Gardening

Japanese: gardening
Gardening

…Horticulture is a word that has been used since the 17th century, derived from the Latin hortus (meaning enclosure or enclosed land) and cultura (meaning cultivation). The word gardening is sometimes used as a synonym. The purpose of fruit and vegetable gardening is to produce foods (fruits and vegetables) that suit our tastes, while the purpose of floriculture is to satisfy our aesthetic desires by cultivating and appreciating flowers. …

From [Landscaping]

…Until then, it was called saku seizai (landscape making), zo seizai (landscape construction), or tsuku sei zai (landscape building), and it mainly referred to gardens. The English equivalent of zo seizai is gardening, garden craft, garden design, landscape gardening, etc. in the UK, but landscape art, landscape design, landscape engineering, landscape architecture, etc. are used in the US, and the terms differ between the two countries. This is because the content of zo seizai has expanded in the New World. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "gardening" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…horticultureとはラテン語のhortus(囲うこと,または囲まれた土地の意)とcultura(栽培の意)に由来し,17世紀以降使われるようになった言葉である。なお同義語としてgardeningという語が用いられることもある。 果樹園芸と野菜園芸の目的はわれわれの嗜好に合った食品(果物・野菜)を生産することであり,花卉園芸の目的は花を栽培,観賞することによってわれわれの美的欲求を満足させることである。…

【造園】より

…それまでは,作庭,造庭,築庭などといわれ,もっぱら庭園を対象としていた。造園に相当する英語は,イギリスではgardening,garden craft,garden design,landscape gardeningなどであるが,アメリカではlandscape art,landscape design,landscape engineering,landscape architectureなどと用いられ,両国で異なっている。これは造園の内容が新大陸では拡大していることによる。…

※「gardening」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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