as in gardens
a place where people grow fruit trees
an apple orchard
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Recent Examples of orchards
There, surrounding apple orchards and clumps of fallen, rotting fruit furnish the film with a rather literal visual metaphor, to which Etzler returns a bit too often.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
The orchards are brimming with fruit, ripe for the picking, so bring your family to the fields to enjoy the freshest apples.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
These Indiana orchards are here for the picking.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2025
To mark the apple harvesting season, many local orchards have already rolled out the treat at bakeries and farmers markets.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2025
In addition to its sheer number of trees, many of them deciduous, the towns that make up New England truly embrace the fall season with cider donuts, U-Pick apple orchards, and maple syrup everything.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025
Persimmon trees grow well in small gardens and orchards; they can be planted in spring or fall.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
How were the 10Best orchards chosen?
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Crimson clover can become weedy in landscape beds, restrict use to production gardens, orchards, and other large acreage.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
Guy Lodge, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
The orchards are brimming with fruit, ripe for the picking, so bring your family to the fields to enjoy the freshest apples.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
These Indiana orchards are here for the picking.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2025
To mark the apple harvesting season, many local orchards have already rolled out the treat at bakeries and farmers markets.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2025
In addition to its sheer number of trees, many of them deciduous, the towns that make up New England truly embrace the fall season with cider donuts, U-Pick apple orchards, and maple syrup everything.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025
Persimmon trees grow well in small gardens and orchards; they can be planted in spring or fall.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
How were the 10Best orchards chosen?
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Crimson clover can become weedy in landscape beds, restrict use to production gardens, orchards, and other large acreage.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orchards
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The Obama Presidential Center was conceptualized as a campus, including a museum, library, athletic facility, and fruit and vegetable gardens to act as a community space in commemoration of the 44th president of the United States.—
Christine Valora,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Sep. 2025
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If overwater villas aren’t your vibe, the resort’s new Rondoval Suites are just as striking, with full butler service and a setting that’s deep within the resort’s tropical gardens.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
27 Sep. 2025
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Situated four miles from the Pacific Ocean, a little further inland than other vineyards in Fort Ross-Seaview (on the second rather than the first ridgeline), the vineyard is more protected than those closer to the coast.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
7 Sep. 2025
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Partner Community Capital helps small businesses, non-profits, and farms in Western North Carolina with flexible loans and expert business advice.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Sep. 2025
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Day-zero droughts arise from the confluence of various factors, including a prolonged dearth of rain, low river levels and shrunken reservoirs, as well as rocketing water demand to supply people, farms and industries.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes the most fruitful foraging spots are private ranches, farms or backyards.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Encircled by mountains and dotted with working ranches, this pastoral basin has become ground zero for California’s fraught and complicated relationship with its resurgent population of gray wolves.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on the shores of Lake Michigan features miles of sand beach, lush forests, clear inland lakes, unique flora and fauna, towering bluffs, an island lighthouse, coastal villages, picturesque farmsteads and more.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Orchards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orchards. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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