see also garden apartment, garden level
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Examples of garden in a Sentence
Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2023
Musée de Montmartre is a tribute to the neighborhood’s artistic legacy: Both Renoir and French painter Suzanne Valadon made their studios there at one point, and the museum’s lush gardens offer magnificent views of the city and Clos Montmartre vineyard.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2023
The landscape encapsulates the classic Chinese park setting—a world within a garden.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Nov. 2023
Amid this vast multiplicity of life, a variety evident even within the intimate boundaries of a home garden, Renkl invites us to slow down and take it in, one small miracle at a time.
—Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Nov. 2023
Kurkdjian beckons you to dream of a lush floral garden blanketed in snow, with notes of sweet-musky jasmine and ripe mango swirling in the air.
—Katie Chang, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
And Martian gardens will need a little help — maybe from black soldier fly larvae and their excretions.
—Sarah Scoles, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2023
The redesign will also include new exhibition halls, cafes and gardens.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
Kids can be inside and still see and smell the surrounding native sages and garden.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
Susan Pransky, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
Someone is a musician, somebody is an artist, someone is gardening, and someone is breeding birds.
—Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2023
But mostly, gardening outside his home has been a dream come true for Reid.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
The purpose of the Native Garden Contest is to celebrate Towson community members who garden to support the environment, and teach the public about the environmental value of native plant and trees in our own yards, according to a news release.
—Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2023
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—Jenna Clark, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2023
The couple drove there on weekends and evenings to garden, make repairs, replace a broken garbage disposal or an air conditioner, and check on their tenants.
—Charlotte Kramon, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
Suites are more than spacious, starting at 1,300 square feet, with marble bathrooms and a terrace or garden mere steps from the sand — a view only made better with a glass of fresh watermelon juice in hand.
—Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2023
Pete had 10 years of experience as an executive chef and Jess loved to garden.
—Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2023
Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 8 Feb. 2018
Garden categories include vegetables, fruit, flowers and miscellaneous items such as gourds, pumpkins and sunflowers.
—Courant Community, 29 Aug. 2017
Garden spaces are available from early May to November.
—Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 21 June 2017
Garden club member and garden walk chairperson Marci Stritch said the club has held annual garden walks for about 21 years.
—Ginger Brashinger, Daily Southtown, 21 June 2017
Garden Conservancy Day
GLASTONBURY — On Saturday, June 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., there will be four gardens open for viewing in Glastonbury.
—Courant Community, 19 June 2017
Garden program Learn about the Gable rhododendrons with garden expert Don Hyatt.
—Washington Post, 10 May 2017
Garden staples like spinach and some lettuce, for example, will stop growing the tasty leaves and shoot up a seed spire when the weather gets too hot.
—Roxie Hammill, kansascity.com, 29 Apr. 2017
Garden experts say to create a tent structure to drape a cover, or use a frost blanket, which is specially made for the job.
—Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2017
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Word History
Noun
Middle English gardyn, borrowed from Anglo-French gardyn, gardeyn, jardin, from Old French jart, (Picard and French Flanders) gart "garden" (going back to Old Low Franconian *garda- "enclosure, fence" going back to Germanic *garđa-, whence Old Saxon gard "garden, dwelling, world," Old High German gart "enclosure," Old English geard "fence, enclosure") + -in, probably adjective suffix (going back to Latin -īnus -ine entry 1), originally in Gallo-Romance *hortus gardīnus "enclosed garden" — more at yard entry 1
Verb
derivative of garden entry 1
Adjective
Middle English gardyn, attributive use of gardyn garden entry 1
Noun
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
circa 1558, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Adjective
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing garden
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“Garden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garden. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
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