Gardens

mentioned in Scripture, of Eden (Gen 2:8 ; 2:9); Ahab's garden of herbs (1Kings 21:2); the royal garden (2Kings 21:18); the royal garden at Susa (Esther 1:5 ); the garden of Joseph of Arimathea (John 19:41 ); of Gethsemane (John 18:1 ).

The "king's garden" mentioned (2Kings 25:4; Neh 3:15 ), was near the Pool of Siloam.

Gardens were surrounded by hedges of thorns (Isa 5:5 ) or by walls of stone (Prov 24:31 ). "Watch-towers" or "lodges" were also built in them (Isa 1:8 ; Mark 12:1 ), in which their keepers sat. On account of their retirement they were frequently used as places for secret prayer and communion with God (Gen 24:63 ; Matt 26:30 -36; John 1:48 ; 18:1; 18:2). The dead were sometimes buried in gardens (Gen 23:19 ; 23:20; 2Kings 21:18; 21:26; 1Sam 25:1 ; Mark 15:46 ; John 19:41 ). (See PARADISE)

EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary