Biography of a gardeners

Person who tends gardens

For other uses, see Gardener (disambiguation).

A gardener is someone who practices gardening, either professionally or as a hobby.

Description

A gardener is any person involved in gardening,^[1] arguably the oldest occupation, from the hobbyist in a residential garden, the home-owner supplementing the family food with a small vegetable garden or orchard, to an employee in a plant nursery or the head gardener in a large estate.

Garden design and maintenance

The garden designer is someone who will design the garden, and the gardener is the person who will undertake the work to produce the desired outcome.

Design

The term gardener is also used to describe garden designers and landscape architects, who are involved chiefly in the design of gardens, rather than the practical aspects of horticulture.

Garden design is considered to be an art in most cultures, distinguished from gardening, which generally means garden