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Introduction

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

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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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Syringa

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Syringa vulgaris (Lilac or Common Lilac) is a species of Syringa in the olive family, Oleaceae, native to the Balkans in southeastern Europe, where it grows on rocky hills. Lilacs are a very common ornamental plant found in gardens and parks, because of the attractive, sweet smell of its flowers. Most garden plants are cultivars, with flowers varying from white to dark lilac; some have double flowers with the stamens replaced by extra petals.

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... that "Go New York Go" has energized New York Knicks fans at Madison Square Garden since 1993?
... that the Cranford Rose Garden at Brooklyn Botanic Garden was cited as having 1,200 varieties of roses?
... that controversy ensued when the painting Pleasure Garden was offered to the Robert McDougall Art Gallery?
... that Michael Gardener preached a sermon in Inuktitut even though he did not yet understand the language?
... that Saint Sadalberga used telepathy to "order lettuce from her gardener", according to a story from her vita?
... that Ōtari-Wilton's Bush is the only public botanic garden in New Zealand that is entirely dedicated to native plants?
... that the Caucasian stonecrop frequently escapes, perhaps through birds or garden waste?
... that Tucker Hall and Ewell Hall sit on either side of the Sunken Garden on the College of William & Mary's campus?

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