Meditation Gardens
[ Jedi Temple, Unity City ]
The Jedi gardens were a tranquil and immaculately kept park north of the Jedi Temple, hidden in a dome of its own to keep the bright light used to keep the trees and plants fed from leaking into Unity City. During the simulated night though, the lamps turned off and the enormous dome opened its windowpanes, allowing a clear view of the galactic sky above Unity City.
Flanked on both sides by hills leading up to the side wall of the dome, it's northern side featured a large lake with a carefully managed stream running through the park up towards the lake, various bridges and stepping stones leading elegantly across.
The park was split up into various smaller gardens, some open planes of grass, others forest-like and even some rock gardens, but many featuring small benches to sit and take in nature, statues or even small fountains or waterfalls. The strange plants in the park came from planets all over the Union, giving everyone a corner which reminded them of home, and various smaller and bigger wildlife graced the area with their presence.
The different individual gardens were connected by carefully kept paths underneath a canopy of leafs, casting soft shadows from the lights above and allowing people to have a private conversation while enjoying the mesmerising beauty of the park.
The gardener and gamekeeper and his family kept a small farm near the main south entrance leading into the Jedi temple, from where him and his wife, with the assistant of some gardening droids, kept a careful eye on the park to make sure its balance was maintained and its paths remained immaculate.
All in all the garden was a place of great beauty and it was a favourite spot for the Jedi to meet with one another, chat, enjoy the park and meditate.