Gardening and everything you need to now about it

 GARDENING

Gardening is the art, technique and practice of cultivating gardens. It consists of growing, both in an open and closed space (beds), flowers, trees, vegetables, or greens (orchards), whether for aesthetics, taste or for food, and in whose achievement the economic objective is secondary.

The term "garden", known since the 12th century, seems to come from the Latin-Germanic compound hortus gardinus which literally means "garden surrounded by a fence", from the Latin hortus, French garden, or gart or gardo "closed", as if the garden had to defend itself against animals and even thieves.

Gardening can be seen as aesthetic expressions of beauty through art and nature, a display of taste or style in civilized life, an expression of an individual's or culture's philosophy, and sometimes as a display of private status or national pride, in private, and public landscapes.

DEFINITIONS

The term "gardening" has been known since the end of the 13th century (it designated all gardens). But it acquired its rank of nobility with the famous treatise published for the first time in 1709 entitled "Theory and Practice of Gardening", by Dézallier d'Argenville, lawyer and secretary of the king, a great lover of gardens. He made a synthesis of the knowledge of the Great Century for the art of gardens and for horticultural techniques. On the other hand, Olivier de Serres, agronomist, wrote in 1599 "The Theater of Agriculture and Care of the Fields" detailing everything that is needed to care for, enrich and beautify the rustic house. It is, undoubtedly, an agricultural manual that explains how to manage a rural property (O. de Serres' property was 150 hectares) and in which the economic purpose took precedence over aesthetics and pleasure. , but the work contains a chapter titled "Gardening", with some subtitles: "To have Herbs and Fruits: the Herbs and fragrant flowers: the medicinal Herbs: the Fruits of the Trees: the Saffron, the Flax, the Hemp, the Chaff, Thistles, Rozeaux and, in addition: the Way of making Preserves for the conservation of fruits in general.

The term gardening is used, especially, for the use, enjoyment and consumption of individuals, while the term horticulture designates the professional activity dedicated to the production of fruits, flowers, legumes and other plant products. Its main names are: horticulture for legumes, fruit culture for fruits, floriculture for flowers and arboriculture for trees and shrubs. Despite everything, it can be used for lucrative activities, if the production is not very important, for example, when a horticulturist sells directly in a market. This situation is common in countries where markets continue to be supplied by small producers who could be called "gardeners."

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS

Since the birth of gardening, the first signs of sedentary lifestyle of human beings with economic interests in gardening can be seen, but here we try to evaluate the first steps of its birth in Ancient Egypt that had a political and social connotation. The chosen date can be explained by the fact that the birth of this culture and gardening both denote the same factor: an increase in prosperity. This allows the use of land, time and agricultural techniques more for aesthetic and entertainment reasons than otherwise. From this moment is when you can start talking about gardening itself. Gardens allow some to demonstrate their prosperity, which shows that gardening also plays, in a certain sense, a sociopolitical role.