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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 science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants. Horticulture is commonly associated with the more professional and technical aspects of plant cultivation on a smaller and more controlled scale than agronomy. There are various divisions of horticulture because plants are grown for a variety of purposes. These divisions include, but are not limited to: 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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The Renaissance style gardens at Chateau Villandry.
(from History of gardening)
Image 2Contemporary garden (from Garden design)
Image 3The Muskau Park (from History of gardening)
Image 4A temperate Syntropic system in Dordogne France, including heavily mulched Sunflower plants. (from Agroforestry)
Image 5Ryoan-ji (late 15th century) in Kyoto, Japan, the most famous example of a Zen rock garden (from List of garden types)
Image 6Young man waters a newly planted tree in Mali (2010) (from Agroforestry)
Image 7Nishat Bagh, terrace garden at Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (Mughal Gardens) (from List of garden types)
Image 8Alley cropping corn fields between rows of walnut trees (from Agroforestry)
Image 9Villa d'Este (from History of gardening)
Image 10Parc de Bagatelle, a rose garden in Paris (from List of garden types)
Image 11Alley cropping of maize and sweet chestnut, Dordogne, France (from Agroforestry)
Image 12Sofiero Palace garden (from History of gardening)
Image 13Stepping stones in Kiyosumi Garden, in Fukagawa, Tokyo (from History of gardening)
Image 14Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London (from List of garden types)
Image 15The 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 16Jardín del Generalife de Granada (Spanish garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 17Giverny (from History of gardening)
Image 18Contemporary water feature (from Garden design)
Image 19Park in Kuskovo (from History of gardening)
Image 20Map showing the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (from History of gardening)
Image 21Water garden at Lake Palace. (from History of gardening)
Image 22Robert Hart's forest garden in Shropshire (from Agroforestry)
Image 23Jade Belt Bridge, a moon bridge at the Summer Palace, Beijing (from History of gardening)
Image 24Sigirya gardens in Sri Lanka. (from History of gardening)
Image 25Contour planting integrated with animal grazing on Taylor's Run farm, Australia (from Agroforestry)
Image 26Roses, clematis, a thatched roof: a cottage garden in Brittany (from Garden design)
Image 27Triton Lake at Powerscourt Gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 28Frogner Park (from History of gardening)
Image 29The Shalamar Gardens, Lahore, Pakistan (from Garden design)
Image 30Autumn colours at Stourhead, an English landscape garden (from List of garden types)
Image 31Moata Lake and Saffron Garden, exhibit ancient Indian garden styles. (from History of gardening)
Image 32The flower of an Inga tree. (from Agroforestry)
Image 33Sheffield Park Garden, a landscape garden originally laid out in the 18th century by Capability Brown (from History of gardening)
Image 34Maize grown under Faidherbia albida and Borassus akeassii near Banfora, Burkina Faso (from Agroforestry)
Image 35Roof garden on the top deck of a multi-storey car park, Edgedale Neighbourhood, Punggol, Singapore (from List of garden types)
Image 36Hindu Rajput-style courtyard garden at Amer Fort. (from History of gardening)
Image 37The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, a sculpture garden in Dumfriesshire, Scotland (from List of garden types)
Image 38The park at Drottningholm Palace (from History of gardening)
Image 39King Bimbisara of Magadha visits the Bamboo Garden (Venuvana) in Rajagriha; artwork from Sanchi. (from History of gardening)
Image 40Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brasil (from History of gardening)
Image 41Labyrinth maze of Barvaux, Durbuy, Belgium (from List of garden types)
Image 42Real Alcázar de Sevilla (from History of gardening)
Image 43A riparian buffer bordering a river in Iowa (from Agroforestry)
Image 44Hawkwell Field with Gothic temple, Cobham monument and Palladian bridge at Stowe House (from History of gardening)
Image 45A plan of a formal garden for a country estate in Wales, 1765 (from Garden design)
Image 46Contemporary garden in Colchester, United Kingdom (from History of gardening)
Image 47The 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 48Andalusian Patio of Córdoba, Spain (from Garden design)
Image 49
The Mughal and English-style garden leading to the Taj Mahal.
(from History of gardening)
Image 50Sōraku-en gardens (Japanese garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 51White garden at Hidcote Manor Garden, one of several garden rooms there. (from History of gardening)
Image 52Shade-grown coffee (Coffea arabica) in Sierra Norte of Puebla (from Agroforestry)
Image 53Łazienki Park (from History of gardening)
Image 54Toyohiko Kagawa, forest farming pioneer (from Agroforestry)
Image 55Scale model of the Fallingwater building, Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh (from History of gardening)
Image 56Katsura Imperial Villa (from History of gardening)
Image 57The seven layers of the forest garden (from Agroforestry)
Image 58Gardeners gardening at Jetavana, Bodh Gaya 2nd–1st BC (from History of gardening)
Image 59Inspired by Islamic/Moorish gardens, the Patio de la Acequia (Courtyard of the Canal), Generalife, Granada, Spain (from Garden design)
Image 60Colour plate from Some English Gardens (1904) by Gertrude Jekyll. (from Garden writing)
Image 61Alignment of several compost piles on a composting facility in France (from Garden design)
Image 62White Garden at Kensington Palace, a Dutch garden planted as a Color garden (from List of garden types)
Image 63Reflection of the Bagh-e Narenjestan (orange garden) and the Khaneh Ghavam (Ghavam house) at Shiraz, Iran (Persian garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 64Garden chairs in Rosenneuheitengarten Beutig in Baden-Baden, Germany (from Garden design)
Image 65Robert Hart, forest gardening pioneer (from Agroforestry)
Image 66The 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 67Engraving from a 1774 edition of La pratique du jardinage, a treatise on gardening by Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville. (from Garden writing)
Image 68Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar, depicting a water way (from History of gardening)
Image 69Kuojtakiloyan (from Agroforestry)
Image 70Hortus conclusus depicted by the Upper Rhenish Master (from History of gardening)
Image 71A rock garden in Seiganji, Maibara, Shiga prefecture, Japan (from Garden design)
Image 72Elswout (from History of gardening)
Image 73Oranienbaum, the Grand Menshikov Palace gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 74Opening 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 75Garden lighting in Kampala, Uganda (from Garden design)
Image 76Silvopasture over the years (Australia) (from Agroforestry)
Image 77Curved garden paths are a common form of hardscaping (from Garden design)
Image 78Mughal-style courtyard garden at Agra Fort. (from History of gardening)

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The Japanese dry garden (枯山水, karesansui) or Japanese rock garden, often called a Zen garden, is a distinctive style of Japanese garden. It creates a miniature stylized landscape through carefully composed arrangements of rocks, water features, moss, pruned trees and bushes, and uses gravel or sand that is raked to represent ripples in water. Zen gardens are commonly found at temples or monasteries. A Zen garden is usually relatively small, surrounded by a wall or buildings, and is usually meant to be seen while seated from a single viewpoint outside the garden, such as the porch of the hojo, the residence of the chief monk of the temple or monastery. Many, with gravel rather than grass, are only stepped into for maintenance. Classical Zen gardens were created at temples of Zen Buddhism in Kyoto during the Muromachi period. They were intended to imitate the essence of nature, not its actual appearance, and to serve as an aid for meditation. (Full article...)

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kavindraCherry Blossom or Sakura (Japanese kanji: 桜 or 櫻; katakana: サクラ; hiragana: さくら) is the Japanese name for ornamental cherry trees, Prunus serrulata, and their blossoms. Cherry fruit (known as sakuranbo) comes from a different species of tree. Sakura is also a given name. The word "sakura" becomes "zakura", when used in a compound word such as "shidarezakura".

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... that Parimal Garden in Ahmedabad has scrap-metal monkeys?
... that the Shakespeare garden in Wessington Springs, South Dakota, was the first of its kind in the state?
... 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 none of the actors in Poppy Garden, a film depicting a father and son's struggle for survival during the Colombian conflict, had previously acted in a film?
... 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 Tucker Hall and Ewell Hall sit on either side of the Sunken Garden on the College of William & Mary's campus?
... that a "bat ensnared by a plant" was discovered in the garden of the Palestine Museum of Natural History?
... 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?

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