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

Image 1Silvopasture over the years (Australia) (from Agroforestry)
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 3Real Alcázar de Sevilla (from History of gardening)
Image 4Garden chairs in Rosenneuheitengarten Beutig in Baden-Baden, Germany (from Garden design)
Image 5Contemporary garden (from Garden design)
Image 6Engraving from a 1774 edition of La pratique du jardinage, a treatise on gardening by Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville. (from Garden writing)
Image 7Map showing the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (from History of gardening)
Image 8Giverny (from History of gardening)
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The Mughal and English-style garden leading to the Taj Mahal.
(from History of gardening)
Image 10The 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 11Hindu Rajput-style courtyard garden at Amer Fort. (from History of gardening)
Image 12The flower of an Inga tree. (from Agroforestry)
Image 13Sigiriya in Sri Lanka is one of the oldest landscape gardens in the world. (from History of gardening)
Image 14Maize grown under Faidherbia albida and Borassus akeassii near Banfora, Burkina Faso (from Agroforestry)
Image 15The park at Drottningholm Palace (from History of gardening)
Image 16Gardeners gardening at Jetavana, Bodh Gaya 2nd–1st BC (from History of gardening)
Image 17Water garden at Lake Palace. (from History of gardening)
Image 18White Garden at Kensington Palace, a Dutch garden planted as a Color garden (from List of garden types)
Image 19Mughal-style courtyard garden at Agra Fort. (from History of gardening)
Image 20Contour planting integrated with animal grazing on Taylor's Run farm, Australia (from Agroforestry)
Image 21The Muskau Park (from History of gardening)
Image 22The Shalamar Gardens, Lahore, Pakistan (from Garden design)
Image 23A rock garden in Seiganji, Maibara, Shiga prefecture, Japan (from Garden design)
Image 24Andalusian Patio of Córdoba, Spain (from Garden design)
Image 25Frogner Park (from History of gardening)
Image 26Robert Hart's forest garden in Shropshire (from Agroforestry)
Image 27Villa d'Este (from History of gardening)
Image 28Parc de Bagatelle, a rose garden in Paris (from List of garden types)
Image 29Robert Hart, forest gardening pioneer (from Agroforestry)
Image 30Alley cropping corn fields between rows of walnut trees (from Agroforestry)
Image 31Jade Belt Bridge, a moon bridge at the Summer Palace, Beijing (from History of gardening)
Image 32Toyohiko Kagawa, forest farming pioneer (from Agroforestry)
Image 33Scale model of the Fallingwater building, Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh (from History of gardening)
Image 34Young man waters a newly planted tree in Mali (2010) (from Agroforestry)
Image 35Park in Kuskovo (from History of gardening)
Image 36Triton Lake at Powerscourt Gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 37Sofiero Palace garden (from History of gardening)
Image 38Hortus conclusus depicted by the Upper Rhenish Master (from History of gardening)
Image 39Łazienki Park (from History of gardening)
Image 40Alignment of several compost piles on a composting facility in France (from Garden design)
Image 41Reflection of the Bagh-e Narenjestan (orange garden) and the Khaneh Ghavam (Ghavam house) at Shiraz, Iran (Persian garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 42Contemporary garden in Colchester, United Kingdom (from History of gardening)
Image 43Nishat Bagh, terrace garden at Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (Mughal Gardens) (from List of garden types)
Image 44Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brasil (from History of gardening)
Image 45A temperate Syntropic system in Dordogne France, including heavily mulched Sunflower plants. (from Agroforestry)
Image 46Colour plate from Some English Gardens (1904) by Gertrude Jekyll. (from Garden writing)
Image 47The seven layers of the forest garden (from Agroforestry)
Image 48A riparian buffer bordering a river in Iowa (from Agroforestry)
Image 49Inspired by Islamic/Moorish gardens, the Patio de la Acequia (Courtyard of the Canal), Generalife, Granada, Spain (from Garden design)
Image 50Sheffield Park Garden, a landscape garden originally laid out in the 18th century by Capability Brown (from History of gardening)
Image 51Moata Lake and Saffron Garden, exhibit ancient Indian garden styles. (from History of gardening)
Image 52Autumn colours at Stourhead, an English landscape garden (from List of garden types)
Image 53A plan of a formal garden for a country estate in Wales, 1765 (from Garden design)
Image 54Roses, clematis, a thatched roof: a cottage garden in Brittany (from Garden design)
Image 55Labyrinth maze of Barvaux, Durbuy, Belgium (from List of garden types)
Image 56Elswout (from History of gardening)
Image 57Katsura Imperial Villa (from History of gardening)
Image 58Sōraku-en gardens (Japanese garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 59Curved garden paths are a common form of hardscaping (from Garden design)
Image 60Oranienbaum, the Grand Menshikov Palace gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 61Contemporary water feature (from Garden design)
Image 62Roof garden on the top deck of a multi-storey car park, Edgedale Neighbourhood, Punggol, Singapore (from List of garden types)
Image 63Kuojtakiloyan (from Agroforestry)
Image 64The 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 65Shade-grown coffee (Coffea arabica) in Sierra Norte of Puebla (from Agroforestry)
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 67Jardín del Generalife de Granada (Spanish garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 68Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar, depicting a water way (from History of gardening)
Image 69Alley cropping of maize and sweet chestnut, Dordogne, France (from Agroforestry)
Image 70Hawkwell Field with Gothic temple, Cobham monument and Palladian bridge at Stowe House (from History of gardening)
Image 71Sigirya gardens in Sri Lanka. (from History of gardening)
Image 72Garden lighting in Kampala, Uganda (from Garden design)
Image 73King Bimbisara of Magadha visits the Bamboo Garden (Venuvana) in Rajagriha; artwork from Sanchi. (from History of gardening)
Image 74White garden at Hidcote Manor Garden, one of several garden rooms there. (from History of gardening)
Image 75Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London (from List of garden types)
Image 76Stepping stones in Kiyosumi Garden, in Fukagawa, Tokyo (from History of gardening)
Image 77The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, a sculpture garden in Dumfriesshire, Scotland (from List of garden types)
Image 78
The Renaissance style gardens at Chateau Villandry.
(from History of gardening)
Image 79Ryoan-ji (late 15th century) in Kyoto, Japan, the most famous example of a Zen rock garden (from List of garden types)

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Alfred D. Robinson (1866–1942) and his wife Marion James Robinson (1873–1919) were wealthy residents of San Diego, California known for their impact on gardening and the cultivation of flowers, particularly begonias. Their extensive home garden was used to propagate and develop more than 100 new varieties of ornamental flowers and was later opened to the public as Rosecroft Begonia Gardens. Rosecroft was the name of their estate in the Point Loma neighborhood of San Diego. The residence, built for them in 1912, is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (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 a "bat ensnared by a plant" was discovered in the garden of the Palestine Museum of Natural History?
... 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 the uncommon Florida lichen species Gyalectidium yahriae was named after Rebecca Yahr of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in Scotland?
... that former New Jersey first lady Lucinda Florio restored the Italianate gardens at Drumthwacket?
... 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 Xu Garden was created by community residents grateful to their local warlord?
... that Tucker Hall and Ewell Hall sit on either side of the Sunken Garden on the College of William & Mary's campus?
... 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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