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Botanic garden
* Most botanic gardens can only maintain a tiny sub-sample of a species' genetic diversity.
* Some botanic gardens have extensive lilac collections.
* have an important role in studying and conserving rare plants.

Butterfly garden
* Most butterfly gardens provide habitats.
* are a popular way to attract wildlife to nearly any yard or patio
  - easy to plant
* attract other wildlife, primarily birds and bees.
* benefit animals.
* provide habitat and food for butterflies and caterpillars

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Community garden
* Many community gardens have very acidic soils that result in reduced production.
* are centers of community education, community life and community space
  - neighborhood open spaces managed by and for the members of the community
  - part of the concept of providing open space in an urban environment
  - public gardens set up in vacant lots, city parks, or empty fields
  - vital members of communities throughout the United States
* can also contribute greatly to a physically and mentally healthy lifestyle.
* help green the environment and make families more self-sufficient.
* transform empty lots into green, living spaces.

Container garden
* are a great way to plant flowers.
* can also attract butterflies and hummingbirds successfully.
* come in all shapes and sizes.

Formal garden
* are gardens.
* tend to symbolize human power or man's desire to control and improve nature.

Herb garden
* are a natural and healthy hobby
* display annual and perennial herbs.
* thrive on good soil with good drainage.

Home garden
* Most home gardens contain at least some toxic or poisonous plants.
* are exclusively the domain of women, and are of great importance to households.
* grow a variety of fruit trees and flowers.
* make more attractive streets, neighborhoods, and cities.

Hydroponic garden
* are clean, pesticide free, easy to maintain and inexpensive to set up
  - one of the oldest forms of gardens, dating back to the Aztec era
* great way to produce food in space.
* used in space have the potential for feeding astronauts for many days.

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Japanese garden
* are closely related to ink paintings, in which line plays a major role
  - legendary throughout the entire world
* emphasise the use of rocks to create three dimensional pictures in stone.
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  * In addition to plants, many gardens also have landscaping features such as pathways, seats, rock gardens, ponds, fountains, a small stream with or without a waterfall. Some incorporate gazebos and structural designs to accommodate for places to sit or to place a hammock for a siesta. Roman gardens will have its own columns, fountains and statures placed at strategic places depending on its sizes and uses. Japanese gardens have their own unique designs and features.

Orchard
* Most orchards are in isolated rural areas with access only over poor roads
  - on slopes near lakes
* Most orchards contain apple trees
* Some orchards protect trees.
* are farmland
  - wooded areas
* have trees that are spaced uniformly.
* produce crops such as macadamia nuts and avocados.
* require maintenance.

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Orange grove
* Most orange groves require two and a half to three acre feet per acre per year.
* is an orchard
* turn to banana plantations, which give way to dense tropical rainforest.

Pecan orchard
* are on flood plains.
* span the entire southern United States.

Organic garden
* are one way to help people find uncontaminated food.
* have potential.

Rock garden
* Most rock gardens contain alpine and sub-alpine plants from the world's mountain ranges.
* Some rock gardens have conifers
  - dwarf conifers
  - the laboratories of the world s high places
* can be labor intensive, with weed control the biggest problem.