Abstract
Historical gardens’ restoration is a complex process including not only built features of the layout, but also vegetation. Climate changes, air pollution, new pests and other factors have an important impact on vegetation and make sometimes impossible to restore the garden to the original model. Therefore, vegetation restoration requires investigations, to establish the tendencies, dynamics and resilience of different species in the garden, and decisions to adopt sustainable solutions. Woody plants from Peleș Royal Castle Gardens (Sinaia, Romania) were investigated to reveal the diachronic transformations of the vegetation and to establish an objective starting point in garden restoration. Despite of decades of neglected maintenance, historical events and changes in building function, the garden has a considerable number of old valuable trees and shrubs. Woody plants located on terraces were in a significantly poorer condition compared with those planted on the lawn. Natural forest surrounding the garden and native species cultivated in the garden acted as a source of landscape regeneration. Climate changes, affecting the mountain zone, allow the cultivation of woody species of warmer climates. Results of present study will be essential for all the future decisions about woody vegetation and gardens restoration.
Highlights
IntroductionRoyal gardens always revealed the personality of the owner
Beyond historical evidence, royal gardens always revealed the personality of the owner
The inventory of a total number of 124 trees and 165 shrubs revealed the existence of 35 species, 12 cultivars and 2 hybrids, from 17 botanical families, in the Historical Gardens of Peleș Royal Castle (Table 1)
Summary
Royal gardens always revealed the personality of the owner. Royal gardens delineated living spaces and ceremonial stages beyond the walls of buildings, a living. Received in revised form: 01 Mar 2021. From Volume 49, Issue 1, 2021, Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca journal will use article numbers in place of the traditional method of continuous pagination through the volume. The journal will continue to appear quarterly, as before, with four annual numbers
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