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garden center

American  

noun

garden centers plural
  1. a store that sells gardening supplies, as seeds, plants, fertilizer, and tools.


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Etymology

Origin of garden center

First recorded in 1960–65

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Back to the garden center we went, bringing a leaf as a specimen.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

He’s spent more than 40 years at the company, rising from a part-timer in a Bentonville, Ark., Walmart garden center to the C-suite.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 16, 2025

He used the truck to haul paving stones for our yard and plants from the garden center.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2025

The real-estate group behind a redevelopment project involving the well-known Woodinville garden center Molbak’s Garden + Home offered a bit more clarity Monday about why the project won’t be blooming anytime soon.

From Seattle Times Dec. 5, 2023

According to the man at the garden center, Theresa’s geranium had died of drowning; they got a new one, the same color, and vowed not to water it more than once a month.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

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