Garden ideas are plentiful this year inspire a stylish plant selection for any decor. Gardening has become a favorite hobby enjoyed by people of all ages around the world relaxes the mind, increases physical activity. Some gardens have been created as landscaping designs adding curb appeal to any home space. Enhanced landscaping brings your vision to life growing plants with the goal of creating beauty surrounding specified areas.
The practice of growing and cultivating plants as part of horticulture is to produce food and medicinal ingredients that provide nutritious food sources for the avid gardener who is devoted to healthy living. Understanding the fundamentals of gardening will help your garden flourish including lush green lawns, trees, shrubs, flowers, and vegetables using natural material to grow your best garden yet. Basic botany identifies plants and their non-plant relatives as fungus, algae, lichen fern, moss, conifer or seed plant.
Botany plant biology is the science behind all plant life and its branch of biology originated in prehistory as herbalism the study of pharmacognosy to identify and use medicinal plants which are the basics of traditional medicine. Today botanists currently study approximately 410,000 species of land plants of which 391.000 are vascular plants including 369,000 flowering plants. One of the earliest was the Padua Botanical garden located in northern Italy founded in 1545 by the Venetian Republic.
The 20th century botanists continue to research botany using modern day science and technology to help us understand the correlation between the life of plants, structure, and function.
The book Gardening 101 teaches how to plan, plant, and maintain a garden by Martha Stewart (The Best Of Martha Stewart Living). Starting from scratch the success of any garden depends on the preparation in which the garden creates a foundation for plants to grow. Learn how to become a skilled successful gardener with step by step instruction. Easy to follow illustrated lessons provide great garden ideas including all the information you need to grow your favorite flowers, vegetables, trees, and shrubs.
There are various types of gardens suited for large or small spaces depending on specifications including an herb garden, flower garden, vegetable garden or landscaping. Gardening supplies are relatively inexpensive for a novice beginner. Design a garden on paper deciding the size, shape, and function of plants to determine what supplies are needed in advance. Many gardens have a border of some type to hold in the soil creating an aesthetically pleasing shape.
Soil can be purchased at any local hardware store along with compost supplies to amend the soil improving the physical properties. Good potting soil delivers nutrients to your plants and helps the water drain away to prevent overwatering. Soil compost varies in the texture of composition including the soil quality, pH levels, including nutrient level Established plants can be purchased in a local plant nursery garden center near you complete with plant identification tag labels with growing instructions listing planting zones, sun tolerance, and growth period.
People enjoy buying established plants grown in containers for the ease and simplicity it offers. Eco-friendly seeds are specially formulated to improve germination making gardening more successful. Orgon State University Master Gardener program is offering a free garden ebook titled “Growing Your Own” by Gail A. Langelloto who helped create the short course series, which provides basic advice on a wide range of gardening topics, from composting, fertilizing to watering essentials. To learn more the first Urban agriculture course in the series is the free format with great garden ideas. As the flower blooms so do you.
Cheers!
Patricia Lynn
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