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If you have an interest in garden tours as well as travel, then you have myriad of destinations to choose from which will be bound to satiate your thirst for new gardening ideas and information. From the Chelsea Flower Show, hosted in London, to the wild tundra of the Himalayas - or for the more intrepid traveller - the wild jungles of Borneo, there is much to discover and explore. There are plenty of gardening and botanic clubs, together with tour companies who specialise in trips with a horticultural edge that are sure to satisfy the most avid of garden...

The first known documentation of herbs was in about 2000 BC in Babylon and they, along with herbs and spices from the Orient and India, were exported right through the continents through to the ancient Egyptians, who learned the traditional uses through their trade. Today, we have a renewed interest in herbs with many people creating their own culinary and medicinal gardens. This is easy to achieve, as herbs are generally undemanding and because they are able to be grown on a small scale, there are many that thrive in a container garden environment. It is important to regularly pick...

Plants “ ornamental or edible “ help sustain life on the Earth. Indoor and outdoor plants improve the aesthetics of our homes and offices, and also contribute towards a greener planet. While edible plants add in a big way towards our nutritional sustenance (sense of taste), ornamental plants appeal to some of our other senses benefitting us in numerous ways. Visual Appeal: Ornamental/flowering plants “ climbers, creepers, hedge plants, or garden plants - are all pleasing to the eyes. Additionally, some may provide shade while others help protect privacy. Few plants appeal to the olfactory sense while others add elegance...

Ornamental trees and plants are grown purely for their beauty - they are inedible, but offer something extra to a garden. Ornamentals can be trees or flowers, and cover a number of different types of each of those things. While growing fruits, vegetables, and herbs to provide for your plate, and medicinal plants to help heal your body, are both very good uses of your gardening time, growing ornamental plants can instill within you a sense of pride in what you are able to do. You can show off the flowers you grow through pruning or picking them, giving them...

Plants are the mainstay of human survival and advancement. From time immemorial, humans have been using plants as a source of food and fuel. We are aware that photosynthesis by plants plays a major role in maintaining the level of oxygen in the atmosphere. If all of us grow our own gardens for self-sustenance, we would be healthier and the Earth would be a greener planet. Plants “ ornamental and edible “ can be grown at every home, small or big; space shouldn't be a constraint here. Edible plants: Prehistoric men and their predecessors survived on wild edible plants, fruits,...