potting shed
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She created Petersham Nurseries Café, with a dirt floor, wobbly old chairs, secondhand cooking gear installed in a former potting shed, and a simple menu based on whatever was growing in the adjacent garden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
Confined indoors with little Christopher, Milne sat in a potting shed, feeling "gloomy" as the rain poured down, according to Brandreth.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
The scene was originally written to take place in a rose garden, but Olivia Williams, who plays Camilla, suggested setting it in the potting shed instead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
She lives in a small room — a former potting shed that still smells like “loam and rotting leaves” — attached to the garage of a friend of her brother’s.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2020
Axel, like his own fence, like Byrd’s potting shed, like the flower boxes, like the remaining trees, is rooted to the ground.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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