Blanching

Blanching, in gardening, is a method of eliminating the green color of certain vegetables to... More >>

Bonsai

Bonsai, BOHN sy, is the art of growing miniature trees or other plants in containers or on rocks.... More >>

Brown, Capability

Brown, Capability (1715-1783), was a celebrated English landscape gardener and landscape... More >>

Cold frame

Cold frame is a boxlike structure built or placed on the ground to protect plants during cold... More >>

Espalier

Espalier, ehs PAL yuhr, is a method of training a fruit tree or shrub to grow into a definite... More >>

Gardening

Gardening is the growing and care of plants, usually as a hobby. People garden for many reasons.... More >>

Grafting

Grafting is the process of uniting parts of two plants to form a single plant. Plant growers... More >>

Greenhouse

Greenhouse is a building in which people can grow plants the year around. Its roofs and walls are... More >>

Horticulture

Horticulture, HAWR tuh kuhl chuhr, is the art and science of growing plants, particularly garden... More >>

Hotbed

Hotbed is a low, heated enclosure in which plants are grown during cold weather. Gardeners use... More >>

Lawn

Lawn is an area or plot of ground that has a thick covering of closely cut grass. A lawn may... More >>

Le Notre, Andre

Le Notre, Andre, luh NAW truh, ahn DRAY (1613-1700), a French landscape designer, created many of... More >>

Loudon, John Claudius

Loudon, John Claudius (1783-1843), was a British landscape gardener and horticulturist. He first... More >>

Nursery

Nursery Nursery produces and raises plants for transplanting into fields, gardens, orchards, and... More >>

Pruning

Pruning is the cutting away of plant parts, such as branches, shoots, buds, or roots. Pruning... More >>