- Gardens in this region are surrounded by gated walls to keep out the desert.
- The closed in area allows visitors to concentrate on the areas within the wall, to reflect and meditate and shut out the world.
- The Arabic Garden provided pavilions and areas of shade.
Three hundred years before Europeans had seen a tulip, they were prized flowers in the Ottoman Empire. They were a symbol of paradise on earth.
The traditional garden from this region was divided into quadrants by water. The channels represented the four rivers of heaven.