The King's Gardens of Nimrud

I dug a canal from the Upper Zab, cutting through the peak of a mountain, and I called it the Canal of Abundance.
I irrigated the meadows of the Tigris and planted orchards with them all.
There are all kinds of fruit trees in the vicinity.
I planted the seeds and plants I found.
In the countries I passed through and in the mountains I crossed,
Pine trees, all kinds of cypresses and all kinds of junipers, almonds, dates, ebony, rosewood, olives, oaks, tamarisks, walnuts and ash trees, firs, pomegranates, pears, quinces, figs, vines...
The canal water gushes into the gardens from above; the scent fills the whole place
Walking paths, rivers as big as the stars of the sky flow from the garden of pleasure
I pick fruit like a squirrel from the garden of pleasure.

The text you read above was written in 1300 B.C. This tablet, which tells the story of the green areas and garden arrangements made by the Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II, who reigned between 883 and 859, in Nimrud, the capital of Assyria during the middle empire period, is the oldest written document in history that describes urban green areas and garden arrangements.

We would like you to know that pine, cypress, rose, date, fig and olive trees, among the 19 trees in King Ashurnasirpal's gardens, are among the species in our garden, and that the more than 40 tree and plant species you can see in our garden, including these, were not chosen randomly but with their historical, folkloric and ecological values in mind.

You can embark on a pleasant journey between fantasy and reality by reading the historical, mythological and folkloric Green Tales that we have carefully compiled for you about our trees and plants.

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