shady retreat
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The website offers design tips and specific plant suggestions for a variety of native gardens, from privacy hedgerows and pots on a balcony to a shady retreat or a sunny pollinator paradise.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022
If this occurs during the day directly in the sun without recourse to a shady retreat, cooling over the ears or increased drinking is not enough.
From Scientific American • Sep. 15, 2022
In the farthest depth of the forest," he says, "I sought out a solemn spot, where ancient oaks and beeches formed a shady retreat.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam by Lord, John
The first compliments over, the company were invited inland to a shady retreat.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Melville, Herman
But the heat of the sun soon drove me to seek shelter under a little square arbor, a shady retreat covered with purple wistaria and honeysuckle.
From In Search of the Unknown by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)