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Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants as part of horticulture. In gardens, ornamental plants are often grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance; useful plants, such as root vegetables, leaf vegetables, fruits, and herbs, are grown for consumption, for use as dyes, or for medicinal or cosmetic use. Gardening is considered to be a relaxing activity for many people. Gardening ranges in scale from fruit orchards. Source
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 today is known as a residential
garden, but the term garden has
traditionally been a more general one. Zoos, which display wild animals in
simulated natural habitats, were formerly called zoological gardens. Source
The Butchart Gardens
is a group of floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada,
located near Victoria on Vancouver Island. The gardens receive close to a
million visitors each year. The gardens have been designated a National
Historic Site of Canada due to their international renown. In 1909, when the
limestone quarry was exhausted, Jennie set about turning it into the Sunken
Garden, which was completed in 1921. They named their home
"Benvenuto" ("welcome" in Italian), and began to receive
visitors to their gardens. In 1926, they replaced their tennis courts with an
Italian garden and in 1929 they replaced their kitchen vegetable garden with a
large rose garden to the design of Butler Sturtevant of Seattle. Samuel Maclure,
who was consultant to the Butchart Gardens, reflected the aesthetic of the
English Arts and Crafts Movement. Source
Clematis is a genus of about 300 species within the buttercup family Ranunculaceae.
Their garden hybrids have been popular among gardeners, beginning with Clematis × jackmanii, a garden standby since 1862; more hybrid cultivars
are being produced constantly. They are mainly of Chinese and Japanese origin.
Most species are known as clematis
in English, while some are also known as traveller's joy, a name invented for the sole British native, C. vitalba, by the herbalist John
Gerard; virgin's bower for C. viticella; old man's beard, applied to several with prominent seedheads; and leather flower or vase vine for the North American Clematis viorna. Source
Delphinium is a genus of about 300 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native throughout the Northern Hemisphere and also on the high mountains of tropical Africa. All members of the Delphinium genus are toxic to humans and livestock. The common name "larkspur" is shared between perennial Delphinium species and annual species of the genus Consolida. Molecular data show that Consolida, as well as another segregate genus, Aconitella, are both embedded in Delphinium. The name "delphinium" derives from the Latin for "dolphin", referring to the shape of the nectary. Source
Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial
plants native mainly in Mexico, but also Central America, and Colombia. A
member of the Asteraceae or Compositae, dicotyledonous plants, related species
include the sunflower, daisy, chrysanthemum and zinnia. That same year, several
new species were reported with red, purple, lilac, and pale yellow coloring,
and the first true double flower was produced in Belgium. One of the more
popular concepts of dahlia history, and the basis for many different
interpretations and confusion, is that all the original discoveries were single
flowered types, which, through hybridization and selective breeding, produced
double forms. Many of the species of
dahlias then, and now, have single flowered blooms. Source
