kitchen garden

noun

: a garden in which plants (such as vegetables or herbs) for use in the kitchen are cultivated

Examples of kitchen garden in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Ingredients are picked fresh from our kitchen garden or sourced from our sustainable suppliers—many of whom are local. Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024 This includes The Garden House Restaurant, which is nestled behind a walled kitchen garden, and Sir Frank’s Bar, which has a stunning cocktail list and goes out of its way to show off Beaverbrook’s vibrant past. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2024 One donor family established a prayer garden in honor of their grandchildren; another created a kitchen garden from which the in-house chef harvests herbs and other produce. Emily Hedrick, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024 There’s also a kitchen garden growing seasonal produce and herbs that can be booked for private tastings. Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 23 Nov. 2023 This one drops to a busy, utilitarian corridor two stories beneath street level on the Rue Cambon side of the property, where fruit and vegetables are delivered from the Ritz’s kitchen garden located in Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, just outside of Paris. Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2023 Field peas are cowpeas, so named because they were grown as a rotational crop in the fields instead of in kitchen gardens. Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2023 Take, for example, plants growing in a kitchen garden. Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 28 Aug. 2023 Today, visitors reach the home via a flagstone path that bisects the property’s abundant kitchen garden — planted with cabbage, fennel and broccoli — and leads to its stainless-steel front door, a nod to the site’s agricultural past. Ellie Pithers, New York Times, 21 July 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of kitchen garden was in the 14th century

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“Kitchen garden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kitchen%20garden. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

kitchen garden

noun
: a piece of land where vegetables are grown for household use
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