Gruyrres is a town in the district of Gruyere in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Its German name is Greyerz. The medieval town is an important tourist location in the upper valley of the Saane river, and gives its name to the well-known Gruyrre cheese. Gruyeres has an area, as of 2009, of 28.4 square kilometers. Of this area, 11.5 km2 or 40.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 14.18 km2 or 50.0% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 1.55 km2 or 5.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.24 km2 or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.92 km2 or 3.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 2.5% and transportation infrastructure made up 2.1%. Out of the forested land, 46.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.7% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 4.6% is used for growing crops and 12.9% is pastures and 22.9% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Source
Landscape design
is an independent profession and a design and art tradition, practised by
landscape designers, combining nature and culture. In contemporary practice
landscape design bridges between landscape architecture and garden design. Landscape
designs focuses on both the integrated master landscape planning of a property
and the specific garden design of landscape elements and plants within it. The
practical, aesthetic, horticultural, and environmental sustainability
components merit Landscape design inclusion. It is often divided into hardscape
design and softscape design. Landscape designers often collaborate with related
disciplines such as architecture and geography, soils and civil engineering, surveying,
landscape contracting, botany, and artisan specialties. Design project focus
can tend towards: in landscape design - artistic composition and artisanship,
horticultural finesse and expertise, and a detailed site involvement emphasis
from concepts through construction; whereas in landscape architecture - focus
of urban planning, city and regional parks, civic and corporate landscapes,
large scale interdisciplinary projects, and delegation to contractors after
completing designs. Source
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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. Some gardens are for ornamental purposes only,
while some gardens also produce food crops, sometimes in separate areas, or
sometimes intermixed with the ornamental plants. 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). Flower
gardens combine plants of different heights, colors, textures, and fragrances
to create interest and delight the senses. The etymology of the word gardening refers to enclosure: it is from Middle English gardin, from Anglo-French gardin, jardin, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German gard, gart, an enclosure or compound, as in Stuttgart. See Grad
(Slavic settlement) for more complete etymology. Source
A back yard
(or backyard) is a yard at the
back of a house, common in suburban developments in the Western world. In
cold-weather regions, it is economical in low land value regions to use open
land surrounding a house for vegetable gardening during summers and allowing
strongly demanded sunlight to enter house windows from a low horizon angle
during winters. As land value increases, houses are built nearer to each other.
In order to preserve some of the open land, house owners may choose to allow
construction on the side land of their houses, but not build in front of or
behind their house in order to preserve some remnants of open surrounding land.
The back area is known as the back yard. The front area is known as the front
yard. Source
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, to long boulevard plantings with one or more different types of shrubs, trees and herbaceous plants, to residential yards including lawns and foundation plantings, to plants in large or small containers grown inside or outside. Gardening may be very specialized, with only one type of plant grown, or involve a large number of different plants in mixed plantings. It involves an active participation in the growing of plants, and tends to be labor-intensive, which differentiates it from farming or forestry. Source
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Raised-bed gardening
is a form of gardening in which the soil is formed in 3 to 4 foot wide beds, which can be of any length or
shape. The soil is raised above the surrounding soil, is sometimes enclosed by
a frame generally made of wood, rock, or concrete blocks, and may be enriched
with compost. The vegetable plants are spaced in geometric
patterns, much closer together than conventional row gardening. The
spacing is such that when the vegetables are fully grown, their leaves just
barely touch each other, creating a microclimate in which weed growth is
suppressed and moisture is conserved. Raised beds produce a variety of benefits: they
extend the planting season, they can reduce weeds if designed and planted
properly and reduce the need to use poor
native soil. Since the gardener does not walk on the raised beds, the soil is
not compacted and the roots have an easier time growing.The close plant spacing
and the use of compost generally result in higher yields with raised beds in
comparison to conventional row gardening. Waist-high raised beds enable the
elderly and physically disabled to grow vegetables without having to bend over
to tend them. Source
