garden center
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of garden center
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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The two riders were seen entering through a main door and exiting the store through the garden center.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 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
In 1995, when Lisa Sharples started Garden.com, an online retail gardening store based in Austin, Texas, she asked avid gardeners around the country to name their favorite garden center in the United States.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024
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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