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Introduction

A gardener maintaining topiary in Tulcán, Ecuador

Gardening is the process of growing plants for their vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs, or ornamental purposes 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 (from Latin: horti + culture) is the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants. Horticulture is distinct from conventional plant agriculture through its emphasis on the artistic and landscaped expressions of plant cultivation, in addition to various crops being grown in scientifically informed controlled environments such as greenhouse and intensive outdoor systems unlike industrial large-scale agronomic systems and field mechanization. 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 on the part of the horticulturist. (Full article...)

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The following are images from various gardening-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Robert Hart's forest garden in Shropshire. (from Agroforestry)
Image 2Garden chairs in Rosenneuheitengarten Beutig in Baden-Baden, Germany (from Garden design)
Image 3Contemporary garden in Colchester, United Kingdom (from History of gardening)
Image 4Triton Lake at Powerscourt Gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 5Moata Lake and Saffron Garden, exhibit ancient Indian garden styles (from History of gardening)
Image 6Labyrinth maze of Barvaux, Durbuy, Belgium (from List of garden types)
Image 7Alignment of several compost piles on a composting facility in France (from Garden design)
Image 8Sōraku-en gardens (Japanese garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 9Villa d'Este (from History of gardening)
Image 10Sigirya gardens in Sri Lanka (from History of gardening)
Image 11Łazienki Park (from History of gardening)
Image 12Inspired by Islamic/Moorish gardens, the Patio de la Acequia (Courtyard of the Canal), Generalife, Granada, Spain (from Garden design)
Image 13Opening 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 14Contemporary garden (from Garden design)
Image 15Autumn colours at Stourhead, an English landscape garden (from List of garden types)
Image 16Colour plate from Some English Gardens (1904) by Gertrude Jekyll. (from Garden writing)
Image 17
The Mughal and English-style garden leading to the Taj Mahal
(from History of gardening)
Image 18Hindu Rajput-style courtyard garden at Amer Fort (from History of gardening)
Image 19The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, a sculpture garden in Dumfriesshire, Scotland (from List of garden types)
Image 20Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brasil (from History of gardening)
Image 21Frogner Park (from History of gardening)
Image 22A riparian buffer bordering a river in Iowa (from Agroforestry)
Image 23A rock garden in Seiganji, Maibara, Shiga prefecture, Japan (from Garden design)
Image 24Stepping stones in Kiyosumi Garden, in Fukagawa, Tokyo (from History of gardening)
Image 25Jardín del Generalife de Granada (Spanish garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 26Giverny (from History of gardening)
Image 27Alley cropping corn fields between rows of walnut trees (from Agroforestry)
Image 28Robert Hart, forest gardening pioneer (from Agroforestry)
Image 29A plan of a formal garden for a country estate in Wales, 1765 (from Garden design)
Image 30Roses, clematis, a thatched roof: a cottage garden in Brittany (from Garden design)
Image 31Garden lighting in Kampala, Uganda (from Garden design)
Image 32White Garden at Kensington Palace, a Dutch garden planted as a Color garden (from List of garden types)
Image 33Hortus conclusus depicted by the Upper Rhenish Master (from History of gardening)
Image 34The park at Drottningholm Palace (from History of gardening)
Image 35Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar, depicting a water way (from History of gardening)
Image 36The 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 37Elswout (from History of gardening)
Image 38Curved garden paths are a common form of hardscaping (from Garden design)
Image 39Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London (from List of garden types)
Image 40King Bimbisara of Magadha visits the Bamboo Garden (Venuvana) in Rajagriha; artwork from Sanchi. (from History of gardening)
Image 41Engraving from a 1774 edition of La pratique du jardinage, a treatise on gardening by Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville. (from Garden writing)
Image 42Sheffield Park Garden, a landscape garden originally laid out in the 18th century by Capability Brown (from History of gardening)
Image 43Real Alcázar de Sevilla (from History of gardening)
Image 44Kuojtakiloyan (from Agroforestry)
Image 45White garden at Hidcote Manor Garden, one of several garden rooms there (from History of gardening)
Image 46Mughal-style courtyard garden at Agra Fort (from History of gardening)
Image 47Water garden at Lake Palace (from History of gardening)
Image 48Gardeners gardening at Jetavana, Bodh Gaya, 2nd–1st centuries BC (from History of gardening)
Image 49Contemporary water feature (from Garden design)
Image 50
The Renaissance style gardens at Chateau Villandry
(from History of gardening)

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Palm House and flower bed

Botanic Gardens is a public garden in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Occupying 28 acres (110,000 m²) of south Belfast, the gardens are popular with office workers, students and tourists. They are located on Stranmillis Road with Queen's University nearby. The Ulster Museum is located at the main entrance. (Full article...)

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Lantana camara

Credit: Alvesgaspar

Lantana is a genus of about 150 species of perennial plants, native to tropical regions of the Americas and Africa, and existing as an imported plant in numerous areas, especially in the Australian - Pacific region. The genus includes both herbaceous plants and shrubs growing to 0.5 m to 2 m tall. Their common names are shrub verbenas or lantanas.

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... that after losing a Shanghai mansion to the Empire of Japan in World War II, British hotelier Victor Sassoon abandoned repossession plans following a communist takeover?
... that Baháʼí Houses of Worship are nine-sided, with nine gardens and nine pathways, because the number nine is symbolically significant in the Baháʼí Faith?
... that the gardens around the Cenotaph in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, a monument erected after the First World War, are a popular resting spot for locals?
... that the orange stonecrop is a successful garden escapee?
... that the Cranford Rose Garden at Brooklyn Botanic Garden was cited as having 1,200 varieties of roses?
... that much of what we know of medieval gardens comes from illuminated manuscripts?
... that the Caucasian stonecrop frequently escapes, perhaps through birds or garden waste?
... that bored soldiers during the siege of Ak-Mechet began stealing watermelons from gardens outside the enemy fortress?

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