rockery
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of rockery
Example Sentences
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The garden sits at the top of a steep rockery with stairs leading to an entry arbor swagged with the sweetly fragrant pink blooms of that original ‘New Dawn’.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2024
To the right of the driveway sits what Child calls his rockery.
From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2019
Tracy Ward, from Guernsey, and her father Brian Russell were digging out a rockery when the pair started to find pieces of metal.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2018
Over the years, Peter and Vanessa have done all the work in the garden themselves, except for pouring concrete and sculpting the undulating junipers in the front rockery, which need pruning just once a year.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2017
So the rockery rocks stayed on our driveway for two more weeks, until Mr. Broadwas got back from his holiday in Ilfracombe.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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