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

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Pollarding is a pruning system involving the removal of the upper branches of a tree, which promotes the growth of a dense head of foliage and branches. In ancient Rome, Propertius mentioned pollarding during the 1st century BCE. The practice has occurred commonly in Europe since medieval times, and takes place today in urban areas worldwide, primarily to maintain trees at a determined height or to place new shoots out of the reach of grazing animals.

Traditionally, people pollarded trees for one of two reasons: for fodder to feed livestock or for wood. Fodder pollards produced "pollard hay" for livestock feed; they were pruned at intervals of two to six years so their leafy material would be most abundant. Wood pollards were pruned at longer intervals of eight to fifteen years, a pruning cycle tending to produce upright poles favored for fencing and boat construction. Supple young willow or hazel branches may be harvested as material for weaving baskets, fences, and garden constructions such as bowers. Nowadays, the practice is sometimes used for ornamental trees, such as crape myrtles in southern states of the US. (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 the Akinada Tobishima Kaido, an island-hopping road, was named after its resemblance to stepping stones in a garden?
... that Nusrati attributes the virtues of a good ruler to his patron Ali Adil Shah II in The Rose Garden of Love?
... that Parimal Garden in Ahmedabad has scrap-metal monkeys?
... that Mel Bartholomew, who developed the time-saving square foot gardening method, said that he gardened "with a salad bowl in mind, not a wheelbarrow"?
... that Xu Garden was created by community residents grateful to their local warlord?
... that a "bat ensnared by a plant" was discovered in the garden of the Palestine Museum of Natural History?
... that Tucker Hall and Ewell Hall sit on either side of the Sunken Garden on the College of William & Mary's campus?
... that Ardwall House has a garden ornament in the form of an early mediaeval Pictish slab inscribed with a Celtic cross?

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