Gazebos

Small structure, usually roofed and open-sided, located in gardens or parks from which one may gaze out over the surrounding grounds.

Giardini segreti

Small private gardens, primarily those found accompanying Italian Renaissance villas, discreetly sited, but not secret, set near the house and designed as intimate places for entertaining and reflection away from the public gaze.

Giocchi d'acqua

The Italian term for water games. Giocchi d'acqua were fountain effects designed by hydraulic engineers during the Renaissance to add an element of amusement to the garden experience as visitors, who unintentionally activated jets of water from hidden sources, were treated to surprise drenchings as a practical joke great house In England, the palatial mansion of an aristocratic country estate. See also water tricks.

Gothic revival

Refers mainly to the style in English and American architecture and decorative arts from the mid-18th century to the mid-19th century. The style is characterized by the use of rosettes, pinnacles, tracery, foils, and polychrome effects inspired by Gothic architecture and reproduced with the aim of historical accuracy.

Granaries

Storehouses or other repositories for grain, especially after it has been threshed or husked; sometimes also used to store corn.

Greenhouses

Structures enclosed by glass and devoted to the cultivation and protection of plants out of season.

Grottoes

Artificial caverns, usually with fountains and other waterworks and decorated with rock and shell work. Known to have been a feature of ancient Roman gardens, it was revived in the Renaissance; for the natural features, use “caves” or“caverns.”

Groves

Groups of trees, often of a single species, smaller than forests in extent, growing naturally or planted in formation, and generally with little or no undergrowth.

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