orchards

noun

plural of orchard
as in gardens
a place where people grow fruit trees an apple orchard

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Recent Examples of orchards The park also features large reflecting pools, rustic furnishings, fountains, urns, statuary, artificial ponds for fish and foul, a deer park, orchards, fields and more. — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026 Up in Northern Michigan, the Leelanau Peninsula claims 100 miles of shoreline, 33 inland lakes, countless cherry orchards, sprawling vineyards, and natural areas for hiking and biking. — Stacy Conde, Midwest Living, 9 July 2026 For Paul Rasch, who owns and operates multiple fruit orchards in central Iowa, the heat has forced his crew of eight workers to step up harvesting of raspberries. — ABC News, 8 July 2026 Chat up the people behind the region’s small ranches and orchards – Arata Farms, Kai’s Fresh Asian Produce, Alhambra Valley Beef & Pears – while enjoying live music and treats like fresh mini-doughnuts and Hawaiian-style popcorn. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 July 2026 Private river water rights supply irrigation, sustaining the gardens and orchards year-round. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 July 2026 Its 153 acres are home to sprawling orchards, horse paddocks, and fragrant flower gardens. — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2026 Set in the San Bernardino Mountains (like Big Bear Lake and Lake Arrowhead), Oak Glen is home to acres of apple orchards, bed-and-breakfasts, and a family fun park, Oak Tree Mountain. — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026 In the first quarter of 2026 the national number sat almost still while one state's orchards lost more than a tenth of their value, and only the calm half of that reached the headline return. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orchards
  1. gardens
  2. vineyards
  3. farms
  4. ranches
  5. farmsteads
Noun
  • Juan Guerrero, 70, has lived in Marbella for the past 50 years, and laments the changes to the city, which used to be a small fishing town dotted with vegetable gardens.
    — Sabrina Nelson Garcinuño, Fortune, 13 July 2026
  • The king has continued to spend significant time at Highgrove House in Gloucestershire, which now features one of Britain’s most celebrated organic gardens.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 12 July 2026
Definition of gardens
Noun
  • Spend an afternoon exploring vineyards along the Long Island Wine Trail; Kontokosta Winery in Greenpoint is the North Fork’s only waterfront winery, and Borghese Vineyard and Winery is the region’s oldest vineyard and a lovely place to picnic.
    — Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
  • As for the current harvest, some local vineyards, like Ascona on Skyline, are completely sold out and most of the fruit has been picked, according to vineyard manager Ken Swegles.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
Definition of vineyards
Noun
  • Not even foundations are visible, and a long gravel road toward that part of the island leads past occasional farms and vast swaths of emptiness and then, finally, to a muddy riverbank thick with mosquitos.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Then the farms were abandoned, the forests grew back and the deer returned.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of farms
Noun
  • His many projects include Big Sky Kitchen, a show on Magnolia Network; open-fire cooking events on farms and ranches; and an upcoming cookbook.
    — Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026
  • At the farms, the ranches, the pastures, Cal seldom got out of the truck.
    — Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
Definition of ranches
Noun
  • Some of the worst cases of the syndrome, for instance, have been on poor farmsteads in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Settlements and farmsteads spread across the state, and each year the timbermen marched deeper into the woods.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
Definition of farmsteads

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