gardening

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Recent Examples of gardening The landscaping, gardening and home improvement show features a garden promenade, highlighting design trends and hardscaping products; seminars on the cooking patio and garden center stage; gardening presentations; and more. Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 18 Mar. 2026 Since 1999, Nicole has been a designer, copy editor, family columnist, and covered style, home design, gardening and other news-you-can-use topics. Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026 Expect discounts on warm-weather fashion, beauty favorites, travel gear, sports equipment, patio furniture, gardening tools, grilling essentials, home organization and bedding. ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026 Why are leprechauns so good at gardening? Nicole Harris, Parents, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gardening
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Noun
  • The college started with just 37 students and four teachers, initially offering instruction in agriculture, English, horticulture and mathematics.
    Joshua Alston, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Megan Proska, associate vice president of horticulture and collections, says the Arboretum requests submissions from growers for new plants or new varieties that will be coming to the local market.
    Mary Grace Granados Special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The flax cultivation is powered entirely by rainfall, and refined through a 100 percent mechanical extraction, zero-waste process.
    Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 23 Mar. 2026
  • And both recognize the importance of the education of character, the cultivation of decency, and the taming of the dark passions.
    Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Residents of San Martin, the farming village of about 27 families in Sucumbios, told USA TODAY that the operation, which took place March 1-6, didn’t target drug traffickers.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • In Bridgehampton, and at A Room at the Beach in particular, Long Island’s east end reclaims its essence as a beautiful farming and beach community that happens to lie close to Manhattan.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Talarico headlined the standing-room-only rally that featured the party’s candidates for governor, comptroller, railroad commissioner, agriculture commissioner and Texas’ 25th congressional district.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Without pollinators, agriculture in Florida would suffer.
    Joe Murphy, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 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
  • Plus, monocropping often goes hand in hand with tillage.
    Matt Alderton, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Fifty-seven percent of acres are under no-till or conservation tillage, reducing erosion and fuel use.
    SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 2 Dec. 2025

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“Gardening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gardening. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.

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