Gardener
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A gardener is any person involved in the growing and maintenance of plants, notably in a garden. The terms encompasses persons from different walks of life involved in gardening from any number of aspects, from the hobbyist in a residential garden, the homeowner supplementing the family food with a small vegetable garden or orchard or the head gardener in a large estate.
Gardening has a long history, and there have been pioneering gardeners of note such as landscapers and those who created or expanded the idea of the "no-dig" garden. In addition, television lifestyle programs have spawned a number of celebrity gardeners.
Notable gardeners
- Luis Barragan
- Geoffrey Bawa
- Lancelot "Capability" Brown
- Carolus Clusius
- Esther Dean
- A. J. Downing
- Ian Hamilton Finlay
- C. Z. Guest
- Derek Jarman
- Gertrude Jekyll
- William Kent
- Andre le Notre
- Lucullus
- John Beverley Nichols
- Frederick Law Olmsted
- Russell Page
- Pliny
- Humphrey Repton
- Percy Thrower
- Alan Titchmarsh
- Vita Sackville-West
- William Shenstone
- Geoffrey Smith
- Theophrastus
- Tiberius
- John Tradescant
- Edith Wharton
- Ozcar