How to Use "Garden" with Example Sentences

garden (n): a place for growing plants and flowers

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Used with adjectives:

"Their house is surrounded by beautiful gardens."
(beautiful, lovely, pretty, lush, landscaped)

"She has a big garden behind the house."
(big, large, small, tiny)

"They're working in the backyard garden."
(backyard)

"She's trying to keep the birds out of the vegetable garden."
(vegetable, herb, fruit)

"These came from the rose garden."
(rose, flower)

"They toured the community gardens."
(community, public, private)

"There is an art show at the botanical garden."
(botanical)

Used with verbs:

"They are planning a new community garden."
(be + planning, be + designing, be + creating)

"She planted the garden yesterday."
(planted)

"She tends her garden on the weekend."
(tends, weeds)

"They maintain the old gardens by the school."
(maintain, keep)

"I need to water the garden before I leave."
(water)

"The room overlooks the garden."
(overlooks)

Used with nouns:

"We need to get more garden plants."
(plants, flowers, soil, tools)

"She tries to deal with garden pests without chemicals."
(pests)

"I bought a new garden hose."
(hose)

"I'll wait by the garden gate."
(gate, path, shed, wall)

"We're going to the garden store tomorrow."
(store, center)

Used with prepositions:

"She is out in the garden."
(in)

"I want to turn this part of the yard into a garden."
(into)