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Introduction

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". It is important to note that there are various divisions of horticulture because plants are grown for a variety of reasons. In anthropology, horticulture refers to a subsistence strategy characterized by the small-scale, non-industrial cultivation of plants for food. Horticulture is typically small-scale or ornamental, as compared to the larger-scale cultivation of crops that is seen in agriculture. However, there are aspects of horticulture that are industrialized/commercial such as greenhouse production across the globe. (Full article...)

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

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The forerunner of the Working For Gardeners Association was created in 1899. It has had various names including the Women's Farm and Garden Society (WFGS) and the Women's Farm and Garden Union (WFGU). Its original objective was to improve the employment opportunities for women working on the land. During the First World War, it created the Women's National Land Service Corps (WNLSC) in 1916 and recruited 2,000 volunteers. At the WNLSC's suggestion, the government created the Women's Land Army. In 1920, the WFGU was concerned that after the war, women were not being offered the help that men were. It created a cooperative set of small holdings for women in Surrey. During the Second World War, it organised training. The charity organised training courses for both women and men in 2020 under its new working name of the Working For Gardeners Association. (Full article...)

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A picture of a lily flower, Lilium Citronella. Photo taken at the Chanticleer Garden, where its species was identified.

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... that Monmouth Coffee Company in Covent Garden was one of the foundations for the third wave of coffee in London?
... that the runway at the Winter Garden Theatre was nicknamed the "bridge of thighs" after lightly clothed showgirls paraded down it?
... that American root doctor Valerie Boles was the inspiration for the character Minerva in the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and its film adaptation?
... that the uncommon Florida lichen species Gyalectidium yahriae was named after Rebecca Yahr of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in Scotland?
... that Bulandshahr's ornate Garden Gate was built on the site of a "filthy" drainage ravine?
... that in 1896, the New York Driving Club was sued for damaging their neighbor's garden?
... 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 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?

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