Gardening

:For the chosen plaintext attack used by the British during World War II, see gardening (cryptanalysis).

Social aspect

In modern Europe and North America, people often express their political or social views in gardens, intentionally or not. The Green parties and Greenpeace often advise their campaigners to call first on homeowners who have lush chaotic wild gardens, as these are deemed to be more likely to respond to the Greens' political message than those with AstroTurf or bluegrass lawns. No reliable statistics support such claims, but for many years, in the United States, there was a widespread belief that there was such a thing as a Republican lawn and Democratic lawn.

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Europe - North America - Green parties - Greenpeace - Greens' political message - AstroTurf - Bluegrass - Statistics - United States - Republican lawn - Democratic lawn

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The lawn vs. garden issue is played out in urban planning as the debate over the "land ethic" that is to determine urban land use and whether hyperhygienist bylaws (e.g. weed control) should apply, or whether land should generally be allowed to exist in its natural wild state. In a famous Canadian Charter of Rights case, "Sandra Bell vs. City of Toronto", 1997, the right to cultivate all native species, even most varieties deemed noxious or allergenic, was upheld as part of the right of free expression, at least in Canada.

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Lawn - Urban planning - Land ethic - Urban land use - Hyperhygienist - Bylaw - Weed control - Canadian - Charter of Rights - Sandra Bell vs. City of Toronto - 1997 - Right of free expression

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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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Slow Food - Edible schoolyard - Garden classroom - Fergus, Ontario - Kitchen classroom

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In US and British usage, the care, installation, and maintenance of ornamental plantings in and around commercial and institutional buildings is called landscaping, landscape maintenance or groundskeeping, while international usage uses the term gardening for these same activities.

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US - British - Landscaping

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