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

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Human cultivation and use of saffron spans more than 3,500 years and extends across cultures, continents, and civilizations. Saffron, a spice derived from the dried stigmas of the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus), has through history remained among the world's most costly substances. With its bitter taste, hay-like fragrance, and slight metallic notes, the apocarotenoid-rich saffron has been used as a seasoning, fragrance, dye, and medicine.

The wild precursor of domesticated saffron crocus was likely Crocus cartwrightianus, a plant native to mainland Greece, Euboea, Crete, Skyros and some islands of the Cyclades. This species has been used as a wild source of saffron. A study reported in 2019 that the authors considered that a cross between two cytotypes of Crocus cartwrightianus was responsible for the emergence of Crocus sativus. This was probably a unique or very rare event as there is no genetic diversity in commercial saffron today. Another study in 2019 showed that a population of Crocus cartwrightianus near Athens in Attica was the closest match to the theoretical ancestors of Crocus sativus. (Full article...)

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Bonsai trident maple in the root over rock style.

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 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 The Lord of the Ice Garden, a Polish novel series mixing elements of fantasy and science fiction, has been compared to The Witcher?
... that a "bat ensnared by a plant" was discovered in the garden of the Palestine Museum of Natural History?
... that the uncommon Florida lichen species Gyalectidium yahriae was named after Rebecca Yahr of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in Scotland?
... that in 2023, a sculpture garden in Praunheim displayed abstract works by Hans Steinbrenner from different periods of his life, and corresponding works by his friends and students?
... 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 Nusrati attributes the virtues of a good ruler to his patron Ali Adil Shah II in The Rose Garden of Love?
... that actress Katharine Hepburn threatened to remove her name from a garden in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza when New York City officials said they would not widen the plaza?

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