Gardening vs. Landscaping

Main Difference

The main difference between Gardening and Landscaping is that the Gardening is a practice of growing and cultivating plants and Landscaping is a the development and decorative planting of gardens and grounds

• Gardening

  Gardening is the practice of growing and cultivating plants as part of horticulture. In gardens, ornamental plants are often grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance; useful plants, such as root vegetables, leaf vegetables, fruits, and herbs, are grown for consumption, for use as dyes, or for medicinal or cosmetic use. Gardening is considered by many people to be a relaxing activity.

  Gardening ranges in scale from fruit orchards, to long boulevard plantings with one or more different types of shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants, to residential back gardens including lawns and foundation plantings, and to container gardens grown inside or outside. Gardening may be very specialized, with only one type of plant grown, or involve a large number of different plants in mixed plantings. It involves an active participation in the growing of plants, and tends to be labor-intensive, which differentiates it from farming or forestry.

• Landscaping

  Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including:

  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 elements such as landforms, terrain shape and elevation, or bodies of water; and

  abstract elements such as the weather and lighting conditions.Landscaping requires expertise in horticulture and artistic design.