gardening

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Recent Examples of gardening This summer, people are tackling everything from inexpensive painting and gardening to updating cabinet hardware and shopping at liquidation stores. Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 May 2025 Composting: Level up your gardening expertise by recycling your yard waste. Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2025 Experts in cooking, gardening, fashion, beauty, and photography give you their tips for bringing more color to all your creative pursuits. Eleni N. Gage, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2025 The streets will be filled with more than 450 vendors, hosted by the Vista Chamber of Commerce, featuring everything from handcrafted goods and art to clothing, accessories, home decor and gardening items, many with a strawberry theme. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for gardening
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gardening
Noun
  • Marisa Rademaker, who handles communications at the farm, said the greenhouse initiative fits with the organization’s mission to help participants learn new skills and potentially get jobs in local nurseries or elsewhere in horticulture.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2025
  • The club helps students continue their education in the fields of agriculture, horticulture, botany, conservation, and other plant and land management fields.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Some vegetables—like tomatoes and herbs—are cheaper to grow at home due to their high store prices and ease of cultivation, while others are not.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 27 May 2025
  • Weed Legalization Plan Regulates Sales Of Recreational Cannabis Under Flynn’s plan, the state would establish an independent commission to oversee the cultivation, processing, testing and sales of cannabis to adults.
    A.J. Herrington, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • This stalls innovation, younger generations abandon farming, and food security suffers.
    Persa Sakellaridi, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • But the island is sparsely populated, largely used for farming and livestock, and the tag needed Apple Bluetooth devices nearby to track her down.
    Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Much of Gaza’s population of over 2 million now relies on such aid after widespread destruction of agriculture and markets as well as a recent Israeli blockade of two and a half months.
    Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
  • These metrics are simple, scalable, and better aligned with the ecological goals of regenerative agriculture.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Eliminate tillage: Most farmers till, or disturb, their soil to get rid of weeds and make the soil more porous, among other things.
    Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Avoid tillage entirely to preserve soil microbiota.
    Christopher Marquis, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025

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“Gardening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gardening. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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