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

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Saffron crocus, *Crocus sativus*, with its vivid crimson stigmas and styles

Saffron (/ˈsæfrən, -rɒn/) is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the "saffron crocus". The vivid crimson stigma and styles, called threads, are collected and dried for use mainly as a seasoning and colouring agent in food. The saffron crocus was slowly propagated throughout much of Eurasia and was later brought to parts of North Africa, North America, and Oceania.

Saffron's taste and iodoform-like or hay-like fragrance result from the phytochemicals picrocrocin and safranal. It also contains a carotenoid pigment, crocin, which imparts a rich golden-yellow hue to dishes and textiles. Its recorded history is attested in a 7th-century BC Assyrian botanical treatise, and it has been traded and used for thousands of years. As of 2018, Iran produced some 88% of the world total for saffron. At US$5,000 per kg or higher, saffron has long been the world's costliest spice by weight. (Full article...)

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Syringa

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Syringa vulgaris (Lilac or Common Lilac) is a species of Syringa in the olive family, Oleaceae, native to the Balkans in southeastern Europe, where it grows on rocky hills. Lilacs are a very common ornamental plant found in gardens and parks, because of the attractive, sweet smell of its flowers. Most garden plants are cultivars, with flowers varying from white to dark lilac; some have double flowers with the stamens replaced by extra petals.

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... that the Shakespeare garden in Wessington Springs, South Dakota, was the first of its kind in the state?
... that The Lord of the Ice Garden, a Polish novel series mixing elements of fantasy and science fiction, has been compared to The Witcher?
... 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 a "bat ensnared by a plant" was discovered in the garden of the Palestine Museum of Natural History?
... that Xu Garden was created by community residents grateful to their local warlord?
... that Ardwall House has a garden ornament in the form of an early mediaeval Pictish slab inscribed with a Celtic cross?
... 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 Nusrati attributes the virtues of a good ruler to his patron Ali Adil Shah II in The Rose Garden of Love?

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