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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 (from Latin: horti + culture) is the art and science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs and ornamental plants. Horticulture is commonly associated with the more professional and technical aspects of plant cultivation on a smaller and more controlled scale than agronomy. There are various divisions of horticulture because plants are grown for a variety of purposes. These divisions include, but are not limited to: 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 on the part of the horticulturist. (Full article...)

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

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

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Buckingham Palace, from the Victoria Memorial

Buckingham Palace (UK: /ˈbʌkɪŋəm/) is a royal residence in London, and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focal point for the British people at times of national rejoicing and mourning.

Originally known as Buckingham House, the building at the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703 on a site that had been in private ownership for at least 150 years. It was acquired by George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte and became known as The Queen's House. During the 19th century it was enlarged by architects John Nash and Edward Blore, who constructed three wings around a central courtyard. Buckingham Palace became the London residence of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837. (Full article...)

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Japanese gardens

Credit: Jjron

Panoramic view from the Symbolic Mountain Lookout at the Japanese Gardens, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 22 September, 2006. Japanese gardens (日本庭園, nihon teien), that is, gardens in the traditional Japanese style, can be found at private homes, in neighborhood or city parks, and at historical landmarks, such as Buddhist temples and old castles. Some of the Japanese gardens most famous in the West, and within Japan as well, are dry gardens or rock gardens, known as karesansui.

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... that Elisabeth Whittle, a garden historian, considers the gardens at Powis Castle to be the most important and magnificent in Wales?
... that none of the actors in Poppy Garden, a film depicting a father and son's struggle for survival during the Colombian conflict, had previously acted in a film?
... that Nusrati attributes the virtues of a good ruler to his patron Ali Adil Shah II in The Rose Garden of Love?
... that Nizza in central Frankfurt is one of the largest gardens of Mediterranean plants north of the Alps, thanks to its very warm microclimate?

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