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

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Historic Michigan Boulevard District and Randolph Street streetwalls from Lurie Garden

Lurie Garden is a 2.5-acre (10,000 m²) garden located at the southern end of Millennium Park in the Loop area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Designed by GGN (Gustafson Guthrie Nichol), Piet Oudolf, and Robert Israel, it opened on July 16, 2004. The garden is a combination of perennials, bulbs, native prairie grasses, shrubs and trees. It is the featured nature component of the world's largest green roof. The garden cost $13.2 million and has a $10 million endowment for maintenance and upkeep. It was named after Ann Lurie, who donated the $10 million endowment. For visitors, the garden features guided walks, lectures, interactive demonstrations, family festivals and picnics.

The Garden is composed of two "plates" protected on two sides by large hedges. The dark plate depicts Chicago's history by presenting shade-loving plant material. The dark plate has a combination of trees that will provide a shade canopy for these plants when they fill in. The light plate, which includes no trees, represents the city's future with sun-loving perennials that thrive in the heat and the sun. (Full article...)

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Bonsai trident maple in the root over rock style.

Acer buergerianum

Credit: USDA photo by Peggy Greb

Part of the Penjing collection at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum, this trident maple, Acer buergerianum, has its roots growing over a rock and its foliage and stems trimmed in the shape of a dragon.

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... that Chinese Garden MRT station did not originally have access to the Chinese Garden?
... that the small flowers that give Aquilegia parviflora its name make it unpopular with gardeners?
... that the Cranford Rose Garden at Brooklyn Botanic Garden was cited as having 1,200 varieties of roses?
... that Xu Garden was created by community residents grateful to their local warlord?
... that the firm of Israel Sack supplied American antiques to leading private collectors and museums, including the Winterthur Museum, The Henry Ford, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
... that controversy ensued when the painting Pleasure Garden was offered to the Robert McDougall Art Gallery?
... that a "bat ensnared by a plant" was discovered in the garden of the Palestine Museum of Natural History?
... that the Shakespeare garden in Wessington Springs, South Dakota, was the first of its kind in the state?

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