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Landscaping

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

  1. 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.

  2. Natural elements such as

    landforms,

    terrain

    shape and elevation, or

    bodies of water; and

  3. Abstract elements such as the

    weather

    and lighting conditions.

Landscaping requires expertise inhorticultureand artistic design.

​Leicester (About this soundlisten) LEH-ster) is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National Forest. It is to the north-east of Birmingham and Coventry, south of Nottingham, and west of Peterborough.

The 2016 mid year estimate of the population of the City of Leicester unitary authority was 348,300, an increase of approximately 18,500 (Increase 5.6%) from the 2011 census figure of 329,839, making it the most populous municipality in the East Midlands region. The associated urban area is also the 11th most populous in England and the 13th most populous in the United Kingdom.

Leicester is at the intersection of two major railway lines—the north–south Midland Main Line and the east/west Birmingham to London Stansted CrossCountry line; as well as the confluence of the M1/M69 motorways and the A6/A46 trunk routes. Leicester is the home to football club Leicester City and rugby club Leicester Tigers.

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