garden
noun
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
are gardening
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present progressiveof garden.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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When you are gardening, you are outdoors, breathing fresh air and soaking up vitamin D from sunshine.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2015
Some children introduce us to their mothers who are gardening amid the rice paddies, and one shows us his chickens, each of whom has a name.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2014
The Civil War and the Korean War are themes on this year's agenda, as are gardening, history and historic inns.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are gardening, these charming beings!—they are caressing the lotus-buds, sprinkling their petals with something celestial, helping them to blossom.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Lafcadio Hearn
"Not now, Baby," I said; "I am going out now, and you are gardening."
From A Great Emergency and Other Tales by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
