landscape gardening

American

noun

the art or trade of designing or rearranging large gardens, estates, etc.

landscape gardening British

noun

Also called: landscape architecture. the art of laying out grounds in imitation of natural scenery

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Other Word Forms

landscape gardener noun

Etymology

Origin of landscape gardening

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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Later in his career, in similar vein, he wrote Hapgood, a play about espionage and quantum physics, and Arcadia, about mathematics, thermodynamics, literature, and landscape gardening.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

I can’t count how many hours I’ve lost to landscape gardening and creating habitats for my animals.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2020

His son has gone into landscape gardening, and hopes of keeping others in the industry with the promise of change are receding fast.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2018

“There was a shift where landscape gardening became landscape architecture, and Parsons Jr. was the personification of that,” Del Tredici said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 28, 2017

At the other end of the table were various histories, theoretical treatises and practical handbooks on landscape gardening.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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