Religion can play a key role in environmental conservation. While in some research emphasize have been given on conservation of physical aspects of natural environment through religion, in this paper, the role of Shi’a-Islamic belief in conservation of both material and immaterial aspects of garden will be scrutinized. Employing qualitative research method, the paper sheds new light on the under-researched role of religion in conservation of tangible and intangible aspects of landscape gardens in Iran. This paper argues that the faith and degree of religiousness of the Iranian community has been, and remains, a real force for continuity in the social and physical life of tomb gardens, helping it to resist complex ideological shifts and upheavals over the centuries, even in the absence of any regulatory framework regarding historical gardens in Iran.

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