: an area where plants are grown for commercial or decorative purposes
also
: the plants grown in such an area
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Members of the public took over the muddy lot, planting plants, sod, trees and unofficially dubbing it People’s Park in 1969.
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Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
Events include walking tours, trolley tours, a tree history symposium, a tree painting party, a Father’s Day bike tour and a tree planting ceremony at the historic Opa-locka Seaboard Air Line Railroad Station.
—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
The Biden administration’s push to fight climate change has sprinkled billions of dollars across America for major projects, such as building new transmission lines for electric power, and for smaller ones, like planting trees.
—Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 25 May 2024
Solutions such as whitewashing pavement and planting trees are known solutions to mitigating the heat island effect.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 May 2024
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Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
Events include walking tours, trolley tours, a tree history symposium, a tree painting party, a Father’s Day bike tour and a tree planting ceremony at the historic Opa-locka Seaboard Air Line Railroad Station.
—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
The Biden administration’s push to fight climate change has sprinkled billions of dollars across America for major projects, such as building new transmission lines for electric power, and for smaller ones, like planting trees.
—Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 25 May 2024
Solutions such as whitewashing pavement and planting trees are known solutions to mitigating the heat island effect.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 May 2024
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“Planting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planting. Accessed 11 Jun. 2024.
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