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Water gardening is concerned with growing plants adapted to pools and ponds. Bog gardens are also considered a type of water garden. These all require special conditions and considerations. A simple water garden may consist solely of a tub containing the water and plant(s). In aquascaping, a garden is created within an aquarium tank. All your gardening questions are answered in this updated classic guide to planning, planting, and caring for your outside space. Also gaining popularity is the concept of "Green Gardening" which involves growing plants using organic fertilizers and pesticides so that the gardening process – or the flowers and fruits produced thereby – doesn't adversely affect the environment or people's health in any manner.

Garden pests are generally plants, fungi, or animals (frequently insects) that engage in activity that the gardener considers undesirable. A pest may crowd out desirable plants, disturb soil, stunt the growth of young seedlings, steal or damage fruit, or otherwise kill plants, hamper their growth, damage their appearance, or reduce the quality of the edible or ornamental portions of the plant. Aphids, spider mites, slugs, snails, ants, birds, and even cats are commonly considered to be garden pests. Fast And Simple Gardening Tips From The Pros: Home: Blogs". canvas.umn.edu. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021 . Retrieved 28 September 2021.

Eger, Christopher (28 July 2013). "Marlin 25MG Garden Gun". Marlin Firearms Forum. Outdoor Hub LLC. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016 . Retrieved 17 September 2016. Anne Scott-James, The Cottage Garden (London: Lane) 1981, demythologised the origins of the English cottage garden, and its treasured topiary among the vegetables and flowers, popularly supposed to represent heirlooms from the seventeenth century. The term precision agriculture is sometimes used [ by whom?] to describe gardening using intermediate technology (more than tools, less than harvesters), especially of organic varieties. Gardening is effectively scaled up to feed entire villages of over 100 people from specialized plots. A variant is the community garden which offers plots to urban dwellers. How gardeners can help our declining bees and other pollinators / RHS Gardening". www.rhs.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023 . Retrieved 22 December 2022. See also: Allotment (gardening) Berms of fava beans have been planted at Hayes Valley Farm, a community-built farm on the former Central freeway ramps of San Francisco

Linnekin, Baylen. "Local Laws Ban Front Yard Food Gardens in Cities Across the US". earthisland.org. Earth Island Journal. Cornell University’s Department of Horticulture has a portal to gardening information from the school. Resources are divided into categories such as vegetables, flowers, fruit, weather, soil, composting, pests, landscaping, etc. Product shortages and soaring prices reveal fragility of U.S. supply chain". CBS News. 13 April 2022. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022 . Retrieved 19 July 2022. Generally, monastic garden types consisted of kitchen gardens, infirmary gardens, cemetery orchards, cloister garths and vineyards. Individual monasteries might also have had a "green court", a plot of grass and trees where horses could graze, as well as a cellarer's garden or private gardens for obedientiaries, monks who held specific posts within the monastery. Soga, Masashi; Gaston, Kevin J.; Yamaura, Yuichi (1 March 2017). "Gardening is beneficial for health: A meta-analysis". Preventive Medicine Reports. 5: 92–99. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.11.007. ISSN 2211-3355. PMC 5153451. PMID 27981022.In Japan, Samurai and Zen monks were often required to build decorative gardens or practice related skills like flower arrangement known as ikebana. In 18th-century Europe, country estates were refashioned by landscape gardeners into formal gardens or landscaped park lands, such as at Versailles, France, or Stowe, England. Today, landscape architects and garden designers continue to produce artistically creative designs for private garden spaces. In the US, professional landscape designers are certified by the Association of Professional Landscape Designers. [39] Pests [ edit ] Wealthy ancient Egyptians used gardens for providing shade. Egyptians associated trees and gardens with gods, believing that their deities were pleased by gardens. Gardens in ancient Egypt were often surrounded by walls with trees planted in rows. Among the most popular species planted were date palms, sycamores, fig trees, nut trees, and willows. These gardens were a sign of higher socioeconomic status. In addition, wealthy ancient Egyptians grew vineyards, as wine was a sign of the higher social classes. Roses, poppies, daisies and irises could all also be found in the gardens of the Egyptians.

Annual - a plant that completes its life cycle (germination, flowering, seeding, dying) in one growing season Kornei, Katherine (20 August 2022). "Only Two States Have Passed 'Right to Garden' Laws. Will Others Follow?". civileats.com.Scott-James, Anne; Osbert Lancaster (2004). The Pleasure Garden: An Illustrated History of British Gardening. Frances Lincoln Publishers. p.80. ISBN 978-0-7112-2360-8. The appeal of gardening is thus multifaceted and wide in range. The garden is often the only place where someone without special training can exercise creative impulses as designer, artist, technician, and scientific observer. In addition, many find it a relaxing and therapeutic pursuit. It is not surprising that the garden, accorded respect as a part of nature and a place of contemplation, holds a special place in the spiritual life of many. Lloyd, Christopher; Richard Bird (1999). The Cottage Garden. Jacqui Hurst. Dorling Kindersley. pp.6–9. ISBN 978-0-7513-0702-3. Updated information for key topics including, environment, wildlife, edibles, pests and diseases, peat free/organic, and pruning and growing techniques.