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• present participle of garden.

gardening

American  

[gahrd-ning] / ˈgɑrd nɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of cultivating or tending a garden.

2. the work or art of a gardener.

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gardening British  

/ ˈɡɑːdənɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. the planning and cultivation of a garden

   2. ( as modifier )

      gardening gloves

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Etymology

Origin of gardening

First recorded in 1570–80; garden + -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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gardening

GOLDIN: When we started to talk seriously about adults, we could see that some people were into gardening and flowers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

"I've enjoyed doing the gardening and planting. It was nice to focus on something."

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

I’ve worked at a big-box store for 14 years, mostly in the gardening and lumber departments.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

"It's a bit odd they were here in the middle of the night," one local told AFP as she did some gardening in the nearby village of Kempsford.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Landscape gardening was no more than a bohemian fantasy, as well as a lame ambition—so he had analyzed it with the help of Freud—to replace or surpass his absent father.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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Related Words

• cultivation
• landscaping
• planting

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