Considered as the "dark age", Christianity influences cultural education;

The church owns a lot of land, the aristocratic power is concentrated, and social unrest;

Aesthetic thoughts are connected with religion, excluding ancient Greek and Roman cultures, and theologically and religiously "beauty".

Monastery Gardens (monastery Gardens): relatively quiet, with atrium and colonnades, such as the atrium of the Church of St. Paul, Roman;

Castle garden: Defensive in the early stage, and decorative entertainment in the later stage, such as the Champagne Castle on the Loire River in France;

Aristocratic Hunting Garden: Added in the later period, for aristocratic hunting and recreation.

Medieval European gardens were originally mainly practical. With the stability of the current situation and the improvement of living standards, the gardens gradually became decorative and entertaining. Some orchards gradually add ornamental trees and lay grass, which transforms the orchard into an amusement park;

In the spatial segmentation elements, fences are the most common elements. Defensive walls are mostly made of stone and bricks, and partition walls that divide spaces are mostly made of wooden fences, hedges and other materials;

Plant pruning technology is developed, and low hedge trimming is used to form flower bed patterns. The patterns are geometric or birds and beasts and badge patterns, and design gardens or mysterious gardens;

Plants and bodies of water are the most important elements of medieval gardens and even later European gardens;

Water bodies are often designed in the middle of a cross shape or at the intersection of a road, with practical functions and symbolic significance;

Artificial landscape facilities such as pavilions, fountains, seats, etc. have been widely used, with stronger ornamental and entertaining;

The aristocratic hunting garden was added in the late Middle Ages. Walls were surrounded on large areas of land, trees were planted, and deer, rabbits and birds were raised for hunting and recreation by the nobles.

The emergence of the monastery form transformed the garden from an ancient Roman public hedonistic garden into pure pragmatism. The layout of the monastery gave some inspiration to the construction of later churches and gardens;

The simplification of architectural decoration provided the foundation for the improvement of religious art in the later Renaissance and laid the foundation for religious development;

The emergence of castle buildings is of great significance to the transformation of defensive military into palace gardens, and it creates as many practical and aesthetic functions as possible in a limited space.