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gardener

[gahrd-ner] / ˈgɑrd nər /


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"There's only so much we can intervene and control," said Fyles, admitting this was hard to accept as a professional gardener.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Andy Mills, the Unesco World Heritage Site's head gardener, told the BBC it was "absolutely magical" to see the outlines of the historic parterre - 260 years after it was demolished.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

But when Lee shared her frustrations with her graduate school adviser, noted author and avid gardener Jamaica Kincaid, she got the encouragement she needed.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

When she and her gardener sheet-mulched the front yard with cardboard Amazon boxes she had collected from her neighbors in October, one neighbor joked that it looked ready for Halloween.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

Flowers were not to be used as an ordinary gardener would use them.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

English summers are increasingly marked by a once rare ritual: water companies imposing monthslong bans on the use of garden hoses, leaving a nation of gardeners to hand-water their gardens or watch their plants die.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

It is not practicable to water mature trees, gardeners explained.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Professional gardeners like to use their blowers at full throttle.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

The discovery could help farmers, landowners, conservationists and gardeners make better decisions about how to support healthy pollinator populations.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

Near Block 28 some of the men who had been professional gardeners built a small park, with mossy nooks, ponds, waterfalls and curved wooden bridges.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston




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