Abstract
This article takes us closer to the gardening types, functions and characteristics of ancient Aztecs, with the purpose of defining the causes that made possible its development and usage, and to identify the beneficiaries of these spaces. In this manner the author refers to gardens, orchards and parks (fenced areas with plants, used for hunting or amusement) that existed in the lordships of Tenochtitlan and Iztapalapa, as well as the areas which these monarchs possessed in neighboring regions that were under their control. This study is based on the testimonies transmitted by physicians, soldiers and religious Spaniards, left in their chronicles of the Mexican conquest back in the 16th Century, as well as on the most recent archaeological researches and historical interpretations.