bee balm,
peppermint,
lemon balm, and
lavender.
See also
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List of garden types
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British tea culture
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Tea culture
References
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Tea culture
Types of garden
Garden features