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

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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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The vigorous young growth of the Tempranillo grape vine vitis vinifera in a typical vineyard in the Catalan Penedès region. One of the most ancient wine regions in Europe, el Penedès is home to some of the most innovative of the so-called Old World growers.

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... 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?
... that Elisabeth Whittle, a garden historian, considers the gardens at Powis Castle to be the most important and magnificent in Wales?
... that Chinese Garden MRT station did not originally have access to the Chinese Garden?
... that the New Zealand Geographic Board initially rejected the name of the Garden of Eden Ice Plateau for being biblical in origin?
... 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 former New Jersey first lady Lucinda Florio restored the Italianate gardens at Drumthwacket?
... 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 Akinada Tobishima Kaido, an island-hopping road, was named after its resemblance to stepping stones in a garden?

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