How to Use gardener in a Sentence

gardener

noun
Definition of gardenernext
  • Slip-on sneakers aren’t just for the grandmas and gardeners among us.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2024
  • That doesn’t always work for those less patient gardeners among us.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Younger gardeners will still reap all the health benefits of this great hobby, too.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2024
  • His father was a gardener, and his mother was housewife.
    — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Needing full sun and very moist soil, Hollyhocks can be quite finicky for a first-time gardener.
    — Kate McGregor, ELLE Decor, 20 Jan. 2023
  • At a home scale, gardeners can practice no-till cultivation by using a garden fork to loosen soil.
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The latter take over and create a real conundrum for gardeners who have to work year after year to eradicate them from their yard.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Most gardeners are patient and wait the three years for flowering to occur naturally to harvest the big fruits.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2024
  • This easy children's vegetable garden plan will please gardeners of all ages with unusual and fun-looking vegetables.
    — Nadia Hassani, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2024
  • Dealing with unwanted weeds comes with the territory of being an avid gardener, but weeds that grow through hard-to-reach crevices are a whole other beast.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 3 May 2024
  • Regardless, gardeners and farmers continue to face high watering demands this week.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
  • Malathion is used widely by farmers, gardeners, and to help eradicate the invasive cotton boll weevil, according to the EPA.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2024
  • Some gardeners shake the seeds in a bag while others rub them through a coarse screen.
    — Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
  • This is the perfect time to do what all gardeners love — make more plants ... for free!
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
  • There is an old garden adage that tells us that the garden grows best in the shadow of the gardener.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
  • All of the peppers used in the sauce were grown by Black farmers and urban gardeners.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The grounds share a gardener with The French Laundry, the famed birthplace of farm-to-table cuisine.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
  • One from my landlord, Mike, who wants to know if the gardeners came today.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2024
  • And the humble halfling gardener wouldn't have it any other way.
    — Ew Staff Updated, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
  • And home gardeners wanted to get their hands on the cool varieties that the pros were growing.
    — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 11 July 2023
  • So here is a list of a few things that can feed your impatient gardener gene and set up your garden for a great 2023.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 3 Mar. 2023
  • That’s the part that has local gardeners excited, and busy planning the tours that draw plant lovers throughout the spring.
    — Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The winter holidays are tough times for gardeners: With the ground frozen, there’s not always a lot to do except wait and wait and wait.
    — Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Gloves, too, are a subject of some debate among gardeners.
    — Catie Marron, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • Streisand’s spokesperson told the Post that her gardener was not paid with taxpayer funds.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Whatever might be on your to do list (or not) there is something for every type of gardener to keep busy with this time of year.
    — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Despite the booming market, gardeners can be hard to come by.
    — Monica Cardoza, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
  • And over time gardeners and the garden plant industry have adopted these zones as almost part of a plant’s name.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
  • For gardeners, weeding is an unavoidable part of the job.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Many gardeners are fine with this since dead wood usually ends up in the trash or compost anyway.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023

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