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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 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 1Garden chairs in Rosenneuheitengarten Beutig in Baden-Baden, Germany (from Garden design)
- Image 3The 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 7Sigirya gardens in Sri Lanka. (from History of gardening)
- Image 9Map showing the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (from History of gardening)
- Image 10Maize grown under Faidherbia albida and Borassus akeassii near Banfora, Burkina Faso (from Agroforestry)
- Image 15A temperate Syntropic system in Dordogne France, including heavily mulched Sunflower plants. (from Agroforestry)
- Image 18Contemporary water feature (from Garden design)
- Image 19Engraving from a 1774 edition of La pratique du jardinage, a treatise on gardening by Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville. (from Garden writing)
- Image 20The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, a sculpture garden in Dumfriesshire, Scotland (from List of garden types)
- Image 21White Garden at Kensington Palace, a Dutch garden planted as a Color garden (from List of garden types)
- Image 25Contemporary garden (from Garden design)
- Image 26Inspired by Islamic/Moorish gardens, the Patio de la Acequia (Courtyard of the Canal), Generalife, Granada, Spain (from Garden design)
- Image 29Robert Hart, forest gardening pioneer (from Agroforestry)
- Image 30Alley cropping corn fields between rows of walnut trees (from Agroforestry)
- Image 32Sheffield Park Garden, a landscape garden originally laid out in the 18th century by Capability Brown (from History of gardening)
- Image 34Sigiriya in Sri Lanka is one of the oldest landscape gardens in the world. (from History of gardening)
- Image 36Contour planting integrated with animal grazing on Taylor's Run farm, Australia (from Agroforestry)
- Image 38Hawkwell Field with Gothic temple, Cobham monument and Palladian bridge at Stowe House (from History of gardening)
- Image 39The 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 43Alignment of several compost piles on a composting facility in France (from Garden design)
- Image 45The seven layers of the forest garden (from Agroforestry)
- Image 46Nishat Bagh, terrace garden at Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (Mughal Gardens) (from List of garden types)
- Image 47Roof garden on the top deck of a multi-storey car park, Edgedale Neighbourhood, Punggol, Singapore (from List of garden types)
- Image 50Kuojtakiloyan (from Agroforestry)
- Image 51A plan of a formal garden for a country estate in Wales, 1765 (from Garden design)
- Image 58King Bimbisara of Magadha visits the Bamboo Garden (Venuvana) in Rajagriha; artwork from Sanchi. (from History of gardening)
- Image 59The 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 64White garden at Hidcote Manor Garden, one of several garden rooms there. (from History of gardening)
- Image 68Young man waters a newly planted tree in Mali (2010) (from Agroforestry)
- Image 70Ryoan-ji (late 15th century) in Kyoto, Japan, the most famous example of a Zen rock garden (from List of garden types)
- Image 71Opening 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 73Silvopasture over the years (Australia) (from Agroforestry)
- Image 74Moata Lake and Saffron Garden, exhibit ancient Indian garden styles. (from History of gardening)
- Image 76Scale model of the Fallingwater building, Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh (from History of gardening)
- Image 79Reflection of the Bagh-e Narenjestan (orange garden) and the Khaneh Ghavam (Ghavam house) at Shiraz, Iran (Persian garden) (from List of garden types)
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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...)Selected image
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- ... 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 a "bat ensnared by a plant" was discovered in the garden of the Palestine Museum of Natural History?
- ... that Ardwall House has a garden ornament in the form of an early mediaeval Pictish slab inscribed with a Celtic cross?
- ... that Bulandshahr's ornate Garden Gate was built on the site of a "filthy" drainage ravine?
- ... that Tucker Hall and Ewell Hall sit on either side of the Sunken Garden on the College of William & Mary's campus?
- ... that Elisabeth Whittle, a garden historian, considers the gardens at Powis Castle to be the most important and magnificent in Wales?
- ... that the Shakespeare garden in Wessington Springs, South Dakota, was the first of its kind in the state?
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