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

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The Privy Garden of the Palace of Whitehall was a large enclosed space in Westminster, London, that was originally a pleasure garden used by the late Tudor and Stuart monarchs of England. It was created under Henry VIII and was expanded and improved under his successors, but lost its royal patronage after the Palace of Whitehall was almost totally destroyed by fire in 1698.

From the start of the 18th century onwards, the garden went through major changes as it fell into neglect. It was painted in 1747 by Canaletto during a period of transition, as Westminster was being transformed by the construction of new buildings and roads. By the start of the 19th century it had been redeveloped as the site for a row of townhouses, some of which were occupied by prime ministers seeking homes near the government buildings nearby. The last remnants of the Privy Garden were destroyed in 1938 during the construction of government offices on the site of the present Ministry of Defence Main Building. (Full article...)

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Maize

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Maize (/ˈmeɪz/) (Zea mays L. ssp. mays), known as corn in the Americas and Australia, is a cereal grain that was domesticated in Mesoamerica and then spread throughout the American continents. Maize spread to the rest of the world after the European colonization of the Americas in the late 15th century and early 16th century.

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... that controversy ensued when the painting Pleasure Garden was offered to the Robert McDougall Art Gallery?
... that the uncommon Florida lichen species Gyalectidium yahriae was named after Rebecca Yahr of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in Scotland?
... that Ardwall House has a garden ornament in the form of an early mediaeval Pictish slab inscribed with a Celtic cross?
... that much of what we know of medieval gardens comes from illuminated manuscripts?
... that Elisabeth Whittle, a garden historian, considers the gardens at Powis Castle to be the most important and magnificent in Wales?
... that the Cranford Rose Garden at Brooklyn Botanic Garden was cited as having 1,200 varieties of roses?
... that Chinese Garden MRT station did not originally have access to the Chinese Garden?
... that Parimal Garden in Ahmedabad has scrap-metal monkeys?

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