gardening

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Recent Examples of gardening But most gardeners will need to divide daylilies by cutting their roots into sections with a gardening knife, shears, or a hori-hori. Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 16 June 2026 The shed measures 15 by 8 feet, which offers generous storage space to keep things neat in place and out of sight, like lawn care equipment, gardening tools, beach accessories, outdoor decor, bikes, and more. Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 16 June 2026 For gardening questions, contact us toll-free at (877) 486-6271, visit our website at homegarden.cahnr.uconn.edu, or reach out to your local UConn Extension Center at extension.uconn.edu/locations. Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2026 Most also offer gardening classes where flower enthusiasts can learn how to grow their own cutting garden, build crowns and wreaths, or do yoga and leave with a custom bouquet. Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for gardening
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Noun
  • Optimize Water and Light Conditions While deadheading does much of the heavy lifting, consistent plant care is equally important, says Cynthia Domenghini, an instructor and horticulture specialist at Kansas State University.
    Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 11 June 2026
  • Today, the gardens continue that legacy through a two-year horticulture program and a fellows program designed to train the next generation of garden leaders.
    Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • The wine-country startup wanted to revolutionize the cultivation of grapes and other fruit with $100,000 robotractors, but the technology didn’t work well enough.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • The first of these events in Arles, three years ago, raised the curtain on the regenerative agriculture movement, where soil and plant cultivation rely to a great degree, but not exclusively, on organic standards.
    Louise Schiavone, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • The couple say business is booming and that micro-farming is both a business and an enjoyable hobby.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
  • Since taking up farming in 2019, Clarkson has become an outspoken agriculture advocate who has railed against the government’s decision to introduce inheritance tax on farmland in November 2024.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • The local agricultural cooperative now struggles given the absence of irrigated agriculture in that area overlying the Ogallala.
    Allen Best, Denver Post, 14 June 2026
  • Candidates for attorney general, comptroller, agriculture commissioner and railroad commissioner were among those who addressed conference attendees on Friday.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • Torn between toiling away at farmwork, his corrective swimming lessons, and learning music from a local organist — the elderly Michel (Alexandre Astier, Clichy’s former directing partner), who shows him more kindness than most — Christophe’s world gradually widens.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 19 May 2026
  • Every year, hundreds of thousands of foreign laborers are drawn to America by the promise of steady, seasonal farmwork through the H-2A program.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Better practices such as cover crops, reduced or no tillage to protect the soil and on-farm installations to reduce runoff have substantially increased in recent years.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 June 2026
  • Additionally, 57 percent of acreage uses no-till or conservation tillage, minimizing soil disturbance to reduce erosion, improve water infiltration and lower fuel use.
    SJ Studio, Footwear News, 6 Apr. 2026

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“Gardening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gardening. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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