gardening: Quick Facts

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Nov. 7, 2026

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Photos

Curving flower beds of colorful tulips and blue grape hyacinths bordered by green grass and blooming cherry trees at Keukenhof Gardens near Lisse, Netherlands.

A multi-tiered pagoda rises above lush trees in the Chinese Gardens, Singapore, with a calm lake in the foreground and a dramatic orange sky overhead.

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Close-up view of green lawn grass in a yard with trees and a wooden pergola in the blurred background.

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Japanese contemplative garden

Blooming rhododendrons

Hadrian's Villa

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Key People

John Gerard, detail of an engraving, 1636

John Gerard

English herbalist and author

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John Claudius Loudon

Scottish landscape architect