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

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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 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 in garden history, a wilderness is a highly artificial and formalized type of woodland, forming a section of a large garden?
... 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 Parimal Garden in Ahmedabad has scrap-metal monkeys?
... that the woodland garden, "colourfully planted with exotic shrubs and herbaceous plants, dominated English horticulture from 1910 to 1960"?
... 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 the runway at the Winter Garden Theatre was nicknamed the "bridge of thighs" after lightly clothed showgirls paraded down it?
... that a proposed footbridge connecting the Asian Garden Mall to another Vietnamese-American shopping center met opposition because it was deemed "too Chinese"?
... 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?

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