garden apartment

American  

noun

1. an apartment on the ground floor of an apartment building having direct access to a backyard or garden.

2. a low-level apartment building or building complex surrounded by lawns and trees, shrubbery, or gardens.

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Etymology

Origin of garden apartment

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Richard Neutra imagined his first Los Angeles project, the Jardinette Apartments in Hollywood, as a prototype for future garden apartment buildings.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

There was little inventory available to buy, so I moved into a garden apartment with a month-to-month lease until conditions improved.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

She lives in a nice garden apartment in District Heights, Md., not far from her son and her daughter, a security guard, and her mom, Barbara, who still has her back.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2019

Postal Service change of address form changing UPS’ corporate mailing address from Atlanta, Georgia to his one-bedroom garden apartment on the North Side of Chicago.

From Slate • May 10, 2018

But in the end Janis found a place for them, a garden apartment nearby.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen