Thesaurus results for GARDENING

gardening

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Definition of gardening

as in horticulture

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Recent Examples of gardening Crew members scurry over to the actors with a gardening-type tool, opening the nozzle and blowing a cloud of yellow and red dust onto us. — Kyle MacLachlan, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026 The site also includes a farm and garden where residents will be able to receive job training and learn urban gardening skills. — Maddie White, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026 Work with the season Fall gardening is less about finishing up and more about setting intentions. — Pam Rosendal, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2026 There to mark this year’s Addiction Awareness Week, Kate was introduced to the charity’s new community initiative, Forward Growing, which runs weekly gardening sessions designed to connect people with nature. — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gardening

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Noun

Matthew McKernan is a consumer horticulture associate at the Kansas State University extension.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 28 Sep. 2026
To best protect the environment and your plants, Ankit Singh, assistant professor and ornamental horticulture educator at the University of Maine Extension, recommends using plain brown paper grocery bags as mulch.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of horticulture

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Fashion is, after all, an entire industry built on the cultivation and expression of taste.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Grenada The new year marks the 150th anniversary of Spicemas, the annual August carnival in Grenada, which is known as the Spice Island due to its cultivation of nutmeg, cloves and other scented delights.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of cultivation

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The truck drives south, then west on Highway 46 through fields of almond trees and roses, before disappearing into an industrial zone near the farming center of Wasco.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Farmers are also major users of diesel fuel for their farming equipment, and have seen the price of that key workhorse fuel hit record levels.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of farming

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Acquisition targets could include companies that have developed specialized analytical models and established customer bases in areas such as agriculture and critical infrastructure.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Likewise, regenerative agriculture, which outlaws increasingly expensive synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, can help growers keep costs down.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of agriculture

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

Definition of farmwork

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Reduced tillage or no-till was used by 91 percent of participating growers; 56 percent planted cover crops.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
America’s wealthiest are snapping up huge swathes of farmland, and while some are using it for their elaborate hobbies, agriculture advocates worry the broader trend of the rich purchasing tillage is putting the livelihood of actual farmers at risk.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026