Editing Gardening (section)

==As art==
{{See also|Landscape architecture|Jupiter Artland}}

Garden design is considered to be an art in most cultures, distinguished from gardening, which generally means ''garden maintenance''. Garden design can include different themes such as perennial, [[Butterfly gardening|butterfly]], [[Wildlife garden|wildlife]], [[Japanese garden|Japanese]], [[Water garden|water]], [[Tropical garden|tropical]], or [[Shade garden|shade]] gardens.

In Japan, [[Samurai]] and [[Zen]] monks were often required to build decorative gardens or practice related skills like [[flower arrangement]] known as ''[[ikebana]]''. In 18th-century Europe, country estates were refashioned by landscape gardeners into formal gardens or landscaped park lands, such as at [[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]], France, or [[Stowe, Buckinghamshire|Stowe]], England. Today, [[landscape architect]]s and [[garden designer]]s continue to produce artistically creative designs for private garden spaces. In the US, professional landscape designers are certified by the Association of Professional Landscape Designers.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.apld.org/| title = APLD.org| access-date = 17 June 2009| archive-date = 19 December 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171219081836/https://www.apld.org/| url-status = live}}</ref>