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Recent Examples of alamedaBut what has resonated most, the words that adorn hundreds of monuments erected in plazas, streets, and playgrounds across the world, is his prophecy that someday the grandes alamedas, the great avenues lined with trees, would open for the free people of tomorrow to walk through.—Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023
Our local senior center was painted recently, and the wall adjacent to the walkway is being attacked by the crows.
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Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
These fragrant perennials are at home in a cottage garden, garden border, along walkways, and in a butterfly garden, where their sweet fragrance attracts hummingbirds and butterflies.
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Lynn McAlpine,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2026