garden center

noun

variants US garden center or British garden centre

plural garden centers

: a store that sells plants, gardening supplies, and other items for outdoor use (such as lawn statues, bird seed, furniture, or fountains)

I used to go to the local garden center every fall and purchase fifty-two daffodil bulbs.

—Douglas Coupland

Any of the standard fungicides will do. … Usually the premixed rose sprays sold at garden centers contain one of these.

—Joan Lee Faust

Examples of garden center in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Get inspired at the garden center with vertical gardens, railing planters, or pots with seasonal florals. — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2026

Local independent garden centers are most likely obtaining some of these varieties or can locate them for you. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

Kading, the director of events and marketing at Milaegers home and garden center, said the family business started offering a pop-up Oktoberfest 10 years ago. — Blaise Mesa, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2026

The new shop combines French antiques and furnishings with a nursery and garden center. — Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for garden center

• epicenter
• multicenter
• centre
• enter
• renter
• stentor
• dissenter
• frequenter
• indenter
• inventor
• precentor
• preventer