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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, technology, art, and business of cultivating and using plants to improve human life. Horticulturists and Horticultural Scientists create global solutions for safe, sustainable, nutritious food and healthy, restorative, and beautiful environments. This definition is seen in its etymology, which is derived from the Latin words hortus, which means "garden" and cultura which means "to cultivate". There are various divisions of horticulture because plants are grown for a variety of purposes. These divisions include, but are not limited to: gardening, plant production/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 1Elswout (from History of gardening)
Image 2Sheffield Park Garden, a landscape garden originally laid out in the 18th century by Capability Brown (from History of gardening)
Image 3Andalusian Patio of Córdoba, Spain (from Garden design)
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 5Triton Lake at Powerscourt Gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 6A rock garden in Seiganji, Maibara, Shiga prefecture, Japan (from Garden design)
Image 7Giverny (from History of gardening)
Image 8Hindu Rajput-style courtyard garden at Amer Fort. (from History of gardening)
Image 9The 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 10The seven layers of the forest garden (from Forest gardening)
Image 11Frogner Park (from History of gardening)
Image 12The park at Drottningholm Palace (from History of gardening)
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The Mughal and English-style garden leading to the Taj Mahal.
(from History of gardening)
Image 14Parc de Bagatelle, a rose garden in Paris (from List of garden types)
Image 15Real Alcázar de Sevilla (from History of gardening)
Image 16Mughal-style courtyard garden at Agra Fort. (from History of gardening)
Image 17The 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 18Colour plate from Some English Gardens (1904) by Gertrude Jekyll. (from Garden writing)
Image 19Contemporary garden in Colchester, United Kingdom (from History of gardening)
Image 20Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar, depicting a water way (from History of gardening)
Image 21White garden at Hidcote Manor Garden, one of several garden rooms there. (from History of gardening)
Image 22Jardín del Generalife de Granada (Spanish garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 23The Muskau Park (from History of gardening)
Image 24White Garden at Kensington Palace, a Dutch garden planted as a Color garden (from List of garden types)
Image 25Reflection of the Bagh-e Narenjestan (orange garden) and the Khaneh Ghavam (Ghavam house) at Shiraz, Iran (Persian garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 26Katsura Imperial Villa (from History of gardening)
Image 27Hortus conclusus depicted by the Upper Rhenish Master (from History of gardening)
Image 28Villa d'Este (from History of gardening)
Image 29Oranienbaum, the Grand Menshikov Palace gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 30Sofiero Palace garden (from History of gardening)
Image 31Water garden at Lake Palace. (from History of gardening)
Image 32Nishat Bagh, terrace garden at Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (Mughal Gardens) (from List of garden types)
Image 33Łazienki Park (from History of gardening)
Image 34Robert Hart's forest garden in Shropshire (from Forest gardening)
Image 35Alignment of several compost piles on a composting facility in France (from Garden design)
Image 36
The Renaissance style gardens at Chateau Villandry.
(from History of gardening)
Image 37Garden lighting in Kampala, Uganda (from Garden design)
Image 38Stepping stones in Kiyosumi Garden, in Fukagawa, Tokyo (from History of gardening)
Image 39Labyrinth maze of Barvaux, Durbuy, Belgium (from List of garden types)
Image 40Sigirya gardens in Sri Lanka. (from History of gardening)
Image 41A plan of a formal garden for a country estate in Wales, 1765 (from Garden design)
Image 42Autumn colours at Stourhead, an English landscape garden (from List of garden types)
Image 43Jade Belt Bridge, a moon bridge at the Summer Palace, Beijing (from History of gardening)
Image 44Gardeners gardening at Jetavana, Bodh Gaya 2nd–1st BC (from History of gardening)
Image 45The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, a sculpture garden in Dumfriesshire, Scotland (from List of garden types)
Image 46Park in Kuskovo (from History of gardening)
Image 47Ryoan-ji (late 15th century) in Kyoto, Japan, the most famous example of a Zen rock garden (from List of garden types)
Image 48The 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 49Curved garden paths are a common form of hardscaping (from Garden design)
Image 50Roof garden on the top deck of a multi-storey car park, Edgedale Neighbourhood, Punggol, Singapore (from List of garden types)
Image 51Scale model of the Fallingwater building, Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh (from History of gardening)
Image 52Moata Lake and Saffron Garden, exhibit ancient Indian garden styles. (from History of gardening)
Image 53The Shalamar Gardens, Lahore, Pakistan (from Garden design)
Image 54Sigiriya in Sri Lanka is one of the oldest landscape gardens in the world. (from History of gardening)
Image 55Opening 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 56Robert Hart, forest gardening pioneer (from Forest gardening)
Image 57Hawkwell Field with Gothic temple, Cobham monument and Palladian bridge at Stowe House (from History of gardening)
Image 58Map showing the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (from History of gardening)
Image 59King Bimbisara of Magadha visits the Bamboo Garden (Venuvana) in Rajagriha; artwork from Sanchi. (from History of gardening)
Image 60Garden chairs in Rosenneuheitengarten Beutig in Baden-Baden, Germany (from Garden design)
Image 61Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London (from List of garden types)
Image 62Sōraku-en gardens (Japanese garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 63Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brasil (from History of gardening)
Image 64Inspired by Islamic/Moorish gardens, the Patio de la Acequia (Courtyard of the Canal), Generalife, Granada, Spain (from Garden design)
Image 65Roses, clematis, a thatched roof: a cottage garden in Brittany (from Garden design)
Image 66Contemporary water feature (from Garden design)
Image 67Contemporary garden (from Garden design)

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Queens Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located at 43-50 Main Street in Flushing, Queens, New York City. The 39-acre (16 ha) site features rose, bee, herb, wedding, and perennial gardens; an arboretum; an art gallery; and a LEED-certified Visitor & Administration Building. Queens Botanical Garden is located on property owned by the City of New York, and is funded from several public and private sources. It is operated by Queens Botanical Garden Society, Inc.

Queens Botanical Garden was created as part of the 1939 New York World's Fair and was originally located in nearby Flushing Meadows–Corona Park. It moved to its current location, a landfilled area east of Flushing Meadows Park, in 1963 in preparation for the 1964 New York World's Fair. Since then, the Queens Botanical Garden has continued to expand, with programming targeted at residents of surrounding community. In 2001, the Queens Botanical Garden Society published a master plan for a renovation of the garden, centered around the garden's location above the underground Kissena Creek. Several improvements were made over the following years, including the construction of a new environmentally friendly parking lot and administration building. (Full article...)

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kavindraCherry Blossom or Sakura (Japanese kanji: 桜 or 櫻; katakana: サクラ; hiragana: さくら) is the Japanese name for ornamental cherry trees, Prunus serrulata, and their blossoms. Cherry fruit (known as sakuranbo) comes from a different species of tree. Sakura is also a given name. The word "sakura" becomes "zakura", when used in a compound word such as "shidarezakura".

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... that the peak period in England for formal closed canals in gardens was from about the 1690s to 1720s?
... that Parimal Garden in Ahmedabad has scrap-metal monkeys?
... that former New Jersey first lady Lucinda Florio restored the Italianate gardens at Drumthwacket?
... that none of the actors in Poppy Garden, a film depicting a father and son's struggle for survival during the Colombian conflict, had previously acted in a film?
... that Monmouth Coffee Company in Covent Garden was one of the foundations for the third wave of coffee in London?
... that Vita Sackville-West described the garden rooms she created at Sissinghurst as "a series of escapes from the world, giving the impression of cumulative escape"?
... that Bulandshahr's ornate Garden Gate was built on the site of a "filthy" drainage ravine?
... 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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