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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 science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or 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 of the horticulturist. (Full article...)

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

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Subsp. integrifolia

Banksia integrifolia, commonly known as the coast banksia, is a species of tree that grows along the east coast of Australia. One of the most widely distributed Banksia species, it occurs between Victoria and Central Queensland in a broad range of habitats, from coastal dunes to mountains. It is highly variable in form, but is most often encountered as a tree up to 25 metres (82 ft) in height. Its leaves have dark green upper surfaces and white undersides, a contrast that can be striking on windy days.

It is one of the four original Banksia species collected by Sir Joseph Banks in 1770, and one of four species published in 1782 as part of Carolus Linnaeus the Younger's original description of the genus. It has had a complicated taxonomic history, with numerous species and varieties ascribed to it, only to be rejected or promoted to separate species. Modern taxonomy recognises three subspecies: B. integrifolia subsp. integrifolia, B. integrifolia subsp. compar and B. integrifolia subsp. monticola. (Full article...)

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Center pivot irrigation

Credit: Howcheng, NASA

Satellite image of circular crop fields, characteristic of center pivot irrigation, in Haskell County, Kansas in late June 2001. Healthy, growing crops are green. Corn would be growing into leafy stalks by then. Sorghum, which resembles corn, grows more slowly and would be much smaller and therefore, possibly paler. Wheat is a brilliant gold as harvest occurs in June. Fields of brown have been recently harvested and plowed under or lie fallow for the year. U.S. Route 56 crosses the scene, passing the cities of Sublette (lower left) and Copeland (upper right).

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... that The Lord of the Ice Garden, a Polish novel series mixing elements of fantasy and science fiction, has been compared to The Witcher?

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