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

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The Cișmigiu Gardens or Cișmigiu Park (Romanian: Grădinile Cișmigiu or Parcul Cișmigiu) are a public park in the center of Bucharest, Romania, spanning areas on all sides of an artificial lake. The gardens' creation was an important moment in the history of Bucharest. They form the oldest and, at 14.6 hectares (36 acres), the largest park in city's central area.

The main entrance is from Elisabeta Boulevard, in front of the General City Hall of Bucharest; there is another major entrance at the Știrbei Vodă Street, near the Crețulescu Palace. The southwestern corner of the park is adjacent to the prestigious Gheorghe Lazăr National College. The park attracts an average of 5,100 visitors on a weekend day. (Full article...)

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Lantana camara

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Lantana is a genus of about 150 species of perennial plants, native to tropical regions of the Americas and Africa, and existing as an imported plant in numerous areas, especially in the Australian - Pacific region. The genus includes both herbaceous plants and shrubs growing to 0.5 m to 2 m tall. Their common names are shrub verbenas or lantanas.

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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 Nusrati attributes the virtues of a good ruler to his patron Ali Adil Shah II in The Rose Garden of Love?
... that the orange stonecrop is a successful garden escapee?
... that Xu Garden was created by community residents grateful to their local warlord?
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... that the Caucasian stonecrop frequently escapes, perhaps through birds or garden waste?

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