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A gardener maintaining topiary in Tulcán, Ecuador

Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants as part of horticulture. In gardens, ornamental plants are often grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance; useful plants, such as root vegetables, leaf vegetables, fruits, and herbs, are grown for consumption, for use as dyes, or for medicinal or cosmetic use.

Gardening ranges in scale from fruit orchards, to long boulevard plantings with one or more different types of shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants, to residential back gardens including lawns and foundation plantings, and to container gardens grown inside or outside. Gardening may be very specialized, with only one type of plant grown, or involve a variety of plants in mixed plantings. It involves an active participation in the growing of plants, and tends to be labor-intensive, which differentiates it from farming or forestry.

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Image 1A rock garden in Seiganji, Maibara, Shiga prefecture, Japan (from Garden design)
Image 2Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London (from List of garden types)
Image 3Engraving from a 1774 edition of La pratique du jardinage, a treatise on gardening by Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d'Argenville. (from Garden writing)
Image 4The Muskau Park (from History of gardening)
Image 5White garden at Hidcote Manor Garden (from History of gardening)
Image 6Roof garden on the top deck of a multi-storey car park, Edgedale Neighbourhood, Punggol, Singapore (from List of garden types)
Image 7Jade Belt Bridge, a moon bridge at the Summer Palace, Beijing (from History of gardening)
Image 8King Bimbisara of Magadha visits the Bamboo Garden (Venuvana) in Rajagriha; artwork from Sanchi. (from History of gardening)
Image 9Andalusian Patio of Córdoba, Spain (from Garden design)
Image 10Hortus conclusus depicted by the Upper Rhenish Master (from History of gardening)
Image 11Frogner Park (from History of gardening)
Image 12A plan of a formal garden for a country estate in Wales, 1765 (from Garden design)
Image 13Real Alcázar de Sevilla (from History of gardening)
Image 14Parc de Bagatelle, a rose garden in Paris (from List of garden types)
Image 15The park at Drottningholm Palace (from History of gardening)
Image 16Sōraku-en gardens (Japanese garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 17Katsura Imperial Villa (from History of gardening)
Image 18Inspired by Islamic/Moorish gardens, the Patio de la Acequia (Courtyard of the Canal), Generalife, Granada, Spain (from Garden design)
Image 19Nishat Bagh, terrace garden at Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (Mughal Gardens) (from List of garden types)
Image 20Autumn colours at Stourhead (from List of garden types)
Image 21The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, a sculpture garden in Dumfriesshire, Scotland (from List of garden types)
Image 22Giverny (from History of gardening)
Image 23Jardín del Generalife de Granada (Spanish garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 24Contemporary water feature (from Garden design)
Image 25Reflection of the Bagh-e Narenjestan (orange garden) and the Khaneh Ghavam (Ghavam house) at Shiraz, Iran (Persian garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 26Contemporary garden in Colchester, United Kingdom (from History of gardening)
Image 27Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brasil (from History of gardening)
Image 28Colour plate from Some English Gardens (1904) by Gertrude Jekyll. (from Garden writing)
Image 29The 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 30Moata Lake and Saffron Garden, exhibit ancient Indian garden styles. (from History of gardening)
Image 31Oranienbaum, the Grand Menshikov Palace gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 32Łazienki Park (from History of gardening)
Image 33The 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 34Garden chairs in Rosenneuheitengarten Beutig in Baden-Baden, Germany (from Garden design)
Image 35Garden lighting in Kampala, Uganda (from Garden design)
Image 36Gardeners gardening at Jetavana, Bodh Gaya 2nd–1st BCE (from History of gardening)
Image 37Sheffield Park Garden, a landscape garden originally laid out in the 18th century by Capability Brown (from History of gardening)
Image 38Contemporary garden (from Garden design)
Image 39Hindu Rajput-style courtyard garden at Amer Fort. (from History of gardening)
Image 40Triton Lake at Powerscourt Gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 41White Garden at Kensington Palace (Color garden) (from List of garden types)
Image 42
The Renaissance style gardens at Chateau Villandry.
(from History of gardening)
Image 43The Shalamar Gardens, Lahore, Pakistan (from Garden design)
Image 44Hawkwell Field with Gothic temple, Cobham monument and Palladian bridge at Stowe House (from History of gardening)
Image 45
The Mughal-style garden leading to the Taj Mahal.
(from History of gardening)
Image 46Roses, clematis, a thatched roof: a cottage garden in Brittany (from Garden design)
Image 47Park in Kuskovo (from History of gardening)
Image 48Mughal-style courtyard garden at Agra Fort. (from History of gardening)
Image 49Sofiero Castle garden (from History of gardening)
Image 50Map showing the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (from History of gardening)
Image 51Villa d'Este (from History of gardening)
Image 52Labyrinth maze of Barvaux, Durbuy, Belgium (from List of garden types)
Image 53Sigiriya gardens (from History of gardening)
Image 54Ryoan-ji (late 15th century) in Kyoto, Japan, the most famous example of a Zen rock garden (from List of garden types)
Image 55Elswout (from History of gardening)
Image 56Scale model of the Fallingwater building, Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh (from History of gardening)
Image 57Alignment of several compost piles on a composting facility in France (from Garden design)
Shalimar Bagh, Srinagar, depicting a water way (from History of gardening)
Image 59Curved garden paths are a common form of hardscaping (from Garden design)
Image 60Stepping stones in Kiyosumi Garden, in Fukagawa, Tokyo (from History of gardening)

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A bunch of durian

The durian (/ˈdjʊəriən/) is the edible fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus Durio. There are 30 recognised Durio species, at least nine of which produce edible fruit, with over 300 named varieties in Thailand and 100 in Malaysia, as of 1987. Durio zibethinus is the only species available in the international market: other species are sold in their local regions. It is native to Borneo and Sumatra.

Named in some regions as the "king of fruits", the durian is distinctive for its large size, strong odour, and thorn-covered rind. The fruit can grow as large as 30 centimetres (12 inches) long and 15 cm (6 in) in diameter, and it typically weighs 1 to 3 kilograms (2 to 7 pounds). Its shape ranges from oblong to round, the colour of its husk green to brown, and its flesh pale yellow to red, depending on the species. (Full article...)

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Maize

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Maize (/ˈmeɪz/) (Zea mays L. ssp. mays), known as corn in the Americas and Australia, is a cereal grain that was domesticated in Mesoamerica and then spread throughout the American continents. Maize spread to the rest of the world after the European colonization of the Americas in the late 15th century and early 16th century.

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... that Carlo Rossi designed a pavilion and a bridge for his redevelopment of the Mikhailovsky Garden in Saint Petersburg?
... that the cemetery of what is now Fordham University had to be relocated in 1889 to make way for the New York Botanical Garden?
... that Lester Collins developed Innisfree Garden over 55 years, and it was listed in the US National Register of Historic Places in 2019?