Atea garden is an outdoor space wheretea and light refreshments are served, or anygarden with which the drinking of tea is associated. Especially in India, it is also a common term for atea plantation.[1] The tea garden was a part of early English commercialpleasure gardens; often parties of couples visited these, the men occupying themselves withlawn bowls and beer or wine, while the ladies went to the tea garden. In modern times it often means an outside area at acafe ortearoom.
InJapanese gardening, aroji is a particular style of relatively small garden, originally developed for the entry gardens toJapanese teahouses, intended to set the mood of guests arriving for theJapanese tea ceremony.[2] These are designed almost exclusively to be seen from the path leading through them to the building, and tea would not normally be consumed in them. The style is suitable for smallerfront gardens of houses, and has often been used for these, both in Japan and the West.
The term may sometimes be used for aherb garden specializing inherbs that are consumed as tea, such aschamomile,bee balm,peppermint,lemon balm, andlavender.[3][4]