The Islamic gardens were extremely representative of the future paradise that they would live in during the after life. If they prayed and went to the garden a lot to praise their God, then they would be able to have a great paradise to go to after their after life. They had the four rivers of life that resembled honey, milk, water and wine. The center body of water where these four rivers meet is known as the oasis which is representative of the oasis of life. Because they lived in such a hot climate the Islamics would want a lot of water in their garden to escape to so that added to the overall paradise element. This hot climate encouraged them to want to escape to their garden so the water provided an escape from the hot and dry climate that their God would live in.
The Medieval gardens were meant to sit with others in company to enjoy courtly love. These gardens had religious meaning through the different types of gardens that existed. They had enclosed gardens that resembled Mary because she was the virgin Mary and was essentially enclosed. These gardens would contain a statue f her in the middle of the garden to resemble her as the main focus. Another type of garden that carried a religious meaning were the cloister gardens because they were part of the abbey but were behind it or beside it. They represented Eden. Similar to the Muslim gardens, the cloisters had four rivers as well but they were represented as the rivers of Eden.
Although roman gardens resembled sophistication and wealth typically, there was a religious meaning incorporated into them as well. The Romans heavily valued their architecture within their gardens. Their architecture related to the Gods through paintings and figures within the garden. There was also a spiritual element that was captured in the harbors, headlands, shores, rivers and groves. They had the Persian influence which gave them a rather symmetrical style with a central axis or main access. This could have suggested that there was one way into the garden and one way out. Therefore when Romans went to the garden to have a spiritual connection with the Gods they had only one way to walk in to reach the Gods and one way to leave the Gods.
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