Location in The Oz Series
the public gardens
Also known as our planting-ground, one of our folk gardens, the vegetable gardens, his garden.
A broad plain outside the glass city of the Mangaboos, covered with gardens and watered by many brooks, where vegetable people are planted, grow on bushes, and are picked; includes flower gardens, the planting-ground, folk gardens with growing Mangaboos, and the enclosed circle holding the Royal Bush.
Appears in 3 chapters, first in chapter 73, last in chapter 75.
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What the story establishes
| Appearance | A broad plain with flower gardens whose colors constantly shift under six suns, plants with broad leaves growing close to the ground, fields of rainbow-colored grass, ornamental glass bridges over brooks, a freshly plowed planting-ground, and folk gardens enclosed by high hedges containing rows of large plants each bearing a growing Mangaboo. (as of ch. 73) |
| Controlled by | mangaboo_prince (as of ch. 73) |
| Physical constraints | Bridges and paths are made of grown glass, which cracks under a Rain of Stones and can only regrow together over time rather than being repaired. |
Relationships
- located in ← Garden of the Clinging Vines ch. 75The Garden of the Clinging Vines is an enclosed garden within the Mangaboo gardens, seen by the travelers as they wandered near it.
- part of → Land of the Mangaboos ch. 73The folk gardens, enclosed by high hedges and holding rows of growing Mangaboo bushes, lie within the broader plain of gardens that forms part of the Land of the Mangaboos beyond the glass city.
- located in ← the Royal Bush of the Mangaboos ch. 73The Royal Bush grows within a smaller inner circle of hedge inside the folk garden the Prince leads the party to, set apart from the ordinary rows of Mangaboo bushes.
- located in ← underground_traveling_party (ended) ch. 73–74The traveling party is led by the Prince through the planting-ground and into the enclosed folk gardens to observe the Mangaboos' growth and the Royal Bush, before being condemned to destruction there.
From the text
This is our planting-ground.Chapter 73
it came upon a broad plain covered with gardens and watered by many pretty brooks that flowed through itChapter 73
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