garden
noun
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
is gardening
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present progressiveof garden (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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This is gardening on an epic scale, with vast stalls showing every type of flowers, interspersed with gardening equipment and pit-stops of champagne every few yards.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Can the joyful messiness that is gardening, or just being in nature, help to ease these ancestral tensions that we hold and create space for new passions?
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2022
“You know, I said this is a gardening group, a hoe is gardening tool.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
“The whole idea is gardening is good mentally and physically,” she said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 4, 2020
But bedding, though it is gardening of the least poetical or imaginative kind, can be done badly or beautifully.
From Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur by Gertrude Jekyll
