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A gardener is any person involved in the growing and maintenance of plants, notably in a garden. Gardening is the practice of growing Plants for their attractive flowers or foliage and Vegetables or Fruits for consumption A garden is a planned space usually outdoors set aside for the display cultivation and enjoyment of Plants and other forms of Nature. Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of Plants primarily to categorize and document for scientific purposes An arboretum is a collection of trees Related collections include a fruticetum (from the Latin frutex, meaning shrub and a viticetum a collection of vines Botany, plant science(s, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of Biology and is the scientific study of plant Life Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Horticulture is the art and science of plant cultivation Horticulturists (or horticuluralists) work and conduct research in the fields of Plant propagation Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture Urban Agriculture and Peri-Urban Agriculture is the practice of cultivating processing and distributing food in or around (peri-urban a village town or city City farms are community-run projects in Urban areas which involve people working with animals and plants Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on Crop rotation, Green manure, Compost, Biological pest control, and mechanical Cultivation A herb farm is usually a Farm where Herbs are grown for market sale A hobby farm is a Smallholding or small farm that is maintained without expectation of being a primary source of income Intercropping is the agricultural practice of cultivating two or more crops in the same space at the same time (Andrews & Kassam 1976 A farm is an area of land including various structures devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food ( Produce, Grains, or Livestock A harvest festival is an annual celebration which occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a traditional North American Holiday, which is a form of harvest festival. Agriculture was developed at least 10000 years ago and it has undergone significant developments since the time of the earliest cultivation A pesticide is a substance or mixture of substances used to kill a pest. Weed control is the botanical component of Pest control, stopping weeds from reaching a mature stage of growth when they could be harmful to Domesticated Plants A garden is a planned space usually outdoors set aside for the display cultivation and enjoyment of Plants and other forms of Nature. The term encompasses persons from different walks of life involved in gardening, arguably the oldest occupation, from the hobbyist in a residential garden, the homeowner supplementing the family food with a small vegetable garden or orchard, to an employee in a nursery or the head gardener in a large estate, or a garden laborer. Gardening is the practice of growing Plants for their attractive flowers or foliage and Vegetables or Fruits for consumption A hobby is a spare-time Recreational pursuit Etymology A Hobby horse is a wooden or Wickerwork toy made to be A residential garden, or domestic garden, is the most common form of Garden and is generally found in proximity to a residence A vegetable garden (also known as a vegetable patch or vegetable plot) is a Garden that exists to grow Vegetables and other plants An orchard is an intentional planting of Trees or Shrubs maintained for Food production. The head gardener (also known as a Curator) or as a Master Gardener is an individual who manages the staff of a large Garden, Landscape For the architecture of great houses see Mansion. For the great house masonry pueblos see Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

The term gardener is also used to describe garden designers and landscape gardeners, who are involved chiefly in the design of gardens, rather than the practical aspects of horticulture. Garden design is the art and process of Designing and creating plans for layout and planting of Gardens and Landscapes Garden design may be done by the garden Landscape architecture involves the investigation and designed response to the landscape Horticulture is the art and science of plant cultivation Horticulturists (or horticuluralists) work and conduct research in the fields of Plant propagation

Gardening has a long history, and there have been many pioneering gardeners of note, from the great landscape gardeners of the 18th century, to those who created or expanded the idea of the "no-dig" garden. This entry concerns the history of ornamental gardening considered as an amenity of civilized life as a vehicle for style for conspicuous show and even an expression of philosophy This entry concerns the history of ornamental gardening considered as an amenity of civilized life as a vehicle for style for conspicuous show and even an expression of philosophy The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system No-dig gardening is a Cultivation method favored by many Organic gardeners Japanese Masanobu Fukuoka started his pioneering research work in this domain In addition, television lifestyle programs have spawned a number of celebrity gardeners. Gardeners who have achieved fame through their pioneering innovations writing or more often their Television personas may be classed as Celebrity Gardeners.

Notable gardeners

• Luis Barragan
• Geoffrey Bawa
• Lancelot "Capability" Brown
• Carolus Clusius
• Esther Dean
• Charlie Dimmock
• A. J. Downing
• Ian Hamilton Finlay
• Bob Flowerdew
• Pippa Greenwood
• C. Z. Guest
• Robert Hart
• Michael Heseltine
• Hotsukimaru
• Derek Jarman
• Thomas Jefferson
• Gertrude Jekyll
• William Kent
• Andre le Notre
• Peter Joseph Lenné
• Lucullus
• Ihei Masatake
• John Beverley Nichols
• Frederick Law Olmsted
• Ozcar
• Russell Page
• Pliny
• Humphrey Repton
• William Robinson
• Ihei Sannojo
• Vita Sackville-West
• William Shenstone
• Geoffrey Smith
• King Solomon
• Theophrastus
• Percy Thrower
• Tiberius
• Alan Titchmarsh
• John Tradescant
• Edith Wharton
• Albert Wilson

See also

• Gardner, a surname
• Museum of Garden History

Luis Barragán Morfin ( Guadalajara, March 9 1902 - Mexico City, November 22 1988) is considered the most important Deshamanya Geoffrey Bawa, FRIBA (1919–2003 is the most renowned Architect in Sri Lanka and was among the most influential architects in southeast Charles de l'Écluse L'Escluse, or Carolus Clusius ( Arras, February 19, 1526 – Leiden April 4, 1609 Esther Dean Charlie Dimmock (born Charlotte Elouise Dimmock on 10 August 1966 in Southampton and brought up in Romsey, Hampshire Andrew Jackson Downing ( October 30, 1815 &ndash July 28, 1852) was an American Landscape designer and Writer, a prominent Ian Hamilton Finlay, CBE, ( 28 October, 1925 - 27 March, 2006) was a Scottish Poet, Writer, Artist Bob Flowerdew is an organic gardener, and television and radio presenter Lucille Douglas Cochrane ( February 19, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts &ndash November 8, 2003 in Old Westbury Robert A de J Hart (b April 1 1913, d March 7 2000) was the pioneer of Forest gardening in the UK. Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, CH, PC (born 21 March 1933 is a Welsh -born British businessman and Conservative Derek Jarman ( January 31 1942 – February 19 1994) was an English Film director, Stage designer Thomas Jefferson (April 13 1743 – July 4 1826 was the third President of the United States (1801–1809 the principal author of the Declaration of Independence Gertrude Jekyll ( November 29, 1843 – December 8, 1932) (surname pronounced /ˈdʒiˌkəl/) was an influential British garden William Kent (born in Bridlington, Yorkshire, c 1685 &ndash 12 April 1748) was an eminent English Architect, Landscape André Le Nôtre ( March 12, 1613 &ndash September 15 1700) was a Landscape architect and the gardener of King Louis XIV Peter Joseph Lenné ( 29 September 1789 — 23 January 1866) was a Prussian gardener and landscape architect from Bonn For his grandfather and namesake see Lucius Licinius Lucullus. John Beverley Nichols ( September 9, 1898 in Bower Ashton, Bristol – September 15, 1983 in the hospital at Kingston Frederick Law Olmsted ( April 25, 1822 &ndash August 28, 1903) was an American landscape designer and father of American This article is about the UK landscape designer there is also Russell Page the Australian dancer Gaius or Caius Plinius Secundus, ( AD 23 – August 25, AD 79 better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient Author Humphry Repton ( 21 April 1752 &ndash 24 March 1818) was the last great English landscape designer of the eighteenth century William Robinson (5 July 1838 &ndash 17 May 1935 was an Irish practical Gardener and Journalist whose ideas about wild gardening spurred the movement Victoria Mary Sackville-West The Hon Lady Nicolson, CH ( March 9, 1892 &ndash June 2, 1962) best known as Vita Sackville-West William Shenstone ( November 18, 1714 &ndash February 11, 1763) was an English Poet and one of the earliest practitioners Geoffrey Smith (born 1943 in Michigan) is a radio presenter author and former jazz percussionist currently working in the UK King Solomon ( Ge'ez: ስለሞን Arabic: ar سليمان, Sulayman, all from the Triliteral root S-L-M, "peace" Theophrastus ( Greek:; 371 – c 287 BC a Greek native of Eressos in Lesbos, was the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic Percy John Thrower MBE ( January 30, 1913 - March 18, 1988) was a British Gardener, Horticulturist, broadcaster Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (or Tiberius I) born Tiberius Claudius Nero (November 16 42 BC – March 16 AD 37) was the second Roman Alan Fred Titchmarsh, MBE DL (born 2 May 1949 is an English broadcaster particularly famous in the field of Gardening programmes on UK John Tradescant s were among the earliest English Botanists and plantsmen travellers collectors and Polymaths John Tradescant the elder Edith Wharton ( January 24 1862 &ndash August 11 1937) was an American Novelist, Short story Writer For the American astronomer of the same name see Albert George Wilson. The Museum of Garden History is based in the deconsecrated parish church of St Mary-at-Lambeth adjacent to Lambeth Palace on the south bank of the River Thames in

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