gardener

/ˈgɑrdənər/

/ˈgɑdnə/

Other forms: gardeners

A person whose hobby or job is growing flowers in a garden is called a gardener. If you want homegrown flowers and veggies, get to know a gardener.

If you grow vegetables professionally, you're called a farmer, but if you design, tend, or care for a flower garden, you're a gardener. Planting anything on a small scale, in your own backyard, also makes you a gardener. The word gardener was a common last name starting in the 13th century, from the Old French jardineor, and the Old North French gardin, "kitchen garden or orchard."

Definitions of gardener

1. noun

   someone who takes care of a garden
   synonyms: nurseryman

   types:

   transplanter

   a gardener who moves plants to new locations

   type of:

   horticulturalist, horticulturist, plantsman

   an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)
2. noun

   someone employed to work in a garden
   types:

   groundkeeper, groundskeeper, groundsman

   someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)

   hedger

   a gardener who takes care of and trims hedges

   type of:

   employee

   a worker who is hired to perform a job