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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 1Engraving from a 1774 edition of La pratique du jardinage, a treatise on gardening by Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville. (from Garden writing)
Image 2The 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 3White garden at Hidcote Manor Garden, one of several garden rooms there (from History of gardening)
Image 4Silvopasture over the years (Australia) (from Agroforestry)
Image 5A pear orchard near Faversham (from Agroforestry)
Image 6Contemporary garden in Colchester, United Kingdom (from History of gardening)
Image 7Kuojtakiloyan (from Agroforestry)
Image 8Garden lighting in Kampala, Uganda (from Garden design)
Image 9Triton Lake at Powerscourt Gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 10Stepping stones in Kiyosumi Garden, in Fukagawa, Tokyo (from History of gardening)
Image 11Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar, depicting a water way (from History of gardening)
Image 12Jardín del Generalife de Granada (Spanish garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 13The 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 14Hortus conclusus depicted by the Upper Rhenish Master (from History of gardening)
Image 15Frogner Park (from History of gardening)
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The Mughal and English-style garden leading to the Taj Mahal
(from History of gardening)
Image 17Autumn colours at Stourhead, an English landscape garden (from List of garden types)
Image 18Sigirya gardens in Sri Lanka (from History of gardening)
Image 19Hindu Rajput-style courtyard garden at Amer Fort (from History of gardening)
Image 20The food forest atop CapitaSpring in Singapore. (from Agroforestry)
Image 21Roof garden on the top deck of a multi-storey car park, Edgedale Neighbourhood, Punggol, Singapore (from List of garden types)
Image 22Shade-grown coffee (Coffea arabica) in Sierra Norte of Puebla (from Agroforestry)
Image 23A plan of a formal garden for a country estate in Wales, 1765 (from Garden design)
Image 24Moata Lake and Saffron Garden, exhibit ancient Indian garden styles (from History of gardening)
Image 25A temperate Syntropic system in Dordogne France, including heavily mulched sunflower plants (from Agroforestry)
Image 26Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London (from List of garden types)
Image 27Labyrinth maze of Barvaux, Durbuy, Belgium (from List of garden types)
Image 28Maize grown under Faidherbia albida and Borassus akeassii near Banfora, Burkina Faso (from Agroforestry)
Image 29The seven layers of the forest garden (from Agroforestry)
Image 30Robert Hart, forest gardening pioneer (from Agroforestry)
Image 31Map showing the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (from History of gardening)
Image 32Oranienbaum, the Grand Menshikov Palace gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 33Scale model of the Fallingwater building, Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh (from History of gardening)
Image 34Inspired by Islamic/Moorish gardens, the Patio de la Acequia (Courtyard of the Canal), Generalife, Granada, Spain (from Garden design)
Image 35A riparian buffer bordering a river in Iowa (from Agroforestry)
Image 36Katsura Imperial Villa (from History of gardening)
Image 37Contemporary garden (from Garden design)
Image 38Sofiero Palace garden (from History of gardening)
Image 39The park at Drottningholm Palace (from History of gardening)
Image 40Andalusian Patio of Córdoba, Spain (from Garden design)
Image 41Park in Kuskovo (from History of gardening)
Image 42Giverny (from History of gardening)
Image 43Alignment of several compost piles on a composting facility in France (from Garden design)
Image 44The 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 45Parc de Bagatelle, a rose garden in Paris (from List of garden types)
Image 46Villa d'Este (from History of gardening)
Image 47Reflection of the Bagh-e Narenjestan (orange garden) and the Khaneh Ghavam (Ghavam house) at Shiraz, Iran (Persian garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 48Hawkwell Field with Gothic temple, Cobham monument and Palladian bridge at Stowe House (from History of gardening)
Image 49Curved garden paths are a common form of hardscaping (from Garden design)
Image 50Ryoan-ji (late 15th century) in Kyoto, Japan, the most famous example of a Zen rock garden (from List of garden types)

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The Australian Inland Botanic Gardens (AIBG; previously: Sunraysia Oasis Botanical Gardens) is a botanical garden in Mourquong, in the Wentworth Shire of south-west New South Wales. The city of Mildura and the Murray River are nearby.

AIBG is the Southern Hemisphere's first semi-arid botanical gardens. Its specialization in arid-adapted species is unique among New South Wales and Victoria botanic gardens. (Full article...)

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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 the Caucasian stonecrop frequently escapes, perhaps through birds or garden waste?
... that Ōtari-Wilton's Bush is the only public botanic garden in New Zealand that is entirely dedicated to native plants?
... that popular garden plants like malfurada often escape from cultivation and become invasive?
... that the small flowers that give Aquilegia parviflora its name make it unpopular with gardeners?
... that bored soldiers during the siege of Ak-Mechet began stealing watermelons from gardens outside the enemy fortress?
... that whistleblower and self-confessed ex-hitman Edgar Matobato fled the Philippines with a fake passport while posing as a gardener?
... that QuizKnock created puzzle games for the Imperial Palace East Garden?
... that the Akinada Tobishima Kaido, an island-hopping road, was named after its resemblance to stepping stones in a garden?

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