Garden design is considered to be an art in most cultures, distinguished
from gardening, which generally means garden maintenance. In Japan,
for instance, Samurai and Zen monks were often required to build
decorative gardens or practice related skills like flower arrangement
known as ikebana. In 18th century Europe, country estates were
refashioned by landscape gardeners into formal gardens or landscaped
parklands, such as at Versailles, France or Stowe, England. Today,
landscape architects and garden designers continue to produce
artistically creative designs for private garden spaces.
Gardening is thus not only a food source and
art, but also a right. The Slow Food movement has sought in
some countries to add an edible schoolyard and garden classrooms
to schools, e.g. in Fergus, Ontario, where these were added
to a public school to augment the kitchen classroom.
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