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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 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 1Contour planting integrated with animal grazing on Taylor's Run farm, Australia (from Agroforestry)
Image 2Alley cropping corn fields between rows of walnut trees (from Agroforestry)
Image 3White garden at Hidcote Manor Garden, one of several garden rooms there. (from History of gardening)
Image 4Villa d'Este (from History of gardening)
Image 5Hindu Rajput-style courtyard garden at Amer Fort. (from History of gardening)
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The Mughal and English-style garden leading to the Taj Mahal.
(from History of gardening)
Image 7Stepping stones in Kiyosumi Garden, in Fukagawa, Tokyo (from History of gardening)
Image 8White Garden at Kensington Palace, a Dutch garden planted as a Color garden (from List of garden types)
Image 9The flower of an Inga tree. (from Agroforestry)
Image 10A plan of a formal garden for a country estate in Wales, 1765 (from Garden design)
Image 11Sōraku-en gardens (Japanese garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 12A rock garden in Seiganji, Maibara, Shiga prefecture, Japan (from Garden design)
Image 13Moata Lake and Saffron Garden, exhibit ancient Indian garden styles. (from History of gardening)
Image 14Robert Hart, forest gardening pioneer (from Agroforestry)
Image 15Silvopasture over the years (Australia) (from Agroforestry)
Image 16Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brasil (from History of gardening)
Image 17Ryoan-ji (late 15th century) in Kyoto, Japan, the most famous example of a Zen rock garden (from List of garden types)
Image 18Labyrinth maze of Barvaux, Durbuy, Belgium (from List of garden types)
Image 19Contemporary water feature (from Garden design)
Image 20Real Alcázar de Sevilla (from History of gardening)
Image 21Sheffield Park Garden, a landscape garden originally laid out in the 18th century by Capability Brown (from History of gardening)
Image 22Curved garden paths are a common form of hardscaping (from Garden design)
Image 23Engraving from a 1774 edition of La pratique du jardinage, a treatise on gardening by Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville. (from Garden writing)
Image 24The Muskau Park (from History of gardening)
Image 25Alignment of several compost piles on a composting facility in France (from Garden design)
Image 26Toyohiko Kagawa, forest farming pioneer (from Agroforestry)
Image 27The park at Drottningholm Palace (from History of gardening)
Image 28The 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 29Autumn colours at Stourhead, an English landscape garden (from List of garden types)
Image 30Reflection of the Bagh-e Narenjestan (orange garden) and the Khaneh Ghavam (Ghavam house) at Shiraz, Iran (Persian garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 31Katsura Imperial Villa (from History of gardening)
Image 32Kuojtakiloyan (from Agroforestry)
Image 33Robert Hart's forest garden in Shropshire (from Agroforestry)
Image 34Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar, depicting a water way (from History of gardening)
Image 35Mughal-style courtyard garden at Agra Fort. (from History of gardening)
Image 36Map showing the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (from History of gardening)
Image 37Łazienki Park (from History of gardening)
Image 38Elswout (from History of gardening)
Image 39Garden lighting in Kampala, Uganda (from Garden design)
Image 40Giverny (from History of gardening)
Image 41Jardín del Generalife de Granada (Spanish garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 42The Shalamar Gardens, Lahore, Pakistan (from Garden design)
Image 43Frogner Park (from History of gardening)
Image 44
The Renaissance style gardens at Chateau Villandry.
(from History of gardening)
Image 45Colour plate from Some English Gardens (1904) by Gertrude Jekyll. (from Garden writing)
Image 46Sofiero Palace garden (from History of gardening)
Image 47Roof garden on the top deck of a multi-storey car park, Edgedale Neighbourhood, Punggol, Singapore (from List of garden types)
Image 48Opening 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 49Maize grown under Faidherbia albida and Borassus akeassii near Banfora, Burkina Faso (from Agroforestry)
Image 50Hawkwell Field with Gothic temple, Cobham monument and Palladian bridge at Stowe House (from History of gardening)
Image 51Sigiriya in Sri Lanka is one of the oldest landscape gardens in the world. (from History of gardening)
Image 52The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, a sculpture garden in Dumfriesshire, Scotland (from List of garden types)
Image 53Water garden at Lake Palace. (from History of gardening)
Image 54Alley cropping of maize and sweet chestnut, Dordogne, France (from Agroforestry)
Image 55Garden chairs in Rosenneuheitengarten Beutig in Baden-Baden, Germany (from Garden design)
Image 56A riparian buffer bordering a river in Iowa (from Agroforestry)
Image 57Young man waters a newly planted tree in Mali (2010) (from Agroforestry)
Image 58Andalusian Patio of Córdoba, Spain (from Garden design)
Image 59Shade-grown coffee (Coffea arabica) in Sierra Norte of Puebla (from Agroforestry)
Image 60Nishat Bagh, terrace garden at Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (Mughal Gardens) (from List of garden types)
Image 61Triton Lake at Powerscourt Gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 62The 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 63Roses, clematis, a thatched roof: a cottage garden in Brittany (from Garden design)
Image 64Inspired by Islamic/Moorish gardens, the Patio de la Acequia (Courtyard of the Canal), Generalife, Granada, Spain (from Garden design)
Image 65Scale model of the Fallingwater building, Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh (from History of gardening)
Image 66Park in Kuskovo (from History of gardening)
Image 67The seven layers of the forest garden (from Agroforestry)
Image 68Palm House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London (from List of garden types)
Image 69Hortus conclusus depicted by the Upper Rhenish Master (from History of gardening)
Image 70Contemporary garden in Colchester, United Kingdom (from History of gardening)
Image 71Sigirya gardens in Sri Lanka. (from History of gardening)
Image 72Contemporary garden (from Garden design)
Image 73The 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 74Jade Belt Bridge, a moon bridge at the Summer Palace, Beijing (from History of gardening)
Image 75Parc de Bagatelle, a rose garden in Paris (from List of garden types)
Image 76A temperate Syntropic system in Dordogne France, including heavily mulched Sunflower plants. (from Agroforestry)
Image 77Oranienbaum, the Grand Menshikov Palace gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 78Gardeners gardening at Jetavana, Bodh Gaya 2nd–1st BC (from History of gardening)
Image 79King Bimbisara of Magadha visits the Bamboo Garden (Venuvana) in Rajagriha; artwork from Sanchi. (from History of gardening)

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Antoine '("Papa") Meilland (1884–1971) was a French rose grower and co-founder of Meilland International, a large rose growing company in southern France. As a young man, he worked as a nursery assistant for rose breeder, Francis Dubreuil. Antoine married, Dubreuil's daughter, Claudia in 1909 and their son Francis, was born in 1912. Antoine was drafted into the French army when France entered the War in 1914, and Claudia managed the nursery in his absence. Dubreuil died in 1916. When Antoine returned to Lyon, after the war, he and Claudia took over the management of the family business.

In 1919, with the goal of expanding their nursery business, Antoine and Claudia moved to Tassin-la-Demi-Lune. Their son, Francis, followed his parents into the rose business. He was a talented and prolific rose breeder, and is best remembered for developing the legendary 'Peace' rose in 1939. The new rose variety was introduced in 1945 and was a tremendous commercial success. In 1946, the Meilland family sold a majority of their business to rosarian and business owner, Francisque Richardier, so that Francis could devote himself solely to breeding roses. The new company became the Meilland-Richardier company, which is now a subsidiary of Mielland International. (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 former New Jersey first lady Lucinda Florio restored the Italianate gardens at Drumthwacket?
... that the New Zealand Geographic Board initially rejected the name of the Garden of Eden Ice Plateau for being biblical in origin?
... that Nizza in central Frankfurt is one of the largest gardens of Mediterranean plants north of the Alps, thanks to its very warm microclimate?
... that a "bat ensnared by a plant" was discovered in the garden of the Palestine Museum of Natural History?
... 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 uncommon Florida lichen species Gyalectidium yahriae was named after Rebecca Yahr of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in Scotland?
... that American root doctor Valerie Boles was the inspiration for the character Minerva in the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and its film adaptation?
... that the woodland garden, "colourfully planted with exotic shrubs and herbaceous plants, dominated English horticulture from 1910 to 1960"?

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