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  Gardening - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A garden that is in close proximity to one's residence is also known as a residential garden.
Although a garden typically is located on the land within, surrounding, or adjacent to a residence, it may also be located in less traditional locations such as on a roof, in an atrium, on a balcony, in a windowbox, or on a patio.
Gardening also takes place in non-residential green areas, such as parks, public or semi-public gardens (botanical gardens or zoological gardens), amusement and theme parks, along transportation corridors, and around tourist attractions and hotels.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gardens   (1112 words)

  
 The world's top gardening websites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Gardening is an activity, the art and craft of growing plants, most often in and about one's residence, in a space referred to as a garden.
Although the garden typically is located on the surface areas within, surrounding or adjacent to the residence, it may also be located in less traditional areas such as on the roof, in an atrium, on the balcony, in windowboxes or on the patio.
Gardening also takes place in non-residential green areas, such as parks, public or semi-public gardens such as botanical gardens or zoological gardens, amusement and theme parks, along transportation corridors and around tourist attractions.
dirs.org /wiki-article-tab.cfm/gardening   (1336 words)

  
 brucewilkinson.com - Never Ending Gardens Q & A with Dr. Wilkinson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A Never-Ending Garden (NEG) is a proven method for the families of Africa to produce their own food in spite of the poor economy, unpredictable weather, and the escalating crisis of AIDS.
Each family who elects to be a part of the NEG movement joins a community-wide organization that trains them to plant and harvest their gardens and oversees their progress twice a week throughout the year to ensure success.
After one year of NEG development, a research project conducted by a Ph.D. student at the University of Witswatersrand in Johannesburg South Africa (under the tutorage of Professor William Domeris) was conducted to determine the overall impact of the Never-Ending Gardens.
www.brucewilkinson.com /index.cfm?PAGE_ID=250   (1634 words)

  
 Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Salad Gardens—Gourmet Greens and Beyond
In spring, as soon as I can get in the garden (the traditional test is to squeeze a fistful of soil—if it forms a firm sticky ball, it's still too early to be gardening), I scratch in what mulch remains with a cultivator and plant.
Garden soil is not improved by being pulverized to the consistency of river sand.
A last method of expanding the harvest, at least for northern gardeners, is to extend it through the use of insulating covers, such as cold frames, plastic-covered tunnels, floating row covers and heavy mulches.
www.bbg.org /gar2/topics/kitchen/handbooks/saladgardens/2.html   (2303 words)

  
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Gardening starts this time of year for me......I love it, yet it is very hard work....haven't you ever heard the saying, "The early bird gets the worm?" lololol
Gardening is hard work, but worth it, when you raise your own veggies.
The past 3 years, we've been lucky enough to have a vegetable garden which produced corn, green beans, tomatoes, potatoes, okra, broccolli and cauliflower (yet the rabbits got to these first) and carrots.
www.greatestcities.com /users/sassy417/133263.html   (245 words)

  
 Never Ending Gardens - Growing food in Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Never Ending Gardens is the answer to hunger.
Each garden provides 12 immune-boosting plants and covers a small plot of land the size of a front door.
Garden plots are prepared for planting prior to your arrival, ready to receive the life-giving seedlings planted by Never Ending Gardens team members!
www.dreamforafrica.com /neverending.htm   (290 words)

  
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I never behold elsewhere any of the specimens of the several varieties of flowers which the afflicted parent consigned to the hallowed little coffin without recalling to memory the sainted child taking her last rest on earth.
Our gardens are already the astonishment of foreigners, and, in proportion as they accustom themselves to consider and understand them will become their admiration." The periodical from which this is taken was published exactly a century ago, and the writer's prophecy has been long verified.
It is stated, that she never repeated her invitation to the Poet of the Seasons, who though so impatient of the sound of her tongue when it "rolled" her own "raptures," seems to have been charmed with her _at a distance_--while meditating upon her excellencies in the seclusion of his own study.
www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/1/2/2/8/12286/12286-8.txt   (14817 words)

  
 Florida State Parks - RAVINE STATE GARDENS
Florida has been shaped geographically and culturally by water and Ravine State Gardens is representative of the never-ending shaping that occurs.
The gardens were maintained by the City of Palatka until the park was deeded to the State of Florida in 1970.
The gardens, perimeter road, hiking trails and civic center are the focus for much of the park's visitation.
www.abfla.com /parks/RavineGardens/ravinegardens.html   (525 words)

  
 brucewilkinson.com - Never Ending Gardens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The concept of "Never Ending Gardens" was a revelation from God of a method to meet the critical needs of hungry people in Africa.
The idea is to have a low cost, low maintenance way of continually providing a food source and also economic upliftment for people with little in the way of resources.
The people benefiting from “Never Ending Gardens” are involved in the preparation, planting, maintenance, and harvesting of the gardens from the very beginning.
www.brucewilkinson.com /index.cfm?PAGE_ID=212   (143 words)

  
 Ravine Gardens State Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ravine Gardens is located within the city limits of Palatka, near the St. Johns River, a few blocks south of downtown and U.S. Highway 17.
Recreational uses are generally passive, related to the aesthetic enjoyment of the gardens.
Ruby-throated hummingbirds frequent the formal gardens in spring and summer.
www.floridaparks.com /stprks/central/ravinegardensstatepark.htm   (356 words)

  
 Cincinnati Parks - Mt. Airy Forest
What was once scarred, eroded, and nearly treeless ridges and slopes has become today's lush forest which includes 700 acres reforested in hardwoods; 200 acres reforested in evergreens; 269 acres in native woodland; 170 acres of open meadows and 120 acres of arboretum development.
With its beautiful trees, gardens and woody plant collections, the Mt. Airy Arboretum is a major feature of the Cincinnati parks.
The Arboretum also benefits both horticulturists and amateur gardeners as a testing area for the observation of growth, habits and tolerance of plants in the Cincinnati environment.
dynamic.cinci-parks.org /cgi-bin/parks.cgi/park_desc?park_id=95   (491 words)

  
 Naples Daily News: News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
After the garden planters have left, Maria Sebeai, 58, covers her new garden with grass and sticks to insulate the plants from the weather and protect them from animals.
But because her church was partnering with the Riverside group to plant the gardens, she was one of many white Afikkaners who shuttled the teams around in her own car.
All the while they were planting gardens, they were also planting a new awareness in the South African whites — an awareness of the suffering of the fls.
www.naplesdailynews.com /npdn/news/article/0,2071,NPDN_14940_3753598,00.html   (2918 words)

  
 Fruit Flies Flee Paradise   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hawaiian senior citizens who garden are starting to help the state's farmers solve a big pest problem—controlling four tiny exotic fruit fly species that devastate the harvest for every grower.
But backyard gardens can act as reservoirs in which fruit flies can survive and build populations back up—in effect creating a never-ending cycle for growers, large and small, even when farmers in an area do a good job of controlling fruit flies.
"My garden is on family land, and when my mother had her garden there, it was tradition to bring food that you grew whenever you called on a friend or neighbor," explains 67-year-old Lucy Pasco.
www.ars.usda.gov /is/AR/archive/feb04/flies0204.htm   (2486 words)

  
 editorials from issues of Lumpen 85 -92
To that end, we can begin by securing the return of the U.S. soldiers back to their families, and the return of Iraq back to it’s people to decide for themselves how they want to be governed.
Ending the occupation of Iraq starts with ending the occupation here at home, because the war at home is also over occupied territory.
First let us end the Inquisition, and let the Righteous unveil the unholy plans as they are read in between the lines of the televisual Armageddon unfolding before our eyes.
www.lumpen.com /magazine/editorials.html   (5957 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Planting hope
Bruce Wilkinson was expecting a trickle of volunteers when he told Shadow Mountain Community Church about planting vegetable gardens in Africa in hopes that no one there will go to bed hungry again.
Besides volunteering their time, each participant is raising the $3,000 cost of the trip, which begins Jan. 30 and ends Feb. 8.
As part of Dream for Africa, Wilkinson got the idea of planting gardens in people's yards that would be small enough to be easily maintained and yet could yield ongoing crops of cabbage, spinach and other vegetables.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20050113-9999-lz1c13plantin.html   (1444 words)

  
 Belgium
The vegetable garden, where a wide variety of fruits and vegetables are still grown, includes a vegetable storage-cellar which is still operated using traditional methods.
As from 1770, Philip, youngest brother of William of Beaufort Spontin enlarged the gardens by drawing a second major axis perpendicular to the Meuse and terraced on the hillside up to the Frederic Hall, a small Belvedere, Rococo masterwork with refined stucco.
Created in 1994 by Marc Knaepen and Yves Denilen, there are 12 themed gardens over 3 hectares, managed organically, including a water garden, a herb and medicinal plant garden, a Japanese garden, a rose garden planted with old varieties and a kitchen garden where modern and traditional plants mingle in a splendid colored patchwork.
www.visitbelgium.com /gardens.htm   (1131 words)

  
 An Eden worth exploring / Don Worth made his Mill Valley site a tropical paradise
The architectural stature of the trees combines with the textural qualities of their trunks to endow every part of the garden with character, while the understory presents voluptuous compositions in which specimen plants accent complementary groupings of succulents and bromeliads.
The Garden Conservancy is sponsoring a garden design workshop in Bolinas and Mill Valley gardens after the Open Days Program.
For information, see the Garden Conservancy's Open Days Directory, available in regional and national editions at bookstores and nurseries, and through the Open Days Program: www.gardenconservancy.org or call (888) 842-2442.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/25/HOGOC8BF4M1.DTL&type=printable   (922 words)

  
 SABCnews.com - africa/southern_africa
What could be regarded as a world first has given farming communities in Swaziland the opportunity of enjoying fresh vegetables from their own gardens.
The 'Never Ending Gardens' programme, an initiative of the humanitarian movement, The Dream for Africa, brought about a 130 volunteers to Swaziland from South Africa and the US this week.
Thanks to the 'Never Ending Gardens' programme, more than 5% of the Swazis will now have fresh vegetables from their own gardens.
www.sabcnews.com /africa/southern_africa/0,2172,78925,00.html   (188 words)

  
 Never-Ending Gardens - Christianity Today magazine - ChristianityTodayLibrary.com
In 2001 the Wilkinsons discovered local ministry leaders who were teaching township families to start a vegetable garden in a patch of ground as small as an ordinary door, about 80 inches by 30 inches.
David expects to incorporate their experiences with gardening into their teaching series under development, God's Answer to Poverty, to follow on the success of God's Answer to HIV/AIDS, broadcast on national television in several African nations.
The Prayer of Jabez can be purchased at Christianbook.com along with Secrets of the Vine and a Prayer of Jabez Bible Study.
www.ctlibrary.com /10717   (508 words)

  
 The Daily Page: Clip File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Both proposals were withdrawn amid negative responses from the campus and community.
But are there parts of campus that should never have buildings built on them?" asks Cronon, quickly answering his own question.
For example, at Angler’s Cove, a tiny beach toward the west end of the preserve, fishermen and others climbing down to the beach over many decades have contributed to a serious erosion problem there.
www.thedailypage.com /features/clipfile/clip.php?intclipfileid=28   (1348 words)

  
 Mission Trip Report - Swaziland, Africa, 6/23/2004 to 7/21/2004
This summer’s section of the campaign ended with the climactic rally graced not only by Junior Singo, and Dr. Wilkinson, but also Miss Swaziland, the Prime Minister in place of Her Majesty Indlovukaz, and the Minister of Education.
The National Event ended with a climactic call for the students who wanted to make a public declaration of abstinence to storm the field.
At the end of the week, we had the assembly at the school and a call for abstinence.
www.adventures.org /a/reports/r3re.asp?id=873   (7330 words)

  
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Near one end a shabby mulberry tree cast a beneficent shadow, and in season dropped its mussy fruit among the warring Zinnias and valiantly coloured Portulaca.
And I feel that if our gardens are to take their place beside those of the older countries it rests with the American women to place them there.
I earnestly commend to all lovers of the subject, who speaks of the garden as a “sweetener of human existence,” and says: “Apart from its other uses, there is no spot like a garden for cultivating the kindly social virtues.
www.kellscraft.com /mygarden/mygardencontents.html   (1179 words)

  
 Ravine State Gardens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The gardens were created in 1933 by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA).
The garden's peak flowering period during March and April coincides with the Palatka Azalea Festival.
Ravine State Gardens is located in Palatka, off Twigg Street.
home.earthlink.net /~ona1a/PARKS/STATE/North/ravine.html   (282 words)

  
 Sun Sets, Ending Gardens' Heyday: From The Tampa Tribune   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
But the turnstiles into the 67-year-old attraction of lush gardens, water-ski shows and rides flipped for the final time Sunday, closing a chapter in Florida's history and the only life Baier has known for nearly 23 years.
Typical crowds of 5,000 on Saturdays and 4,000 on Sundays have filed into the park the past few years, but the numbers soared to 12,500 each day this weekend with older couples reminiscing about past visits and young families hoping to create memories for their children.
The Allens pointed out gardens and waterfalls and the competing Bok Tower in the distance as the Island in the Sky climbed and spun its way into the air.
www.tampatrib.com /MGAT54AWHED.html   (810 words)

  
 Salon Books | The never-ending war   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The wounds of Vietnam, many observed, were reopened with a vengeance, and though George Bush had proudly proclaimed at the end of the Gulf War that the United States had, once and for all, kicked the Vietnam syndrome, the publication of McNamara's book showed that this particular dog wasn't going to die so easily.
McNamara himself felt that "In Retrospect" left much unexamined and unfinished, and he organized a series of meetings between 1995 and 1998 that brought together American academics, military men and former policy-makers with their Vietnamese counterparts.
The result of these half a dozen meetings is the book "Argument Without End." It's an odd combination of narrative, transcripts of the conferences and descriptions of the discussions between American and Vietnamese participants.
www.salon.com /books/feature/1999/07/19/vietnam   (827 words)

  
 Mission Trip Report - Swaziland, Africa, 5/23/2004 to 6/21/2004
One aim of the Never Ending Gardens program is to involve the villages in the planting of and caring for the gardens.
Towards the end of the week, the teachers of one school came together, forming a pact of commitment to their students.
The Never-ending Gardens program, named because of a farming technique in which the outside leaves are pulled off allowing one plant to produce food for up to nine months, is another part of the Dream for Africa that is trying to relieve the hunger of Swaziland.
www.adventures.org /a/reports/r3re.asp?id=872   (9827 words)

  
 The Ranch: Welcome To The Ranch!
He was standing by the corner of one end of the dresser and I was standing at the other.
I was bummed for a minute when I got to the end and it wasn't in there.
"Never Ending Gardens," Bruce called them, gardens that would become a lasting source of food for hundreds of thousands of people in the years to come.
theranch.org /messages/mainhall.htm   (2386 words)

  
 Creativity by design   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
There are original designs on the kitchen's hardwood floor and porch giving the illusions of rugs, and murals grace many of the walls, including the one leading to the basement.
Also, in an extension of the kitchen where she has a glass-top table with six chairs, there is a mural of a fence and a garden path, a lake, mountains in the background, a bridge and a castle.
What was once the swamp in the back yard is now a beautiful garden complete with a gazebo, rock gardens, a water fountain and countless flowers, including violets and pansies in a rainbow of colors.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20040606/LI_001.htm   (1867 words)

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