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Gothel's Garden, also known as the Witch's Garden, is a New Enchanted Forest location featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the seventh episode of the seventh season.
Gothel's garden is based on the sorceress' garden from the fairytale "Rapunzel."
History
On a stormy night, Rapunzel attempts to steal radishes from the garden in order to cure her husband of illness, when she is approached by Gothel. Gothel is impressed by Rapunzel's selfless reason for risking her own life and then offers to bless Rapunzel’s family with wealth if she gains something in return. Unwittingly, Rapunzel says she will pay any price, which prompts Gothel into locking her into the tower, where she is then separated from her family. ("One Little Tear")
Rapunzel comes to Gothel at the garden, begging her to save her daughter, Anastasia, who is dying after falling into the frozen water. Gothel preserves her body but intends to take Anastasia as a replacement for Rapunzel in the tower. She then reveals her motives: she is searching for the Guardian and had thought Rapunzel to be the one she was looking for, however, she failed to be pure of heart as she sacrificed another person’s happiness for her own by poisoning Cecelia. Dead set against allowing Gothel to take away her daughter, Rapunzel manages to trick the arrogant witch by using Gothel's own potion to trap her in the tower. There, Gothel remains for some time, trapped in there by blood magic with the hopes that she will be able to have someone of her bloodline take her place the tower so she can escape. ("One Little Tear")
Hook and Smee from the Wish Realm arrive at the garden looking for a golden flower capable of defeating an immortal like Rumplestiltskin, for "Rapunzel" told them there would be one in the witch's garden that would appear by singing. Hook sings a pirate's tune about rum, triggering a giant-sized gnome into attacking both men. Smee insists he try a different song, so Hook sings a few lines from a lullaby that his mother used to sing to him. This reveals the flower's location, which Hook grabs in time, causing the gnome to crumble away. ("Eloise Gardener")
Trivia
Set Dressing
- A statue of a griffin can be seen in Gothel's garden.[1] A griffin is a legendary creature which has the front half of an eagle and the hind half of a lion. ("Eloise Gardener")
- The same statue, painted in a different color, can be seen on top of the Underworld grave that Hook, Emma and Mary Margaret are hiding behind in "Her Handsome Hero,"[2] and among the gargoyles that the children are throwing bottles at on Pleasure Island in "Murder Most Foul."[3]
Filming Locations
- Lynn Canyon Park in the District of North Vancouver doubles as Gothel's garden for the episode "Eloise Gardener."[4]
- Burnaby's Central Park doubles as Gothel's garden for the episode "One Little Tear."[5]
Appearances
| Once Upon a Time: Season Seven | ||||||||||
| "Hyperion Heights": | "A Pirate's Life": | "The Garden of Forking Paths": | "Beauty": | "Greenbacks": | "Wake Up Call": | "Eloise Gardener": | "Pretty in Blue": | "One Little Tear": | "The Eighth Witch": | "Secret Garden": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Appears | Absent | Appears | Absent | Absent |
| "A Taste of the Heights": | "Knightfall": | "The Girl in the Tower": | "Sisterhood": | "Breadcrumbs": | "Chosen": | "The Guardian": | "Flower Child": | "Is This Henry Mills?": | "Homecoming": | "Leaving Storybrooke": |
| Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
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