Wikipedia:WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening/COTM

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The WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening collaborations are:

Crop circle
Flora
Philosophical garden
Pizza farm
Straw maze

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Instructions edit

Here's where the WikiProject Horticulture and Gardening Collaborations of the Month (COTM) are decided.

Note: Please place {{HandGCOTM}} at the top of talk pages for articles that become collaborations. When the elapsed time for the collaborations has ended, be sure to replace it with the {{PastGCOTM}} template.

How to nominate:

Place your nomination below in the Current proposals section, and state why the article's being nominated. Please sign votes with four tildes ~~~~.
Up to five articles are chosen monthly per user votes

Guidelines:

Nominations should be related to Horticulture or Gardening topics.
Nominations can stay up for 2 months, and then may be removed.

Current proposals edit

To discuss these collaborations, please go to the Talk page

May 2013 Proposals edit

Troy Town. Northamerica1000^(talk) 14:26, 21 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Votes edit

Current collaborations edit

April 2013 edit

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)[reply]

Previous collaborations edit

March 2013 edit

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

Votes

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

February 2013 edit

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)[reply]

Votes

For the above. Northamerica1000^(talk) 12:30, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'll go with that. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 00:59, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

January 2013 edit

Collaborations

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

Votes
(In favor of the above) Nelsondenis248 (talk) 07:01, 26 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I added two entries to the proposal section above after this above post. Northamerica1000^(talk) 11:11, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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

2012 collaborations

December 2012 edit

Collaborations

Agribusiness • Bolting (horticulture) • Garden city movement • Garden design • Grex (horticulture)

Proposals

Agribusiness. Northamerica1000^(talk) 22:54, 5 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Grex (horticulture) – would benefit from additional organization, sourcing and inline citations. Northamerica1000^(talk) 05:36, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Bolting (horticulture) – has zero sources. Northamerica1000^(talk) 05:38, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Garden design – a well-developed article that's lacking in sources and inline citations. Northamerica1000^(talk) 05:51, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]

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

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

November 2012 edit

Collaborations

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

Proposals

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

Votes

(For the above). Northamerica1000^(talk) 19:32, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
(For the above). Nelsondenis248 (talk) 06:53, 26 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

October 2012 edit

Collaborations

Christmas tree cultivation • Greenhouse • Hedge maze • Phytotoxicity • Subsoil. Northamerica1000^(talk) 11:34, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]
Hedge maze, Corn maze – Both would benefit from expansion, more sources. Northamerica1000^(talk) 11:54, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Turf maze – Would benefit from better organization. Needs more sources and inline citations. Northamerica1000^(talk) 11:57, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Pergola – Article about a garden feature that could use significant improvement. Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:09, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Votes

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

September 2012 edit

Collaborations

Biological pest control • Floriculture • Horticultural oil • Persian gardens • Xeriscaping. Northamerica1000^(talk) 01:08, 1 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Proposals

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

Votes

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

August 2012 edit

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)[reply]

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)[reply]
As per Northamerica1000. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 11:20, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As per Northamerica1000. Nelsondenis248 (talk) 06:57, 26 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

July 2012 edit

Collaborations

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

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)[reply]
As per Northamerica1000. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 22:13, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As per Northamerica1000. Nelsondenis248 (talk) 06:57, 26 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

June 2012 edit

Collaborations

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

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) Done. This merger has been performed. Northamerica1000^(talk) 19:48, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
As per Northamerica1000. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 13:51, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As per Northamerica1000. Nelsondenis248 (talk) 06:57, 26 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

May 2012 edit

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

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)[reply]
Votes
• Arboriculture • Fruit tree forms • Fruit tree propagation • Fruit tree pruning • Monocropping Northamerica1000^(talk) 23:07, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As per Northamerica1000. Nelsondenis248 (talk) 06:57, 26 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

April 2012 edit

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

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)[reply]

Votes

(No votes were posted)

March 2012 edit

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)[reply]

January – February 2012 edit

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)[reply]

Archives edit

Archived Collaboration of the Month nominations are located here.

Templates edit

{{subst:Horticulture and Gardening Project COTM}} – Produces the template box located at the top of this page.

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