Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The laying out and cultivation of gardens; garden-work; horticulture.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The art of occupation of laying out and cultivating gardens; horticulture.

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  • adjective describes items or actions connected with the garden.
  • noun horticulture
  • noun the process or action of cultivating of the soil particularly in a garden; the care of a garden.
  • verb Present participle of garden.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the cultivation of plants

Etymologies

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garden + -ing

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Examples

  • I keep the gardening clothes in the ´gardening drawer´ at the bottom of my chest of drawers.

    une pantoufle - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • "Nevertheless, what a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it."

    Mary's Meadow; and Letters From a Little Garden 1886

  • Whether as collective green graffiti or as an attempt to reclaim the neighborhood and make improvements for all, guerrilla gardening is a form of eco-activism that is catching on despite its controversial methods.

    GUERILLA GARDENING: Strategies for Greening the Hood | Inhabitat 2008

  • One of a slew of DIY gardening currents, such as permaculture (design of highly sustainable ecosystems), urban homesteading, composting and free fruit movement, guerrilla gardening is a response to dwindling green space, limited land and suspicions about food sources, say experts.

    Guerrilla gardener movement takes root in L.A. area « Isegoria 2008

  • The 'gardening' is done by the park, and there is always a family style little restaurant nearby.

    from brian rothschild re living in mexico 2002

  • Big problem with self-sufficient gardening is fertilizer.

    Matthew Yglesias » Weekend Requests? 2009

  • Part of the “Thrifty Fun” web site, Gardening With Kids is packed with helpful suggestions and ideas to interest and involve young people in gardening such as giving kids their own space, using kid sized tools using child friendly themes.

    New on the Net May 2009-Goldsmith 2009

  • Part of the “Thrifty Fun” web site, Gardening With Kids is packed with helpful suggestions and ideas to interest and involve young people in gardening such as giving kids their own space, using kid sized tools using child friendly themes.

    June 2009 2009

  • At 75 y.o. and given that she actually has an interest in gardening, she is of an age set of Americans for whom this sort of thing would not have cause a kerfuffle.

    Elderly Women Charged With Beating Fawn To Death 2009

  • At 75 y.o. and given that she actually has an interest in gardening, she is of an age set of Americans for whom this sort of thing would not have cause a kerfuffle.

    Elderly Women Charged With Beating Fawn To Death 2009

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  • Sorry to be all Web 2.0, but I'm annoyed I can't create garde.ning.com!

    January 1, 2009

  • My adjectival use: 'It is a gardening magazine.'

    August 22, 2011