landscape gardening

American

noun

the art or trade of designing or rearranging large gardens, estates, etc.

landscape gardening British

noun

Also called: landscape architecture. the art of laying out grounds in imitation of natural scenery

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Other Word Forms

landscape gardener

noun

Etymology

Origin of landscape gardening

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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Landscape gardening, and the act of enclosure, are symbols heavy with meaning.

From The Guardian • May 13, 2017

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

Landscape gardening has, as yet, been developed little in Canada.

From The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance by Willison, Marjory MacMurchy, Lady

Landscape gardening, mural painting, church building, and furniture making as well, are some of the things that come under the head of architecture.

From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel

Landscape gardening, then, is the embellishment of grounds in such a way that they will have a nature-like or landscape effect.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

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