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

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Banksia integrifolia subsp. integrifolia

Banksia integrifolia, commonly known as the coast banksia, is a species of tree that grows along the east coast of Australia. One of the most widely distributed Banksia species, it occurs between Victoria and Central Queensland in a broad range of habitats, from coastal dunes to mountains. It is highly variable in form, but is most often encountered as a tree up to 25 metres (82 ft) in height. Its leaves have dark green upper surfaces and white undersides, a contrast that can be striking on windy days.

It is one of the four original Banksia species collected by Sir Joseph Banks in 1770, and one of four species published in 1782 as part of Carolus Linnaeus the Younger's original description of the genus. It has had a complicated taxonomic history, with numerous species and varieties ascribed to it, only to be rejected or promoted to separate species. Modern taxonomy recognises three subspecies: B. integrifolia subsp. integrifolia, B. integrifolia subsp. compar and B. integrifolia subsp. monticola. (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 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 Ardwall House has a garden ornament in the form of an early mediaeval Pictish slab inscribed with a Celtic cross?
... that Parimal Garden in Ahmedabad has scrap-metal monkeys?
... that Nusrati attributes the virtues of a good ruler to his patron Ali Adil Shah II in The Rose Garden of Love?
... that Monmouth Coffee Company in Covent Garden was one of the foundations for the third wave of coffee in London?
... that Nizza in central Frankfurt is one of the largest gardens of Mediterranean plants north of the Alps, thanks to its very warm microclimate?
... that the Shakespeare garden in Wessington Springs, South Dakota, was the first of its kind in the state?
... that the New Zealand Geographic Board initially rejected the name of the Garden of Eden Ice Plateau for being biblical in origin?

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