### id262973486 urban gardens were common in Medieval cities > Medieval cities were also full of gardens and vegetable beds that people cultivated for their own sustenance or for extra revenues. This preoccupation with urban agriculture is evident in [***Le Ménagier***](https://amzn.to/2R5gyez), a housekeeping guide written by a fourteenth-century gentleman from Paris for his young wife which included several sections about gardens. This was done in part so that his wife would “have some knowledge on horticulture and gardening, grafting in the proper season, and keeping roses in winter.” - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fqyt7wtfbms6szx180dvk08e) - [[Urban Agriculture in the Middle Ages by Lucie Laumonier#id262973486 urban gardens were common in Medieval cities|View in Vault]]