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- cutting garden [r]: Garden bed planted with herbs, annuals, and other flowers that bloom continuously or repeatedly, providing a supply of cut flowers for the home. [e]
- flower [r]: The part of a flowering plant (angiosperm) containing its reproductive organs. [e]
- kitchen garden [r]: one in which vegetables, fruits, and herbs are grown for household consumption. [e]
- This is an annotated list of garden types and styles.
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Types of garden
Plant/species/genus type
- arboretum – a (usually) large garden for the display of trees
- cherry walk - avenues, (see avenue (garden), below) featuring cherry trees are very popular. Some are even famous, such as the ones in Washington, D.C. or the New York Botanical Garden
- fernery - an enclosed or shaded garden featuring the many species of fern
- greenhouse/glasshouse/shade house - enclosed gardens for controlling the environment, particularly temperature, for growning plants
- herb garden - a household garden featuring cooking and medicinal herbs
- orangery - a garden featuring species of orange, or more broadly, citrus fruit
- orchard - a garden featuring fruit trees, usually, specifically stone and pome fruit, often a large, commercial garden
- nuttery
- rose garden
- succulent garden (also: cactus garden) - All cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are cacti
- vegetable garden - a garden growing vegetables for household consumption, laid out in small plots
Garden styles
- Arbour [r]: Vines or other climbers grown over a pergola-type structure. [e]
- Alpine garden [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Avenue (garden) [r]: Trees grown on either side of a broad path or driveway. [e]
- Bonsai garden [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Botanical garden [r]: Also botanic garden; a usually large garden, created for public education and enjoyment, with species organised and marked for easy identification. Some private residences have botanic gardens as part of their house parks, but this is unusual. [e]
- Bottle garden [r]: A type of terrarium. [e] see below
- colour garden - see white garden, below
- Container garden [r]: Plant species grown in troughs, pots, bottles, terrariuns and urns; also hanging garden - plants grown in baskets. [e]
- Cottage garden [r]: An informal front garden style originating in England. [e]
- Cutting garden [r]: Garden bed planted with herbs, annuals, and other flowers that bloom continuously or repeatedly, providing a supply of cut flowers for the home. [e]
- Formal garden [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Greenhouse [r]: aka hothouse, glasshouse, conservatory - indoor or outdoor rooms, or a free-standing building, designed to maintain stable levels of light, warmth and humidity. Compare shadehouse. [e]
- Kitchen garden [r]: one in which vegetables, fruits, and herbs are grown for household consumption. [e]
- Rainforest garden [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Rockery [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Shadehouse [r]: A garden room, usually a sheltered structure or an outbuilding, designed to protect plants from too much sun and heat [e]
- Terrarium [r]: A glass-enclosed "table top" garden. [e]
- Vertical garden [r]: A newer gardening concept used where there is minimal space, plants are grown upright on walls, poles, columns. [e]
- White garden [r]: A garden showcasing white flowers and foliage [e]
Garden techniques
Specialised growth
Propagation techniques
Most good garden and plant books have sections on simple propagation techniques
