When Prince-Bishop Johann Konrad von Gemmingen (1593/95-1612) undertook a radical renovation of the Willibaldsburg Castle, overlooking the Altm hl River in Eichst tt, Bavaria, he also created a surrounding palatial pleasure garden of magnificence and grandeur. To preserve the garden for future generations - and provide an 'evergreen' record of its contents, compiling plants from all four seasons and presenting them in that order - he commissioned...