Meaning & use
Gardening
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The activity of cultivating and tending a garden, including planting, watering, and maintaining flowers, vegetables, or other plants.
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She spends every Saturday morning gardening before the day gets too hot.
Gardening has become one of the most popular hobbies for people working from home.
A note on using this word
"Gardening" is distinct from "farming" mainly in scale and purpose, generally referring to smaller-scale, often ornamental or personal cultivation rather than commercial crop production.
Words with a similar meaning
horticulturecultivation
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