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Gardening is the process of growing plants for their vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs, and appearances within a designated space. Gardens fulfill a wide assortment of purposes, notably the production of aesthetically pleasing areas, medicines, cosmetics, dyes, foods, poisons, wildlife habitats, and saleable goods (see market gardening). People often partake in gardening for its therapeutic, health, educational, cultural, philosophical, environmental, and religious benefits. Gardening varies in scale from the 800 hectare Versailles gardens down to container gardens grown inside. Gardens take many forms, some only contain one type of plant while others involve a complex assortment of plants with no particular order. (Full article...)

Horticulture is the art and science of growing plants. This definition is seen in its etymology, which is derived from the Latin words hortus, which means "garden" and cultura which means "to cultivate". There are various divisions of horticulture because plants are grown for a variety of purposes. These divisions include, but are not limited to: gardening, plant production/propagation, arboriculture, landscaping, floriculture and turf maintenance. For each of these, there are various professions, aspects, tools used and associated challenges; Each requiring highly specialized skills and knowledge of the horticulturist. (Full article...)

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Image 1Alley cropping corn fields between rows of walnut trees (from Agroforestry)
Image 2Sigirya gardens in Sri Lanka. (from History of gardening)
Image 3Moata Lake and Saffron Garden, exhibit ancient Indian garden styles. (from History of gardening)
Image 4Scale model of the Fallingwater building, Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh (from History of gardening)
Image 5Roof garden on the top deck of a multi-storey car park, Edgedale Neighbourhood, Punggol, Singapore (from List of garden types)
Image 6Roses, clematis, a thatched roof: a cottage garden in Brittany (from Garden design)
Image 7White garden at Hidcote Manor Garden, one of several garden rooms there. (from History of gardening)
Image 8Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar, depicting a water way (from History of gardening)
Image 9The Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai, China (created in 1559) shows all the elements of a classical Chinese garden – water, architecture, vegetation, and rocks. (from List of garden types)
Image 10Contour planting integrated with animal grazing on Taylor's Run farm, Australia (from Agroforestry)
Image 11A rock garden in Seiganji, Maibara, Shiga prefecture, Japan (from Garden design)
Image 12Water garden at Lake Palace. (from History of gardening)
Image 13Inspired by Islamic/Moorish gardens, the Patio de la Acequia (Courtyard of the Canal), Generalife, Granada, Spain (from Garden design)
Image 14Gardeners gardening at Jetavana, Bodh Gaya 2nd–1st BC (from History of gardening)
Image 15Sōraku-en gardens (Japanese garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 16Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London (from List of garden types)
Image 17Contemporary water feature (from Garden design)
Image 18Triton Lake at Powerscourt Gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 19Mughal-style courtyard garden at Agra Fort. (from History of gardening)
Image 20The Shalamar Gardens, Lahore, Pakistan (from Garden design)
Image 21Reflection of the Bagh-e Narenjestan (orange garden) and the Khaneh Ghavam (Ghavam house) at Shiraz, Iran (Persian garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 22Maize grown under Faidherbia albida and Borassus akeassii near Banfora, Burkina Faso (from Agroforestry)
Image 23The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, a sculpture garden in Dumfriesshire, Scotland (from List of garden types)
Image 24Silvopasture over the years (Australia) (from Agroforestry)
Image 25Contemporary garden (from Garden design)
Image 26Park in Kuskovo (from History of gardening)
Image 27The seven layers of the forest garden (from Agroforestry)
Image 28Shade-grown coffee (Coffea arabica) in Sierra Norte of Puebla (from Agroforestry)
Image 29Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brasil (from History of gardening)
Image 30Sheffield Park Garden, a landscape garden originally laid out in the 18th century by Capability Brown (from History of gardening)
Image 31Toyohiko Kagawa, forest farming pioneer (from Agroforestry)
Image 32Frogner Park (from History of gardening)
Image 33
The Mughal and English-style garden leading to the Taj Mahal.
(from History of gardening)
Image 34Kuojtakiloyan (from Agroforestry)
Image 35Garden chairs in Rosenneuheitengarten Beutig in Baden-Baden, Germany (from Garden design)
Image 36Sigiriya in Sri Lanka is one of the oldest landscape gardens in the world. (from History of gardening)
Image 37Alley cropping of maize and sweet chestnut, Dordogne, France (from Agroforestry)
Image 38Autumn colours at Stourhead, an English landscape garden (from List of garden types)
Image 39Łazienki Park (from History of gardening)
Image 40Labyrinth maze of Barvaux, Durbuy, Belgium (from List of garden types)
Image 41Nishat Bagh, terrace garden at Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (Mughal Gardens) (from List of garden types)
Image 42Stepping stones in Kiyosumi Garden, in Fukagawa, Tokyo (from History of gardening)
Image 43Real Alcázar de Sevilla (from History of gardening)
Image 44Katsura Imperial Villa (from History of gardening)
Image 45Sofiero Palace garden (from History of gardening)
Image 46Robert Hart's forest garden in Shropshire (from Agroforestry)
Image 47White Garden at Kensington Palace, a Dutch garden planted as a Color garden (from List of garden types)
Image 48The Orangerie in the Gardens of Versailles with the Pièce d’eau des Suisses in the background (French formal garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 49Robert Hart, forest gardening pioneer (from Agroforestry)
Image 50The Oak Allee in the Gardens in Hendrie Park at Royal Botanical Gardens (Ontario), designed by J. Austin Floyd in 1965. (from History of gardening)
Image 51The flower of an Inga tree. (from Agroforestry)
Image 52Villa d'Este (from History of gardening)
Image 53Engraving from a 1774 edition of La pratique du jardinage, a treatise on gardening by Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville. (from Garden writing)
Image 54Andalusian Patio of Córdoba, Spain (from Garden design)
Image 55King Bimbisara of Magadha visits the Bamboo Garden (Venuvana) in Rajagriha; artwork from Sanchi. (from History of gardening)
Image 56Parc de Bagatelle, a rose garden in Paris (from List of garden types)
Image 57Ryoan-ji (late 15th century) in Kyoto, Japan, the most famous example of a Zen rock garden (from List of garden types)
Image 58Young man waters a newly planted tree in Mali (2010) (from Agroforestry)
Image 59The Muskau Park (from History of gardening)
Image 60Garden lighting in Kampala, Uganda (from Garden design)
Image 61Contemporary garden in Colchester, United Kingdom (from History of gardening)
Image 62A plan of a formal garden for a country estate in Wales, 1765 (from Garden design)
Image 63A riparian buffer bordering a river in Iowa (from Agroforestry)
Image 64Hortus conclusus depicted by the Upper Rhenish Master (from History of gardening)
Image 65Curved garden paths are a common form of hardscaping (from Garden design)
Image 66Alignment of several compost piles on a composting facility in France (from Garden design)
Image 67Giverny (from History of gardening)
Image 68Jade Belt Bridge, a moon bridge at the Summer Palace, Beijing (from History of gardening)
Image 69Opening from the 1712 English edition of The Theory and Practice of Gardening - Wherein is Fully Handled all that Relates to Fine Gardens, Commonly called Pleasure-Gardens, as Parterres, Groves, Bowling-Greens &c. Suggested schemes for gardens of 6 (left) and 12 (right) acres. (from Garden writing)
Image 70Map showing the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (from History of gardening)
Image 71Elswout (from History of gardening)
Image 72
The Renaissance style gardens at Chateau Villandry.
(from History of gardening)
Image 73Jardín del Generalife de Granada (Spanish garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 74Colour plate from Some English Gardens (1904) by Gertrude Jekyll. (from Garden writing)
Image 75Oranienbaum, the Grand Menshikov Palace gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 76A temperate Syntropic system in Dordogne France, including heavily mulched Sunflower plants. (from Agroforestry)
Image 77Hindu Rajput-style courtyard garden at Amer Fort. (from History of gardening)
Image 78The park at Drottningholm Palace (from History of gardening)
Image 79Hawkwell Field with Gothic temple, Cobham monument and Palladian bridge at Stowe House (from History of gardening)

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The List of Narcissus horticultural divisions is a classification of the cultivated varieties of the genus Narcissus (/nɑːrˈsɪsəs/), which are predominantly spring perennial plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. Most species and cultivars are known by the common name daffodil, while a few are called jonquils.

The list of Narcissus horticultural divisions provided by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is the standard method used to classify and describe cultivated varieties (cultivars) of Narcissus. It is widely used since the RHS is the international authority for the registration of such cultivars. For horticultural purposes, all Narcissus cultivars are split into 13 divisions, as described by Kington (1998), for the RHS, based partly upon flower form (shape and length of corona – the "trumpet" or "cup"), particularly the ratio of corona to length of perianth segments (tepals or "petals"), the number of flowers per stem, flowering period and partly upon the genetic background. Division 11 (Split-corona) with its two subdivisions was the most recent group to be described (1969). Division 13, which includes all the wild rather than cultivated daffodils, is the exception to this scheme. This classification is a useful tool for planning planting. Most commercially available narcissi come from Divisions 1 (Trumpet), 2 (Large-cupped) and 8 (Tazetta). (Full article...)

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Japanese gardens

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Panoramic view from the Symbolic Mountain Lookout at the Japanese Gardens, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 22 September, 2006. Japanese gardens (日本庭園, nihon teien), that is, gardens in the traditional Japanese style, can be found at private homes, in neighborhood or city parks, and at historical landmarks, such as Buddhist temples and old castles. Some of the Japanese gardens most famous in the West, and within Japan as well, are dry gardens or rock gardens, known as karesansui.

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... that Xu Garden was created by community residents grateful to their local warlord?
... that in 2023, a sculpture garden in Praunheim displayed abstract works by Hans Steinbrenner from different periods of his life, and corresponding works by his friends and students?
... that actress Katharine Hepburn threatened to remove her name from a garden in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza when New York City officials said they would not widen the plaza?
... that The Lord of the Ice Garden, a Polish novel series mixing elements of fantasy and science fiction, has been compared to The Witcher?
... that much of what we know of medieval gardens comes from illuminated manuscripts?
... that Nizza in central Frankfurt is one of the largest gardens of Mediterranean plants north of the Alps, thanks to its very warm microclimate?
... that Ardwall House has a garden ornament in the form of an early mediaeval Pictish slab inscribed with a Celtic cross?
... that the Cranford Rose Garden at Brooklyn Botanic Garden was cited as having 1,200 varieties of roses?

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