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sunken garden

American  
[suhng-kuhn gahr-dn] / ˈsʌŋ kən ˈgɑr dn /
Sometimes sunk garden

noun

  1. a formal garden set below the main level of the ground surrounding it.


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One of their “light touch” moves included removing planters in the sunken garden area out front so more people can eventually sit out there once the planned restaurant goes in, Herzog said.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 2025

A patio wraps across the back of the property, stopping by a swimming pool and sunken garden.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 6, 2021

The grounds feature an Elizabethan knot garden, a medicinal herb garden, a circular fragrance garden and a sunken garden, modeled after the pond garden at England’s Hampton Court Palace.

From Washington Post Mar. 19, 2015

Young horticulturists will spend most of their time in the estate’s sunken garden.

From New York Times Jul. 19, 2012

Eventually, with the aid of several glasses of champagne, Tsukiko persuades her to abandon the effort, drawing her out into the sunken garden to distract her.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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