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Also known as hobby gardening

thumb|A gardener maintaining topiary in [[Tulcán, Ecuador]]

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Gardening is the practice of cultivating plants, flowers, and other vegetation in a managed outdoor space. It matters as both a practical way to grow food and ornamental plants and as a creative activity that people engage in for beautification and personal enjoyment.

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Instance of
hobby
Subclass of
hobby
Location
garden
Image
Wall planting in Salem.jpg
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Commons category
Gardening
topic's main category
Category:Gardening
hashtag
gardening
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
history of topic
history of gardening
Stack Exchange site URL
gardening.stackexchange.com
topic's main Wikimedia portal
Portal:Gardening
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Encyclopedic overview

26 sections
Contents
  • Prehistory
  • The Americas
  • History
  • Ancient times
  • The Middle Ages
  • Cottage gardens
  • 18th century
  • Types
  • Tools
  • Vegetable Gardening
  • Plant propagation
  • Asexual reproduction
  • Sexual reproduction
  • Transplanting
  • Pests
  • Pest control
  • Garden guns
  • Social aspects
  • Laws and restrictions
  • Waste management
  • Benefits
  • Ornaments and accessories
  • As art
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|A gardener maintaining topiary in [[Tulcán, Ecuador]]

Gardening is the process of growing plants for their vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs, or ornamental purposes within a designated space. Gardens fulfill a wide assortment of purposes, notably the production of aesthetically pleasing areas, medicines, cosmetics, dyes, foods, poisons, wildlife habitats, and saleable goods (see market gardening). People often partake in gardening for its therapeutic, health, educational, cultural, philosophical, environmental, and religious benefits.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “gardening” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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