victory garden

Or Victory garden

noun

1. a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.

Word History and Origins

Origin of victory garden¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

“They don’t like the name 'victory garden',” she said.

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Molly McIntire planted a victory garden and collected scrap metal as she waited out World War II.

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Schwartz recommends focusing on three kinds of plants for that victory garden — buckwheats, sages and sagebrush, all of which have many varieties to choose from and require little or no water once they’re established.

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We planted a “victory garden” in our backyard and had an abundance of vegetables that we ate fresh during the summertime and canned for the winter.

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Mark Cusimano, the founder of one such company, The Martian Garden, says cultivating a red planet victory garden using Saddleback’s soil is his hobby.

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