- present participle of garden.
noun
Etymology
Origin of gardening
Example Sentences
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The company saw gains in its plumbing, kitchen and gardening sections.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Thrive, a charity that uses gardening to support people's health and wellbeing, says community gardens are about much more than growing plants.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The move to electric power is attracting new companies to the market for gardening kit.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Small highlights include being featured in a Reese Witherspoon carousel and Ashley Tisdale French gardening video on Instagram, the latter containing their other hit, “Aces.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
In reality she lost the finger gardening and the limp was an old skiing injury, but she never let the truth get in the way of her own mythology.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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