History Main / GardenOfLove

* Literature/MixBeerWithLiquorAndYouWillGetSicker: Corbin asks Lauchlan to help him with some gardening work as a poorly disguised date. Lauchlan perceives this (correctly) as Corbin opening up and sharing something important and personal with him, and is overjoyed to be invited. Corbin, usually very closed off, deals less well with the feeling of [[hopeisscary being so perceived.]]

From Hebrew scripture and Persian poetry to the English classics, gardens have been a [[TheOldestOnesInTheBook timeless setting]] for romance to [[JustForPun bloom]] and lovers to meet.

From Hebrew scripture and Persian poetry to the English classics, gardens have been a [[TheOldestOnesInTheBook timeless setting]] for romance to bloom and lovers to meet.

* In the live-action remake of ''Film/Cinderella2015'', Prince Kit brings Cinderella to a secret garden in the palace that he's never shown anyone else and they have a romantic moment.

* ''Literature/TheDaevabadTrilogy'': Nahri's parents first met in the palace gardens while both of them were hiding away from the unpleasantness of court life. [[spoiler:The father was a nobleman in a GildedCage who tended the gardens; the mother was a washerwoman; and she accidentally punched him while trying to stop him from digging up her molokhia plants.]]

* In the ''Literature/IRichardPlantagenetSeries'' the [[UsefulNotes/RichardIII protagonist]] rescues Anne Neville from his grasping brother George and places her in sanctuary at a monestary. They become betrothed, but while the details of the match are worked out, they meet in the garden of the monastery and get to know each other, sharing their first FirstKiss there.

* In ''Literature/NoughtsAndCrosses'' [[StarCrossedLovers Sephy and Callum]] often meet in the rose garden near her house. They are forbidden from seeing each other and the garden is the place where they meet in secret.

* In the ''Literature/CaptivePrince'' short story "The Summer Palace", set after the main trilogy, Damen and Laurent finally have the free time to visit Damen's summer palace, an oceanside estate that's open to its many gardens and outdoor baths. They have a tender tryst outside and start to come to terms with the pain they'd caused each other when they were enemies.

--> I come to the garden alone, while the dew is still on the roses
--> And the voice I hear falling on my ear, the Son of God discloses
--> And he walks with me, and he talks with me, and he tells me I am his own
--> And the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known

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Sometimes, the state of a garden is used to illuminate a character's inner nature. A [[CaringGardener well-tended garden]] indicates virtues such as diligence, devotion, and a love of beauty, qualities that can endear a potential lover to their beloved. It's also an ideal place to pick up and give FlowersOfRomance to their loved ones. Depending on the type of flower or romance, this can lead to QueerFlowers.

** Anastasia and Ahmed first meet when he finds her climbing the walls of a private garden terrace, attempting to escape; she loses her footing and [[LiterallyFallingInLove falls on top of him]]. [[spoiler: When he is close to death, he asks to be brought to place they met, where he dies in her arms]].

* ''Theatre/LesMiserables'': The "A Heart Full of Love" sequence, in which Marius and Cosette romance each other, is set in the garden of her house on Rue Plumet. In the song's second-act reprise, Valjean uses the trope a metaphor as he reflects upon his daughter's blossoming relationship.

* ''Literature/TheScholomance'': The Scholomance's gymnasium generates an immersive illusion of a beautiful garden complex after its magic is repaired in ''The Last Graduate''. After almost a year of UnresolvedSexualTension, Orion asks Galadriel on a picnic date there, and they end up having TheirFirstTime in the gazebo.