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Chinese garden's structure is based upon the culture's creation myth, rooted in rocks and water. To have longevity is to live among mountains and water; it is to live with nature, to live like an immortal being (Xian). The garden evokes a healthy lifestyle that makes one immortal, free from the problems of civilization.
Plant domestication is seen as the birth of agriculture. However, it is arguably proceeded by a very long history of gardening wild plants. While the 12,000 year-old date is the commonly accepted timeline describing plant domestication, there is now evidence from the Ohalo II hunter-gatherer site showing earlier signs of disturbing the soil and cultivation of pre-domesticated crop species. [8]
Garden design is the process of creating plans for the layout and planting of gardens and landscapes. Gardens may be designed by garden owners themselves, or by professionals. Professional garden designers tend to be trained in principles of design and horticulture, and have a knowledge and experience of using plants.
This is a history of notable hydroculture phenomena. Ancient hydroculture proposed sites and modern revolutionary works are mentioned. Included in this history are all forms of aquatic and semi-aquatic based horticulture that focus on flora: aquatic gardening, semi-aquatic crop farming, hydroponics, aquaponics, passive hydroponics, and modern aeroponics.
A gardener Hendrick Danckerts, Royal Gardener John Rose and King Charles II, 1675 Gardener on a stepladder collecting fruit c.1910. A gardener is any person involved in gardening, [1] arguably the oldest occupation, from the hobbyist in a residential garden, the home-owner supplementing the family food with a small vegetable garden or orchard, to an employee in a plant nursery or the head ...
This is a list of pages in the scope of Wikipedia: ... History of gardening: 1,807: 60 B: High: 321 ... List of rose cultivars named after people: 538: 17 List: Low ...
Gardeners gardening at Jetavana, Bodh Gaya 2nd–1st BC (from History of gardening) Image 42 Ryoan-ji (late 15th century) in Kyoto , Japan , the most famous example of a Zen rock garden (from List of garden types )
The Profitable Arte of Gardening was the first book about gardening published in England, being first published in 1563 under the title A Most Briefe and Pleasaunte Treatise, Teaching How to Dresse, Sowe, and Set a Garden. It was written by Thomas Hill, who went on to write the even more successful work, The Gardener's Labyrinth. [1]