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

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Pollarding is a pruning system involving the removal of the upper branches of a tree, which promotes the growth of a dense head of foliage and branches. In ancient Rome, Propertius mentioned pollarding during the 1st century BC. The practice has occurred commonly in Europe since medieval times, and takes place today in urban areas worldwide, primarily to maintain trees at a determined height or to place new shoots out of the reach of grazing animals.

Traditionally, people pollarded trees for one of two reasons: for fodder to feed livestock or for wood. Fodder pollards produced "pollard hay" for livestock feed; they were pruned at intervals of two to six years so their leafy material would be most abundant. Wood pollards were pruned at longer intervals of eight to fifteen years, a pruning cycle tending to produce upright poles favored for fencing and boat construction. Supple young willow or hazel branches may be harvested as material for weaving baskets, fences, and garden constructions such as bowers. Nowadays, the practice is sometimes used for ornamental trees, such as crape myrtles in southern states of the US. (Full article...)

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Bonsai trident maple in the root over rock style.

Acer buergerianum

Credit: USDA photo by Peggy Greb

Part of the Penjing collection at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum, this trident maple, Acer buergerianum, has its roots growing over a rock and its foliage and stems trimmed in the shape of a dragon.

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