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gar·den·er
/ ˈgärdnər/
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n.
a person who tends and cultivates a garden as a pastime or for a living:
cultivars grown by amateur gardeners
a topiary gardener.
DERIVATIVES:
gar·den·ing
/ ˈgärdning; -dn-ing/ n.
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Garden tours offer respite, a chance to gather ideas
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 6/21/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Joan Stevens, garden tour chair, said this year's gardens are "very special...will include 18 gardens in Greendale. Carol Ward, garden tour committee chair...five residential gardens and one museum garden. They are: The...
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 "Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)")
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Garden grows
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 6/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...attend the sixth annual Garden Walk and Charity Silent...several beautiful gardens in the area will open...We started the garden walks six years ago...the Children's Garden is a composition of many smaller gardens with a few charming...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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GARDENS PRODUCE FOOD, FUN AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 5/17/1996; 700+ words
; ...preclude planting their own garden. ``The common misperception...income people are tending gardens just for the food...tell us they plant a garden for relaxation and peace...plot Swift and Seventh garden features a grape arbor...last summer. Like other gardens, this site had relied...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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GARDENS NEED TENDING STILL AWAITING FUNDS, CITY'S BOTANIC OASIS LOOKS A LITTLE RAGGED.(Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 4/11/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Since then, the Botanic Gardens has tightened its belt...to bring its Japanese garden into compliance with...to add a children's garden, a demonstration garden and possibly update...idea of linking the gardens with Cheesman and Congress...
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Gardens.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Journal of Australian Studies; 6/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...culturally significant gardens, parks and landscapes...Bibliographic work on specific garden designers has contributed...cultural significance of gardens.(7) This is perhaps...historic' private garden. More recent developments...sought to understand gardens as sites for negotiating...
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 "The Capital Times (Madison, WI)")
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GARDENS GALORE TWO TOURS WILL GIVE YOU SOME AMAZING IDEAS.(LIFESTYLE)(ARTFUL SHOPPER)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 6/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...the one spacious garden secreted behind it. They are among 13 gardens that will be open...annual Olbrich Home Garden Tour features eight private home gardens in the venerable...aligned in three gardens. This Rutledge Street garden merges along the...
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Gardens of local delights
Newspaper article from: Maryland Gazette; 6/5/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...variety of these gardens, many of which are...One example is the garden of James and Beth...in Colonial-era gardens was to espalier trees...Turcotte has in his garden espaliered apple...leads to the rear garden, which contains...the sun-drenched gardens of William and Sandy...
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Garden party Elwood project raises funds for flower lovers
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 7/3/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...ornamental pond. Six private gardens were among those featured on the garden walk. People sit outside...Children's Garden Project Garden Walk in Elwood on June...six beautiful private gardens, a florist and the Children's Garden. Greeting guests under...
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Gardens; The Shades of Winter
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/2/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...plants that enhance a garden in the winter...there are many gardens-or portions of...make or break a garden. In winter gardens, the shapes of...of authority on gardens including winter...symmetry and order of a garden-and subtleties...
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Gardens of Healing and Tansformation.
Magazine article from: World and I; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...lilies grown in chapel gardens decorated the altars...for the medieval rose garden or rosarium, and Dante...a term applied to the Garden of Eden and heaven itself...as to medieval chapel gardens.7 In Renaissance England...Almightie first Planted a Garden. And indeed, it is...
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Garden
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...Not all cultures have gardens. For many reasons, anthropologists and garden historians consider most...agriculture, as opposed to gardens. Gardens presuppose...American concepts of the garden. The noted landscape...famous for designs of gardens that looked liked natural...
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Botanical Gardens
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...the first botanical garden in Pisa in 1543, but such gardens quickly spread throughout...perhaps first, a garden founded in 1694 outside...German Pietists. Gardens of the Eighteenth...sent to European gardens. The garden closed during the...
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botanical garden
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...arboretum is a botanical garden devoted chiefly to...plants in botanical gardens are labeled, usually...two most important gardens in the United States...New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New...Huntington Botanical Garden, San Marino, Calif; the botanical gardens at Ottawa, ...
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Gardens and Parks
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...and botanical contents, the gardens and parks of early modern Europe...integration of architecture and garden design; an increasing dominance...visual integration between gardens and the surrounding landscape...Renaissance Italy, developments in garden design were greatly influenced...
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Gardening and Kitchen Gardens
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
GARDENING AND KITCHEN GARDENS GARDENING AND KITCHEN GARDENS. The purpose of the kitchen garden is to supply the household...storage rooms, these gardens must be termed "primitive...dweller's cottage kitchen garden forms another category...
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