Drivers of the Chemical Quality of Market Gardening Soils in the Urban and Peri-Urban Environment of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso): Impact of Fertilizers Sources and Sites Location

Urban and peri-urban agriculture plays a key role by providing many goods and services. In particular, it provides diversified food and employment for vulnerable groups (youth and women). However, it often involves negative externalities due to non-conventional soils fertility management practices. This study aimed to investigate the chemical quality of soils over six (06) sites of the market gardening area of Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) as affected by fertilizers uses and sites location. Thirty (30) representative market gardening farms, located in urban, semi-urban and rural areas, were randomly selected from a baseline survey database. Within each farm, composite soil samples made up of 3 individual cores were taken over the 0 - 15 cm soil depth for determining soils carbon, total nitrogen, available phosphorus contents and pH-water. These data were normalized and summarized to compute a synthetic Soil Fertility Index (SFI). The data processing was focused on a Principal Component Analysis and an Ascendant Hierarchical Classification in order to make a typology of the vegetable farms. Fertilizers management effects on soils quality were compared through Variance Analysis (ANOVA) following a GLM procedure in Rstudio software. As main results, soils chemical parameters, except for available K, were affected by the location of the sites. Soils in urban farms are less acidic (on average pH = 6.9), while semi-urban and rural sites (Samadeni, Nakaguana) have more acidic soils. However, the latter site had the highest values of C and N. Moreover, the long-term application of organic matter sources results in improving of the chemical quality of the market garden soil. The SFI is positively correlated with the rate of applied organic fertilizers, and the cultivation duration. On the other hand, soil quality tends to decrease with the expansion of the area, due to a dilution effect of the organic fertilizer doses. All these results suggest that there is a real scope to reinforce the position of the market garden as an opportunity for recycling organic wastes and sequestration of carbon by promoting relevant fertilization packages that strongly rely on organic matters sources (Compost, Biochar, etc.).

Communicating the Meaning of Nature-texts:An Ecosemiotic Enquiry of Chinese Gardening and Penjing

Nature-text is an important concept in ecosemiotics.Unlike the traditional notion of text,nature-text considers natural environments as units of meaning with double dimensions of semiosis,that is,intratextual biosemiosis between organisms and intertextual semiosis in cultural communication.To a great extent,the latter affects meaning generation of the semiotic texts,and the quantity,type and process of the former.As Chinese gardens and penjing are characteristic nature-texts,examining and interpreting them from an ecosemiotic perspective would shed light on the cultural effects on meaning generation and communication of nature-texts,and on the interaction amongst various phases and forms of biosemiosis.

Wild Ornamental Plant Resources and Their Application to City Gardening in Hainan Province

This paper deals with the wild ornamental plant resources which are suitable for the application to gardening in Hainan Province and with the significance and the influencing factors in the application and extension of these resources to gardening. The strategies for the application of the wild ornamental plant resources have been established as the result of this research.

Eco-consciousness and Benefit Study on the Gardening of Chengde Imperial Summer Resort

Based on the introduction about the gardening conception,layout and method of Chengde Imperial Summer Resort,this study analyzed the eco-consciousness in the gardening and the landscape benefits,ecological benefits,social benefits and economic benefits it has generated.

Gardening Art of Qianlu Villa in Ancient Huishan Town of Wuxi City,China

Qianlu Villa is a private garden owned by YANG Zong-lian (1832-1905,Yifang is his style name),a government official in the end of the Qing Dynasty.There are only a few private gardens in that period,Qianlu Villa stands out for its compact layouts and artful designs,its gardening concepts and cultural connotations are of great referential value to understand garden styles in the southern regions of the Yangtze River and traditional Chinese gardening arts.By analyzing seclusion culture and Fengshui doctrines implied in Qianlu Villa,as well as its water layouts,Qianlu Villa is divided into two major areas:eastern area and western area,the former includes mainly halls which are symmetrically designed along the central axis,and the latter indicates mainly residential spaces in a free layout.Gardening arts such as divided scenery,borrowing scenery,winding scenery and traditional gardening techniques such as stone layouts in Qianlu Villa are pointed out,"virtue-like" attributes of plants are utilized to create cultural and artistic concepts.Metaphor and symbolism are applied in the landscaping via garden ornamentals,in this study,the frequently-applied crane ornamentals and special "卐" pavement patterns are introduced to demonstrate the significance of interpreting ornamentals for exploring cultural connotations of Qianlu Villa.

Gardening Aesthetics Implied in Yanshan Garden of Guilin City

Gardening aesthetics implied in Yanshan garden were analyzed by combining with its natural environment,Map of Yanshan Garden of Nong Daijin and relevant researches. This study stated that Confucianism,Taoism and Zen Buddhism laid the philosophical foundation of gardening in Yanshan Garden and its gardening aesthetics included the ideas of entering or leaving the officialdom,painting style and artistic conception,beauty of natural landscape and cultural connotation of Fengshui.

Gardening Art of Genyue Imperial Garden and Its Significance to Modern Landscape

Genyue Imperial Garden represents the Royal Garden in Northem Song Dynasty, and it has an important position in the Chinese classical garden history, as well as high values in history, culture, art. In this paper, the significance of the gar- dening art of Gsnyue Imperial Garden to modem landscape design was explored through the analysis on the macroscopic layout and microscopic gardening art of Genyue Imperial Garden.

Analysis of Gardening Based on the Unique Zonal Water System of Slender West Lake

Yangzhou Slender West Lake is narrow in shape. It is 4.3 km in total length with the width of about 100 m. It is a typical zonal water system. Through the research of its spatial structure, space sequence and view borrowing the garden bridges of Yangzhou Slender West Lake, the unique gardening method of zonal water system was expatiated.

On the Cultivation & Maintenance of Gardening Plants in Residential Areas of Liuzhou City

According to the analysis of the specific condition of green space of residential area in Liuzhou,effective suggestions to the design,cultivation and maintenance were put forward.

Study on Gardening Photography

Through analyzing the concept,development history and works of gardening photography,unique status and charm of gardening photography in the field of photography art was explored.It was proposed that professional knowledge about gardening disciplines should be grasped,and the shoot targets shouid be fully investigated to present excellent works of gardening photography.In addition,photographers should have strong artistic sense,and be able to grasp the means of expressing image language,so that they will produce works with outstanding themes,proper light,concise composition,harmonious hue color and shadow tone.Sophisticated equipment and post processing skills are also needed.

Discussions about Gardening Craft of Japanese Gardens and Implications for China

Japanese gardens were developed under the influence of China.In the process of development,the Japanese gardens studied the modern Western gardening craft,and developed unique gardening craft with local regional characteristics and national style in accordance with local conditions.This paper analyzed Japanese gardens through the development of Japanese gardens,the development process,the types of gardens and gardening elements,the characteristics of garden design and the implications for modern and contemporary Chinese garden design.In addition,through an in-depth understanding of Japanese gardens and exploring their intrinsic value,this paper summarized their development experience,in the hope of applying them into the future garden landscape design.

Analysis of Gardening Characteristics and Style Formation of Lingnan Gardens

Lingnan gardens,as one of the three major schools of Chinese classical gardens,have distinct local characteristics and pursue the unity of practicality and artistry.They began to develop during the Qin and Han dynasties,gradually formed their own unique characteristics during the Song and Yuan dynasties,became mature and were extricated from the influence of southern gardens and northern gardens during the Ming and Qing dynasties.In this paper,from the macro and micro levels,as well as natural,social and humanistic perspectives,the style formation of Lingnan gardens was studied.

The Inspiration of Poetic and Picturesque Literati Garden to Chinese Modern Gardening

Literati garden in Chinese classical garden has its own characteristics,and literature,philosophy and aesthetic values contained in literati garden have a profound impact on the gardening of later generations.Literati garden embodies the aesthetic orientation of Chinese people’s love of poetry and painting,pays attention to the creation of poetic atmosphere and creates an emotional space,making that viewers appreciate the beauty of blending feelings and scenery.In this paper,the characteristics of the literati garden in Chinese classical garden are summarized,and its gardening essence is excavated,and its enlightenment to the modern Chinese garden is explored.

Gardening Art of Gu Dongyang's Memorial Temple in Wuxi City,Jiangsu Province

On the basis of explaining goals of building temple gardens,Gu Dongyang’s Memorial Temple in Wuxi City was taken for example to analyze its gardening arts from the perspective of water layout,stone layout,building and plant design,and elaborate its cultural connotations from decorative symbols of its architectural components.It was concluded that Gu Dongyang’s Memorial Temple,in spite of its small size and plain style,had profound historical background and high referential value for furthering the study on temple gardens in the south of the Yangtze River.

Gardening and Agricultural Application in Chengde Summer Mountain Resort

Taking Chengde Summer Mountain Resort for example, agricultural development and application in gardening practices in the flourishing ages of Kangxi and Qianlong, and cultural connotations of valuing the fundamental role of agriculture in national economy were analyzed.

Application of Guizhou National Culture in Gardening Landscape in China——A Case Study of Landscape Design of Xiaohe Aerospace Park in China

Guizhou is a settlement of minorities and its colorful national cultures can provide materials for creation of characteristic landscape.Through the analysis of landscape design scheme of Xiaohe Aerospace Park,the paper has discussed the absorption of Guizhou national culture and its application in gardening landscape.With plants landscaping as the dominance,based on the actual situation of the site,bronze drum as a featured instrument of Buyi Nationality has been selected as the design factor,and plants landscaping has been conducted according to the shapes of symbols of twelve drum spectrums.Then,the pavement with the pattern of minority girls has been designed and made of green materials,forming the landscape effect of minority girls dancing on bronze drum.It shows that absorbing characteristic factors of Guizhou national culture and applying them in gardening landscape can improve the cultural connotation of landscape and help to inherit Guizhou national culture.

A Study of Students' Achievement Evaluation Modes Based on Practical Courses concerning Higher Vocational Gardening Technology Major

True,objective and impartial course and achievement evaluation is the requirement of modern higher vocational education,and can avoid " high scores and low abilities" of students to the maximum. This article focuses on expounding the " two connections and five combinations" dual evaluation modes of higher vocational gardening technology major students' achievement on practical courses,namely connection between major and industry; connection between achievement and occupation; combination of on-campus and off-campus teachers' evaluation;combination of process and results evaluation; combination of course evaluation and professional skill appraisal; combination of students' selfevaluation and teachers' evaluation; combination of examination paper and non-examination paper evaluation; combination of group and individual evaluation.

Research on the Path to Creating Home Gardening Brand Assets Based on Customers——A Case Study of Hongyue Garden Maker

In this paper,using the research method of grounded theory,with the competitive brand of home gardening—Hongyue Garden Maker as the specific object of study,we collect the data through interviews and surveys,conduct coding analysis step by step on the data,establish the brand asset creation path model consisting of some main dimensions including " brand salience"," brand performance"," brand image"," brand judgment"," brand feeling",and " brand resonance",and reveal the interaction and logical relationship between the above dimensions,so as to provide theoretical support for the asset creation of many kinds of home gardening and other brands.

Design and Key Technology of Gardening Information Management System Based on Data Center

To provide scientific management basis for the garden planning, project construction, maintenance, social service, this paper prompted that the urban gardening administration sectors need to construct gardening information management system. On the basis of fully requirements analysis of gardening sectors, this paper discussed the key technology for system construction. It also proposed to flexibly and smartly build up the system by using the secondary development design environment and running environment based on data center integration development platform. This system greatly helps the daily management and plays very important role in improving urban ecological environment and investment environment.

Primary lymphocutaneous nocardiosis associated with gardening: A case series

Most cases of nocardiosis are seen in immunocompromised patients. Primary lymphocutaneous is a relatively uncommon presentation of this disease that may also occurs in normal hosts. Diagnosing this infection requires a high index of suspicion since cultures can take several days to exhibit growth. The microbiology laboratory must therefore be notified about cases in which this pathogen is suspected. We report four cases of primary lymphocutaneous norcardiosis. Of particular interest is the association of three of these cases with gardening.