Wikipedia:WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening/COTM


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Instructions
Here's where the WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening Collaborations of the Month (COTM) are decided.
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How to nominate: Guidelines:
 * 1) Place your nomination below in the Current proposals section, and state why the article's being nominated. Please sign votes with four tildes ~.
 * 2) Up to five articles are chosen monthly per user votes
 * 1) Nominations should be related to Horticulture or Gardening topics.
 * 2) Nominations can stay up for 2 months, and then may be removed.

Current proposals

 * To discuss these collaborations, please go to the Talk page

May 2013 Proposals

 * Troy Town. Northamerica1000(talk) 14:26, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

April 2013

 * Crop circle • Flora •  Philosophical garden •  Pizza farm •  Straw maze

Votes
 * Support: Pizza farm, Crop circle, Philosophical garden, Straw maze, Flora. Northamerica1000(talk) 00:06, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

March 2013

 * Growbag – An unsourced stub-class article. Northamerica1000(talk) 02:01, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Parterre. Northamerica1000(talk) 14:16, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Pruning. Northamerica1000(talk) 09:26, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Horticultural botany. Northamerica1000(talk) 05:46, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Corn maze. Northamerica1000(talk) 19:41, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Votes
 * For the above. Northamerica1000(talk) 19:41, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I'll go with that. (Can we start editing them now?) PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 19:47, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

February 2013
Collaborations
 * Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University • Companion planting •   Ice pruning •  Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden •   Walled garden. Northamerica1000(talk) 12:29, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Votes
 * 1) For the above. Northamerica1000(talk) 12:30, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 2) I'll go with that. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 00:59, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

January 2013
Collaborations
 * Arboretum des Grandes Bruyères
 * Gardens of Alsace
 * Vegan organic gardening (above 3 added by Northamerica1000(talk) 22:45, 15 December 2012 (UTC))
 * Hill farming. Northamerica1000(talk) 07:29, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Horticultural flora. Northamerica1000(talk) 09:36, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

Votes (In favor of the above) Nelsondenis248 (talk) 07:01, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: I added two entries to the proposal section above after this above post. Northamerica1000(talk) 11:11, 27 December 2012 (UTC)


 * For the above. Northamerica1000(talk) 07:30, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
 * For all five of the above. Nelsondenis248 (talk) 13:35, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

December 2012
Collaborations
 * Agribusiness • Bolting (horticulture) •  Garden city movement •  Garden design •  Grex (horticulture)

Proposals
 * Agribusiness. Northamerica1000(talk) 22:54, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Grex (horticulture) – would benefit from additional organization, sourcing and inline citations. Northamerica1000(talk) 05:36, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Bolting (horticulture) – has zero sources. Northamerica1000(talk) 05:38, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Garden design – a well-developed article that's lacking in sources and inline citations. Northamerica1000(talk) 05:51, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Garden city movement – A developed article that could attain Wikipedia's good article designation with additional work. Northamerica1000(talk) 00:51, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

Votes (For the above). Northamerica1000(talk) 05:23, 27 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Nelsondenis248 (talk) 06:50, 26 December 2012 (UTC) (in favor of the above)

November 2012
Collaborations
 * Cold frame • Fodder •  Gardening in Alaska •  National Organic Program •  Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden. Northamerica1000(talk) 01:36, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposals
 * Cold frame • Gardening in Alaska. Northamerica1000(talk) 02:57, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
 * National Organic Program • Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden •  Fodder. (Relistings from previous proposals). Northamerica1000(talk) 19:31, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

Votes
 * (For the above). Northamerica1000(talk) 19:32, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
 * (For the above). Nelsondenis248 (talk) 06:53, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

October 2012
Collaborations
 * Christmas tree cultivation • Greenhouse •  Hedge maze •  Phytotoxicity •  Subsoil. Northamerica1000(talk) 11:34, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

Proposals


 * Phytotoxicity Stub requiring expansion
 * Christmas tree cultivation Revival of previous proposal
 * Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden Revival of previous proposal
 * Subsoil Short stub, lacks precision, possibly inaccurate
 * (Above additions from) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PaleCloudedWhite (talk • contribs) 11 September 2012‎ (UTC)


 * Greenhouse – Needs layout cleanup. More sources would be nice, along with copy editing.
 * National Organic Program – Would benefit from further organization, expansion and sources. Northamerica1000(talk) 13:54, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hedge maze, Corn maze – Both would benefit from expansion, more sources. Northamerica1000(talk) 11:54, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Turf maze – Would benefit from better organization. Needs more sources and inline citations. Northamerica1000(talk) 11:57, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Pergola – Article about a garden feature that could use significant improvement. Northamerica1000(talk) 13:09, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

Votes
 * Christmas tree cultivation, Greenhouse, Hedge maze, Phytotoxicity, Subsoil. Northamerica1000(talk) 11:45, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * As per Northamerica1000 . PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 13:35, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
 * As per Northamerica1000 . Nelsondenis248 (talk) 06:57, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

September 2012
Collaborations
 * Biological pest control • Floriculture •  Horticultural oil •  Persian gardens •  Xeriscaping. Northamerica1000(talk) 01:08, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Proposals


 * Biological pest control • Floriculture •  Horticultural oil •  Persian gardens •  Walled garden •  Xeriscaping. Northamerica1000(talk) 07:21, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Votes
 * Biological pest control • Floriculture •  Horticultural oil •  Persian gardens •  Xeriscaping. Northamerica1000(talk) 07:22, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
 * As per Northamerica1000 . Nelsondenis248 (talk) 06:57, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

August 2012
Collaborations
 * Beneficial insects • Moscow Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences •  Organic certification •  South Central Farm •  Salt pruning. Northamerica1000(talk) 12:11, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Proposals
 * Christmas tree cultivation • South Central Farm •  Salt pruning •  Ice pruning •  Beneficial insects •  Companion planting •  Organic certification •  Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University •  Moscow Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences •  Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden

Votes
 * Beneficial insects • Moscow Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences •  Organic certification •  South Central Farm •  Salt pruning. Northamerica1000(talk) 01:53, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
 * As per Northamerica1000 . PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 11:20, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
 * As per Northamerica1000 . Nelsondenis248 (talk) 06:57, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

July 2012
Collaborations
 * Center pivot irrigation • Cypress Gardens •  Fasciation •  Good Gardens Guide •  Irrigation in viticulture — Northamerica1000(talk) 04:59, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Proposals
 * Cypress Gardens • Center pivot irrigation •  Irrigation in viticulture •  Nano Ganesh •  Good Gardens Guide •  Fasciation

Votes
 * Center pivot irrigation, Cypress Gardens, Fasciation, Good Gardens Guide, Irrigation in viticulture — Northamerica1000(talk) 16:22, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * As per Northamerica1000 . PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 22:13, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
 * As per Northamerica1000 . Nelsondenis248 (talk) 06:57, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

June 2012
Collaborations
 * Blanching (horticulture) • Damping off •  Gertrude Jekyll •  Horticultural flora •  Square foot gardening Northamerica1000(talk) 00:22, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Proposals
 * Blanching (horticulture) • Horticultural flora •  List of horticulture and gardening books
 * List of garden and horticulture books (possibly merge with the above entry into one article) ✅. This merger has been performed. Northamerica1000(talk) 19:48, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Square foot gardening • Gertrude Jekyll Short on references. In fact a bit short generally, considering her importance in the history of English garden-making
 * Damping off Rather short article that lacks inline citations

Votes
 * Gertrude Jekyll, Damping off, Blanching (horticulture), Horticultural flora, Square foot gardening Northamerica1000(talk) 13:50, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
 * As per Northamerica1000 . PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 13:51, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * As per Northamerica1000 . Nelsondenis248 (talk) 06:57, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

May 2012
Collaborations • Arboriculture • Fruit tree forms • Fruit tree propagation • Fruit tree pruning • Monocropping – Northamerica1000(talk) 00:40, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Proposals •  Arboriculture •  Fruit tree forms •  Fruit tree propagation •  Fruit tree pruning •  List of U.S. state foods •  Monocropping– Northamerica1000(talk) 15:11, 15 April 2012 (UTC) Votes • Arboriculture •  Fruit tree forms •  Fruit tree propagation •  Fruit tree pruning •  Monocropping Northamerica1000(talk) 23:07, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
 * As per Northamerica1000 . Nelsondenis248 (talk) 06:57, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

April 2012
Collaborations •  Cash crop •  Energy crop •  Plant ecology •  Seedling •  Tropical horticulture — Northamerica1000(talk) 05:36, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Proposals


 * Cash crop – Has only two references/citations. Would benefit from organization into sections.
 * Crop – Stub article that currently has only two references and one inline citation. Could use expansion.
 * Energy crop – Currently has only two references/inline citations. Would benefit from more organization. Currently has no images.
 * Fodder – No references or inline citations.
 * Landscape garden – Has only two references, could use expansion.
 * Non-food crop – Unreferenced. No images. Could use expansion.
 * Organic horticulture – Currently has no images, could use more organization and some light copy editing
 * Plant ecology – Has only one reference, "Structure and function" section has no prose, article would benefit from expansion and improvements.
 * Plug (horticulture) – Could use more inline citations.
 * Rain garden – Needs more inline citations, has some unformatted references, would benefit from light copy editing.
 * Seedling – Has no inline citations, and only one reference listed in its Bibliography section.
 * Tropical horticulture – Currently has no images, only three references and would benefit from better organization.
 * — Northamerica1000(talk) 21:54, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Votes
 * (No votes were posted)

March 2012

 * Hobby farm – Currently has only one reference. Could use copy-editing; style is choppy with many single sentences rather than paragraphs.
 * Raised bed gardening – Currently unreferenced. Would benefit from copy-editing and clean-up.
 * Sustainable gardening – Would benefit from copy-editing and general clean-up.
 * Urban horticulture – Currently unreferenced. Would benefit from clean-up and expansion.
 * Vermicompost – Could use copy-editing; style is choppy. Article has bare URLs that need conversion to standard reference formatting.
 * — Northamerica1000(talk) 02:08, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

January – February 2012

 * City farm – Needs significant improvement.
 * Harvest festival – Layout improvements, more references, copy editing.
 * Herb farm – Stub article that needs expansion, more sources.
 * History of gardening – Needs significant cleanup.
 * Thelocactus – Article could use more sourcing and copy editing.
 * — Northamerica1000(talk) 10:59, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

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