<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">sent from a phone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 25 Jul 2021, at 10:07, Vincent van Duijnhoven <vvanduijnhoven@outlook.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Take look at the quote from the gardening wiki below. There it also describes it as cultivating plants. Agriculture is indeed a good example of what would be cultivated=intensely/fully
and therefore we also imply that on the tag landuse=farmland atc.</div>
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<b style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"Gardening</b><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;"><span> </span>is
the practice of growing and <u>cultivating </u>plants as part of<span> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture" title="Horticulture" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">horticulture</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">.
In gardens,<span> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornamental_plant" title="Ornamental plant" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">ornamental plants</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;"><span> </span>are
often grown for their<span> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower" title="Flower" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">flowers</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">,<span> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf" title="Leaf" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">foliage</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">,
or overall appearance; useful plants, such as<span> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_root_vegetables" title="" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">root vegetables</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">,<span> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf_vegetable" title="Leaf vegetable" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">leaf
vegetables</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">,<span> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit" title="Fruit" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">fruits</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">,
and<span> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb" title="Herb" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">herbs</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">,
are grown for consumption, for use as<span> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye" title="Dye" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">dyes</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">,
or for<span> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine" title="Medicine" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">medicinal</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;"><span> </span>or<span> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmetics" title="" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">cosmetic</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;"><span> </span>use" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardening" id="LPlnk150426">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardening</a></span></div></div></blockquote><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I am not a native speaker but this quote seems to (also) be about growing plants with the purpose of harvesting the result (vegetation, fruits, herbs), so it isn’t a good argument for the usage of the word in connection with ornamental plants.</div><div><br></div><div>Frankly, I would leave the last word to the native speakers of English rather than trying to engage in a discussion about their language.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers Martin </div></body></html>