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Introduction

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 (from Latin: horti + culture) is the art and science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs and 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 on the part of the horticulturist. (Full article...)

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

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Pollarding is a pruning system involving the removal of the upper branches of a tree, which promotes the growth of a dense head of foliage and branches. In ancient Rome, Propertius mentioned pollarding during the 1st century BCE. The practice has occurred commonly in Europe since medieval times, and takes place today in urban areas worldwide, primarily to maintain trees at a determined height or to place new shoots out of the reach of grazing animals.

Traditionally, people pollarded trees for one of two reasons: for fodder to feed livestock or for wood. Fodder pollards produced "pollard hay" for livestock feed; they were pruned at intervals of two to six years so their leafy material would be most abundant. Wood pollards were pruned at longer intervals of eight to fifteen years, a pruning cycle tending to produce upright poles favored for fencing and boat construction. Supple young willow or hazel branches may be harvested as material for weaving baskets, fences, and garden constructions such as bowers. Nowadays, the practice is sometimes used for ornamental trees, such as crape myrtles in southern states of the US. (Full article...)

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Cherry blossom

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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 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 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 tea-garden labour leader Prem Oraon lost his right leg in 1970 during a protest against a factory closure?
... that controversy ensued when the painting Pleasure Garden was offered to the Robert McDougall Art Gallery?
... that Elisabeth Whittle, a garden historian, considers the gardens at Powis Castle to be the most important and magnificent in Wales?
... that much of what we know of medieval gardens comes from illuminated manuscripts?
... that bored soldiers during the siege of Ak-Mechet began stealing watermelons from gardens outside the enemy fortress?
... that popular garden plants like malfurada often escape from cultivation and become invasive?

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