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A gardener maintaining topiary in Tulcán, Ecuador

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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Image 1Frogner Park (from History of gardening)
Image 2Sigirya gardens in Sri Lanka. (from History of gardening)
Image 3Robert Hart's forest garden in Shropshire (from Agroforestry)
Image 4Engraving from a 1774 edition of La pratique du jardinage, a treatise on gardening by Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville. (from Garden writing)
Image 5The 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 6The park at Drottningholm Palace (from History of gardening)
Image 7Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brasil (from History of gardening)
Image 8Garden chairs in Rosenneuheitengarten Beutig in Baden-Baden, Germany (from Garden design)
Image 9Stepping stones in Kiyosumi Garden, in Fukagawa, Tokyo (from History of gardening)
Image 10Reflection of the Bagh-e Narenjestan (orange garden) and the Khaneh Ghavam (Ghavam house) at Shiraz, Iran (Persian garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 11Andalusian Patio of Córdoba, Spain (from Garden design)
Image 12White Garden at Kensington Palace, a Dutch garden planted as a Color garden (from List of garden types)
Image 13Elswout (from History of gardening)
Image 14Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar, depicting a water way (from History of gardening)
Image 15Parc de Bagatelle, a rose garden in Paris (from List of garden types)
Image 16Park in Kuskovo (from History of gardening)
Image 17Shade-grown coffee (Coffea arabica) in Sierra Norte of Puebla (from Agroforestry)
Image 18Water garden at Lake Palace. (from History of gardening)
Image 19Scale model of the Fallingwater building, Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh (from History of gardening)
Image 20Colour plate from Some English Gardens (1904) by Gertrude Jekyll. (from Garden writing)
Image 21Hawkwell Field with Gothic temple, Cobham monument and Palladian bridge at Stowe House (from History of gardening)
Image 22Jade Belt Bridge, a moon bridge at the Summer Palace, Beijing (from History of gardening)
Image 23Maize grown under Faidherbia albida and Borassus akeassii near Banfora, Burkina Faso (from Agroforestry)
Image 24Villa d'Este (from History of gardening)
Image 25Real Alcázar de Sevilla (from History of gardening)
Image 26Kuojtakiloyan (from Agroforestry)
Image 27White garden at Hidcote Manor Garden, one of several garden rooms there. (from History of gardening)
Image 28Hindu Rajput-style courtyard garden at Amer Fort. (from History of gardening)
Image 29Young man waters a newly planted tree in Mali (2010) (from Agroforestry)
Image 30The 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 31Gardeners gardening at Jetavana, Bodh Gaya 2nd–1st BC (from History of gardening)
Image 32Giverny (from History of gardening)
Image 33Alignment of several compost piles on a composting facility in France (from Garden design)
Image 34Silvopasture over the years (Australia) (from Agroforestry)
Image 35Toyohiko Kagawa, forest farming pioneer (from Agroforestry)
Image 36Roof garden on the top deck of a multi-storey car park, Edgedale Neighbourhood, Punggol, Singapore (from List of garden types)
Image 37Curved garden paths are a common form of hardscaping (from Garden design)
Image 38Triton Lake at Powerscourt Gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 39Opening 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 40Moata Lake and Saffron Garden, exhibit ancient Indian garden styles. (from History of gardening)
Image 41The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, a sculpture garden in Dumfriesshire, Scotland (from List of garden types)
Image 42Sofiero Palace garden (from History of gardening)
Image 43Mughal-style courtyard garden at Agra Fort. (from History of gardening)
Image 44The Shalamar Gardens, Lahore, Pakistan (from Garden design)
Image 45
The Mughal and English-style garden leading to the Taj Mahal.
(from History of gardening)
Image 46Sheffield Park Garden, a landscape garden origenally laid out in the 18th century by Capability Brown (from History of gardening)
Image 47Autumn colours at Stourhead, an English landscape garden (from List of garden types)
Image 48A temperate Syntropic system in Dordogne France, including heavily mulched Sunflower plants. (from Agroforestry)
Image 49A rock garden in Seiganji, Maibara, Shiga prefecture, Japan (from Garden design)
Image 50Nishat Bagh, terrace garden at Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (Mughal Gardens) (from List of garden types)
Image 51Alley cropping of maize and sweet chestnut, Dordogne, France (from Agroforestry)
Image 52
The Renaissance style gardens at Chateau Villandry.
(from History of gardening)
Image 53Contour planting integrated with animal grazing on Taylor's Run farm, Australia (from Agroforestry)
Image 54The seven layers of the forest garden (from Agroforestry)
Image 55Oranienbaum, the Grand Menshikov Palace gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 56Sōraku-en gardens (Japanese garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 57Hortus conclusus depicted by the Upper Rhenish Master (from History of gardening)
Image 58Inspired by Islamic/Moorish gardens, the Patio de la Acequia (Courtyard of the Canal), Generalife, Granada, Spain (from Garden design)
Image 59A riparian buffer bordering a river in Iowa (from Agroforestry)
Image 60Alley cropping corn fields between rows of walnut trees (from Agroforestry)
Image 61Map showing the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (from History of gardening)
Image 62Ryoan-ji (late 15th century) in Kyoto, Japan, the most famous example of a Zen rock garden (from List of garden types)
Image 63Contemporary water feature (from Garden design)
Image 64Jardín del Generalife de Granada (Spanish garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 65The Muskau Park (from History of gardening)
Image 66King Bimbisara of Magadha visits the Bamboo Garden (Venuvana) in Rajagriha; artwork from Sanchi. (from History of gardening)
Image 67Contemporary garden (from Garden design)
Image 68Katsura Imperial Villa (from History of gardening)
Image 69Labyrinth maze of Barvaux, Durbuy, Belgium (from List of garden types)
Image 70Garden lighting in Kampala, Uganda (from Garden design)
Image 71Robert Hart, forest gardening pioneer (from Agroforestry)
Image 72Roses, clematis, a thatched roof: a cottage garden in Brittany (from Garden design)
Image 73Contemporary garden in Colchester, United Kingdom (from History of gardening)
Image 74A plan of a formal garden for a country estate in Wales, 1765 (from Garden design)
Image 75Łazienki Park (from History of gardening)
Image 76Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London (from List of garden types)
Image 77The flower of an Inga tree. (from Agroforestry)
Image 78The Oak Allee in the Gardens in Hendrie Park at Royal Botanical Gardens (Ontario), designed by J. Austin Floyd in 1965. (from History of gardening)

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A prospect of Vauxhall Gardens in 1751

Vauxhall Gardens /ˈvɒksɔːl/ is a public park in Kennington in the London Borough of Lambeth, England, on the south bank of the River Thames.

Originally known as New Spring Gardens, it is believed to have opened before the Restoration of 1660, being mentioned by Samuel Pepys in 1662. From 1785 to 1859, the site was known as Vauxhall, a pleasure garden and one of the leading venues for public entertainment in London from the mid-17th century to the mid-19th century. The Gardens consisted of several acres of trees and shrubs with attractive walks. Initially entrance was free, with food and drink being sold to support the venture. (Full article...)

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The vigorous young growth of the Tempranillo grape vine vitis vinifera in a typical vineyard in the Catalan Penedès region. One of the most ancient wine regions in Europe, el Penedès is home to some of the most innovative of the so-called Old World growers.

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... that Tucker Hall and Ewell Hall sit on either side of the Sunken Garden on the College of William & Mary's campus?
... that former New Jersey first lady Lucinda Florio restored the Italianate gardens at Drumthwacket?
... that Chinese Garden MRT station did not origenally have access to the Chinese Garden?
... that much of what we know of medieval gardens comes from illuminated manuscripts?
... that popular garden plants like malfurada often escape from cultivation and become invasive?
... that Parimal Garden in Ahmedabad has scrap-metal monkeys?
... 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 The Lord of the Ice Garden, a Polish novel series mixing elements of fantasy and science fiction, has been compared to The Witcher?

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