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Landscaping
Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including the following:
* Living elements, such as flora or fauna; or what is commonly called gardening, the art and craft of growing plants with a goal of creating a beauty within the landscape.
* Natural abiotic elements, such as landforms, terrain shape and elevation, or bodies of water.
* Abstract elements, such as the weather and lighting conditions.
Landscaping requires a certain understanding of horticulture and artistic design, but is not limited to plants and horticulture. Sculpting land to enhance ...more
* Living elements, such as flora or fauna; or what is commonly called gardening, the art and craft of growing plants with a goal of creating a beauty within the landscape.
* Natural abiotic elements, such as landforms, terrain shape and elevation, or bodies of water.
* Abstract elements, such as the weather and lighting conditions.
Landscaping requires a certain understanding of horticulture and artistic design, but is not limited to plants and horticulture. Sculpting land to enhance ...more
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He had heard especially promising things about Philadelphia--the lively capital of that young nation. It was said to be a city with a good-enough shipping port, central to the eastern coast of the country, filled with pragmatic Quakers, pharmacists, and hardworking farmers. It was rumored to be a place without haughty aristocrats (unlike Boston), and without pleasure-fearing puritans (unlike Connecticut), and without troublesome self-minted feudal princes (unlike Virginia). The city had been fou
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― The Signature of All Things
― The Signature of All Things
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Plants are not optional on this planet. With few exceptions, neither we or anything else, can live without them.
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