plantsman
Americannoun
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a nurseryman.
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a horticulturist.
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a person with a keen interest in and wide knowledge of plants and their cultivation.
noun
Gender
See -man.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of plantsman
1880–85; plant + -s 3 + -man, on the model of gamesman, marksman, etc.
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Until very recently, so did the British architect Ben Pentreath, who with his husband, plantsman Charlie McCormick, transformed a parsonage garden in the Bride Valley into an Instagram sensation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
In “Designing with Plants,” European plantsman Piet Oudolf writes, “Spire-shaped flowerheads lift the garden.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2021
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic altered the normal rhythms of our everyday lives, Jeremy Glatstein, an ardent plantsman, sought solace in his Long Beach garden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2020
“People used to be so afraid of death in the garden,” the Dutch plantsman Henk Gerritsen once said, as recounted by the English garden designer and writer Noel Kingsbury.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2019
The other endeavor is a botanical garden of Avent’s invention, filled with rare and unusual plants that the 62-year-old plantsman has collected on 80 expeditions in the States and 12 other countries.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 11, 2019
She’s a horticulturist and writer, and her Instagram is full of incredible stories about the lives of Black plantsmen and plantswomen going back centuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2021
She’s a horticulturist and writer and her Instagram is full of incredible stories about the lives of Black plantsmen and plantswomen going back centuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2021
Fergus Garrett, one of the most engaging and knowledgeable plantsmen you’ll ever meet, will speak on “Great Dixter — Past, Present and Future.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2016
Though some plantsmen are willing to sell anything that is different in order to appeal to the instant gardener, others throw up their hands at the onslaught of impatient novices.
From Time Magazine Archive
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