Wellington, New Zealand

Wellington garden with irises, November 17, 1935, by Leslie Adkin, via Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa Tongarewa).

Caster beans and vines

“Barefoot woman inspecting her garden, ‘Aunt Lee’,” ca. 1904 – ca. 1918, location and photographer unknown, via simpleinsomnia on flickr (under CC license).

Arles-sur-Tech, France

Interior garden of Abbaye Sainte-Marie, 13th. century cloister, Arles-sur-Tech, France, November 1902, by Eugène Trutat, via Bibliothèque de Toulouse Commons on flickr.

The garden is far more formal now, with a clipped boxwood parterre in a geometric pattern around a fountain. There’s a more recent photo here.

Vier broertjes

Vier broertjes in de tuin” (four brothers in the garden). probably in the Netherlands, ca. 1910, photographer unknown, via Spaarnestad Collection of the Nationaal Archief (Netherlands).

Ottawa, Ontario

“Mabel Williams with her bicycle at 54 Main Street, residence of James Ballantyne, Ottawa, Ontario,” July 1898, by James Ballatyne, via Library and Archives Canada Commons on flickr (under CC License).