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Gardening & Horticulture

Dig deep into the topic of gardening and horticulture, which involves the cultivation of plants in public and domestic gardens. Ornamental plants, such as flowers and decorative grasses, are cultivated for their beauty, while useful plants and trees, like those that produce fruits and vegetables or are used as herbs, are grown for consumption, to use as dyes, or for medicinal purposes. Gardening tends to be distinguished from farming by the scale of operation—gardens usually involve smaller plots requiring individual attention, and farms operate on a larger scale, with the intent of growing crops as goods for sale.

Gardening is a popular hobby for beginners and experts, and requires little more than access to an open plot of land, some seeds to grow or plants, and a few tools such as a shovel. In more elaborate forms, a garden involves a complex design that can span several acres. Horticulture is a broad category that includes gardening as well as plant conservation, landscape restoration, soil management, landscape and garden design, construction, and arboriculture. It differs from farming in that it doesn’t include large-scale fruit or vegetable crop production or animal husbandry. Horticulture is an important part of agricultural studies in colleges and universities.

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Gardening & Horticulture Resources

Gale provides scholarly resources to dive into gardening education and research, including horticultural information databases and gardening eBooks.

Databases

Gale databases offer researchers access to credible, up-to-date content from articles and journals.

Gale eBooks

Gale offers a variety of eBooks covering a wide range of topics, including growing crops, edible plants, farming, and more. Users can add Gale eBooks to a customized collection and cross-search to pinpoint the article most relevant to the topic. Workflow tools help users easily share, save, and download content.

  • Eco STEAM: The Crops We Grow, 1st Edition

    Eco STEAM: The Crops We Grow, 1st Edition

    Cavendish Square Publishing | 2020 | ISBN-13: 9781502649058

    This engaging book presents current agricultural problems that could impact our world in the future. By learning about things like deforestation, soil erosion, and decreasing biodiversity, students will understand sustainability and climate change, and will recognize the importance of these issues and their impact on growing. Through full-color photographs, dynamic spotlight facts, and activities like “Solve It!” and “Test It!,” readers are encouraged to think critically about the environment and come up with their own solutions for the future.

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  • Edible & Useful Plants of Texas and the Southwest: Guide, 1st Edition

    Edible & Useful Plants of Texas and the Southwest: Guide, 1st Edition

    University of Texas Press |  1999 | ISBN-13: 9780292793286

    All around us there are wild plants and herbs good for food, medicine, clothing, and shelter, but most of us don’t know how to identify or use them. Delena Tull amply supplies that horticultural knowledge in this book, one of the first practical guides focused specifically on plants and herbs that grow in Texas and the surrounding regions of the South and Southwest. The edition is extensively illustrated with black-and-white drawings and color photos.

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  • Growing Green: Free-Range Farming, 1st Edition

    Growing Green: Free-Range Farming, 1st Edition

    Lerner Publications | 2016 | ISBN-13: 9781467797108

    Have you seen eggs labeled “free-range”? Maybe your family only buys meat from local farmers because you know and trust their practices when raising animals for food. What exactly does free-range mean, and why are so many people buying free-range eggs and meat?

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  • Let's Find Out! Plants: Where Plants Grow, 1st Edition

    Let's Find Out! Plants: Where Plants Grow, 1st Edition

    Britannica Digital Learning | 2019 | ISBN-13: 9781538302088

    Plants can grow almost everywhere. This book explores ecosystems particular to the seven continents and watery environments, including forests, deserts, mountains, the ocean, and lakes. It also includes an examination of how artificial environments like greenhouses, hydroponics, and the indoors can be healthy for some plants, and how some artificial environments cause harm even beyond their own boundaries. For each environment type, the volume describes the types of plants that live there and how well they thrive. Any young reader who wants to explore the needs of plants and how their environment meets those needs will find this book essential.

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