rockery
Americannoun
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rockeries
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of rockery
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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
Pathways feature mature trees, native perennials, colorful annuals in situ, and a pond, rain garden, rockery and a waterwheel.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022
Derek Mead, 70, was building a rockery at his home in Hewish, near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, on 4 June 2017.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2018
Removing part of the rock garden may be an option, or hiring someone to help maintain the rockery if you are very attached to it and to the interesting plants.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2013
I ran to the back garden in time to catch Mum hurling her Prince Charles and Princess Diana mug at a gigantic heron, perched on the rockery.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Since trapping restarted, stoats have been found making dens in attics, under kitchen floorboards, in garden rockeries, and in greater density than on the UK mainland.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2023
The “National China Garden” is to feature a lake, a two-storey teahouse, rockeries, pavilions, bamboo groves, art exhibits and a homage to the White Pagoda of Yangzhou.
From Economist ● Jun. 26, 2014
“Old compost heaps, sheds and patios to nest under, rockeries full of cavities and so on.”
From Washington Post
Kingfisher Meadows was all rain-stained walls, dripping bird tables, wet gnomes, swilling ponds, and shiny rockeries.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
“Oh, I get it. Harper’s Bazaar does a special on rockeries so of course we have to have one too.”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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