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A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form is known as a residential garden. Western gardens are almost universally based around plants. Zoos, which display wild animals in simulated natural habitats, were formerly called zoological gardens. Some traditional types of eastern gardens, such as Zen gardens, use plants sparsely or not at all. Food-producing gardens are distinguished from farms by their smaller scale, more labor-intensive methods, and their purpose (enjoyment of a hobby rather than produce for sale). The gardening article discusses the differences and similarities between gardens and farms in greater detail.
Gardening is the activity of growing and maintaining the garden. This work is done by an amateur or professional gardener. A gardener might also work in a non-garden setting, such as a park, a roadside embankment, or other public space. Landscape architecture is a related professional activity with landscape architects tending to specialise in design for public and corporate clients.
Garden planning and design
Garden planning and garden design may be undertaken by a professional. A landscape architect is a professional who can plan and realise outdoor spaces. A garden designer is usually trained to plan and realise residential gardens. The planner must give consideration to many factors:
- Purpose
- Existing conditions
- Financial constraints
- Maintenance implications
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Ascog Hall Victorian Fernery and Gardens - Discovery and restoration of a 19th-century fernery on the Island of Bute in the Clyde Estuary.
Meta Description: [ Ascog Hall, with it's award-winning Victorian fernery and enchanting garden, can be found on the beautiful island of Bute in the Clyde estuary - only a virtual stone's throw from Glasgow and Edinburgh ]
Boxwood Garden - Historic Deepwood Estate - Salem, Oregon
Meta Description: [ Boxwood Garden - Historic Deepwood Estate Museum - Salem, Oregon. ]
Désert de Retz - Description and photographs of a romantic 18th-century folly garden near Paris, with a chronology and bibliography of its creator François Racine de Monville, by Ronald Kenyon.
Meta Description: [ Description and photographs of the Desert de Retz. Chronology of François Racine de Monville. Francophilia. Gardens. Books. Links to related sites. ]
Garden History at Stratford Hall Plantation - Home of Robert E. Lee
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Garden History Links - Links to sites of garden and landscape history interest. Web pages.
Meta Description: [ Writing excerpts, Canadian forestry links, history of gardening links, and other interesting things are found on Edwinna von Baeyer's Web pages. ]
Gardens of Tuscany - Histories, descriptions and photos of villa and castle gardens in the Chianti zone of Tuscany.
Meta Description: [ Tuscan Gardens :: Formal gardens of Italy :: Gardens of the Tuscan villas: Villa Geggiano (Villa Bianchi Bandinelli), Villa Poggio Torselli, Villa Cetinale, Villa Gamberaia - Gardens of Tuscany :: Guida ai giardini delle province toscane :: Toskanische Gärten ]
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Katsura Rikyu Garden - Full description of the gardens and their history.
Maplelawn Historic Garden (Ottawa, Canada) - History, extensive photographs, links, tour and Friends'information for one of the oldest and best preserved walled gardens in Canada. Open to the public spring through fall. English and French versions.
Museum of Garden History - Located at the restored church of St Mary-at-Lambeth next to Lambeth Palace in London, the museum offer activities and lectures. Our churchyard contains a recreation of a historic knot garden.
Meta Description: [ The official site of the Museum of Garden History
provides information on the world's first Museum of Garden History. The Museum is concerned
with Garden History, historic garden tools, the history of Gardening, Garden Design, and gardeners. The Museum is
found in St Mary-At-Lambeth Church, wh... ]
Pavilion Gardens - Thomas Jefferson, America's Third President, designed the gardens and buildings for the University of Virginia.
Meta Description: [ The Gardens at the University of Virginia ]
The Gardens - There were more than 100 gardens in Louisbourg in the 18th century, made by the French, in Canada.
Tuileries Gardens - Paris - A Short Dark History By Jacqueline Donnelly. In order to appreciate the gardens you must sit quietly and see the invisible. Several old illustrations.
Upton Grey Garden - The famous fully-restored 1908 Gertrude Jekyll garden in Upton Grey, Hampshire, England
Meta Description: [ The Manor House at Upton Grey is one of the most authentically restored Gertrude Jekyll gardens in the country. What has been recreated, is now a living museum of Jekyll design., Gertrude Jekyll's Garden design , The Manor House, Upton Grey. Faithfully restored ]
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