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

Driving past garden apartment complexes and rows of townhomes, she pointed to hidden pockets of density.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2023

From that point, the play settles in as a real-time chamber piece set against David Israel Reynoso’s grimy garden apartment set, complete with poorly plastered walls and broken blinds.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2022

And no thought is given to perhaps building a small garden apartment for Alice, where she can live with Sam the butcher, rather than inhabiting a tiny cell off the foyer.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2019

His father sold the house and they moved to a garden apartment where no memories lurked around corners.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier