garden

/ˈgɑrdn/

/ˈgɑdɛn/

Other forms: gardens; gardening; gardened

A garden is a piece of land that's used to grow flowers, vegetables, or other plants. Your grandmother might be so proud of her rose garden that she gives every visitor a tour of it.

A vegetable garden is often planted in straight rows, sometimes within a raised bed. Flower gardens can take all sorts of shapes, from tidy to meandering. When you work in your garden, pulling weeds or planting seedlings, you garden. In the UK, a garden is what's called a yard in the US — any bit of land just outside of a house. The phrase "garden variety" means "ordinary:" "Oh he's just a garden variety mixed-breed dog, nothing fancy."

Definitions of garden

1. noun

   a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
   examples:

   Hanging Gardens of Babylon

   a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC

   types:

   flower garden

   a garden featuring flowering plants

   formal garden

   a garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs

   grove, orchard, plantation, woodlet

   garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth

   herb garden

   a garden for growing herbs

   hop field, hop garden

   a garden where hops are grown

   kitchen garden, vegetable garden, vegetable patch

   a small garden where vegetables are grown

   landscaping

   a garden laid out for esthetic effect

   market garden

   a garden where fruit and vegetables are grown for marketing

   pot farm

   a plot of ground where marijuana is grown and harvested (often hidden in a national forest)

   rock garden, rockery

   a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants

   roof garden

   a garden on a flat roof of a building

   rose garden

   a garden for growing roses

   sunken garden

   a garden set below the level of the ground surrounding it

   tea garden

   a public garden where tea is served

   topiary

   a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals

   apple orchard

   a grove of apple trees

   lemon grove

   a grove of lemon trees

   orange grove

   grove of orange trees

   parterre

   an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern

   peach orchard

   a grove of peach trees

   victory garden

   a kitchen garden planted during wartime to relieve food shortages

   type of:

   patch, plot, plot of ground, plot of land

   a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation
2. noun

   a yard or lawn adjoining a house
   type of:

   curtilage, grounds, yard

   the enclosed land around a house or other building
3. noun

   the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden
   type of:

   botany, flora, vegetation

   all the plant life in a particular region or period
4. verb

   work in the garden
   “My hobby is gardening”

   types:

   landscape

   do landscape gardening

   type of:

   tend

   have care of or look after