: an area where plants are grown for commercial or decorative purposes
also
: the plants grown in such an area
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From these orchard plantings to the native warm-season grass and wildflower meadow planted to invite birds and pollinators to the property, time is an essential—and intentional—element of the design, notes Ryang.
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2025
The precise planting also reduces water loss to make your garden more efficient and productive with less toil and cost.
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2025
Carroll Community College’s 3rd annual Family Fun Fest Sunday, featured inflatables, drone simulations, free children’s books, as well as face painting, tie-dyeing t-shirts, rock painting, sidewalk chalk art, sunflower seed planting, a scavenger hunt and a host of other activities.
—Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2025
Keep new tree and shrub plantings moist as permitted by water restrictions.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2025
The precise planting also reduces water loss to make your garden more efficient and productive with less toil and cost.
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2025
Carroll Community College’s 3rd annual Family Fun Fest Sunday, featured inflatables, drone simulations, free children’s books, as well as face painting, tie-dyeing t-shirts, rock painting, sidewalk chalk art, sunflower seed planting, a scavenger hunt and a host of other activities.
—Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2025
Keep new tree and shrub plantings moist as permitted by water restrictions.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Planting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planting. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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