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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 ...
A plantsman is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable gardener (amateur or professional), nurseryman or nurserywoman. [1] " Plantsman" can refer to a male or female person, though the terms plantswoman, [2] or even plantsperson, [3] are sometimes used.
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]
The Chief Gardener of the Imperial Palace Grounds was a key figure on Trantor, the galactic capitol in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series – a high functionary with a palatial office in the enormous Imperial complex and "an army of men and women under him" [2] There are multiple gardeners, botanists and herbologists in the Harry Potter series:
One example of a maintained landscape from Beaverton, Oregon. Landscape maintenance (or groundskeeping) is the art and vocation of keeping a landscape healthy, clean, safe and attractive, typically in a garden, yard, park, institutional setting or estate.
10 Garden Tools That You’ve Probably Never Heard Of. Gardening is a hobby that requires not only the proper skills but the right tools as well. From gloves and watering cans to pruning shears ...
The first step would be to take the Master Gardener training course, then follow up with volunteer hours. An in-person course is currently being conducted, however the online course will be ...
Gardeners often think this is what the tree needs and, because it rarely hurts the plant, they keep doing it. But this "crepe murder," as it's called, is unnecessary. All the plant needs is a ...