Gardens in Palestine

thumb|upright=1.5|One of four adjacent olive Grove (nature)|groves near the foot of the Mount of Olives, traditionally considered to be Gethsemane Gethsemane ( ) is a garden as well as a courtyard at the foot of the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus Christ underwent the Agony in the Garden and was arrested before his crucifixion. The garden is a place of great resonance in Christianity. There are several small olive groves in church property, all adjacent to each other and identified with biblical Gethsemane.