gardening

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Recent Examples of gardening Urban gardening has become so popular that there are many hacks and tricks for small spaces. Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 5 Feb. 2026 The Cedarshed Western Red Cedar Ranch House Storage Shed skews more toward a tiny home than a place for stashing gardening tools thanks to its inviting, cabin-style appearance and plethora of charming features like a porch and flower boxes. Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026 After all, the sessions are full of everything a developing brain needs — kids play with fun gardening tools, dig in dirt without getting in trouble and run rampant around an open farm. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026 Here's what to know about using bleach and alcohol for this job, and when to choose one product over the other for disinfecting your gardening equipment. Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gardening
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Noun
  • My first paying job in horticulture was working for a little mom and pop garden center just outside of New York City.
    Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Laura Irish-Hanson is the extension horticulture educator at the Department of Agricultural and Natural Resource Systems, University of Minnesota Extension.
    Haniya Rae, Martha Stewart, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Innovation in Production Across legal markets, AI is already creeping into cultivation, not as sci-fi robots trimming buds, but as quiet systems making decisions humans used to make by gut.
    Aisha Alves, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2026
  • This form of the algae has a cell wall that has been slightly softened or pulverized during cultivation, resulting in a supplement much easier on the stomach.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The workers were traveling back to their office after delivering crude oil and other supplies in a farming village in Negros Oriental province when their truck overshot the road and fell into a 100-f00t-deep ravine, police said.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The Norse were Scandinavian Viking-era settlers who, led by Erik the Red from Iceland, established medieval farming colonies in southwestern Greenland around 985–986 CE, according to the Mariners' Museum and Park and other sources.
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In the past, New Delhi had opposed tariffs on sectors such as agriculture and dairy, which employ the bulk of the country's population.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Nearly one in five commercial truck drivers nationwide is foreign-born, and Florida’s freight, agriculture and construction sectors rely heavily on that workforce to move goods safely and efficiently.
    Bhupinder Kaur, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The most popular images depicting families are centered around nature and farmwork, leaving out indoor bonding activities like sharing meals, getting ready for work and school, playing games and shopping.
    William Jones, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The Cultural Revolution then saw universities closed or radically repurposed, graduate training halted, and many scientists exiled to the countryside for farmwork.
    Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Fifty-seven percent of acres are under no-till or conservation tillage, reducing erosion and fuel use.
    SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 2 Dec. 2025
  • The railway boom brought millions of acres of arable land under tillage.
    David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025

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“Gardening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gardening. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.

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