kitchen garden

American  

noun

1. a garden where vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown for one's own use.

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kitchen garden British  

noun

1. a garden where vegetables and sometimes also fruit are grown

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Other Word Forms

• kitchen gardener
  noun

Etymology

Origin of kitchen garden

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

Colorful ceramic fruits, vegetables and flowers mingle on a table covered with myriad serving vessels, all handbuilt in Payawal’s studio, which looks out into her abundant kitchen garden.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

As spring approaches, I’m looking forward to starting a small kitchen garden with herbs and edible flowers, ready to nurture something new.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025

Outside in Bartholdi Park, a kitchen garden showcases edible plants that grow in North America.

From Washington Post • Jun. 28, 2022

Nearby, a kitchen garden produces bountiful crops of vegetables, herbs and fruit utilizing an efficient drip irrigation system, and it benefits from regular applications of compost and mulch.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2022

She saw a kitchen garden below, planted in neat squares marked off in red brick; a profusion of herbs staked out territory directly below her window.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo