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MetKids: What Makes a Plant Medieval?

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Got a green thumb? Join Ella, age 8, at The Met Cloisters as she digs for facts about how plants were used during the Middle Ages, learn more about the gardens, and check out #MetKids, a digital feature made for, with, and by kids!

Contributors

#MetKids Contributor: Ella

Managing Horticulturist: Caleb Leech

Special thanks to the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters.

Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

© 2017 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries), Wool warp with wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts, French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven)
The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries)
French (cartoon)/South Netherlandish (woven)
1495–1505