: an area where plants are grown for commercial or decorative purposes
also
: the plants grown in such an area
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Because of high density planting the resulting grapes are smaller but more flavorful.
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Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2025
By partnering with organizations like the Arbor Day Foundation, companies can leverage tree planting and engage in projects that maximize water benefits while also providing so many additional benefits for the planet.
—Dan Lambe, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Late in his career, Beuys’s activism turned toward ecologically minded projects, and the exhibition ends with the grandest of those: 7000 Eichen (7,000 Oaks), Beuys’s contribution to Documenta 7 in 1982, which involved the planting of seven thousand oak trees throughout the city of Kassel.
—Red Cameron, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
Entire countries relying on planting trees to absolve their own emissions is arguably worse, given the scale of the pollution involved.
—Mark Gongloff, Boston Herald, 28 Dec. 2024
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Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2025
By partnering with organizations like the Arbor Day Foundation, companies can leverage tree planting and engage in projects that maximize water benefits while also providing so many additional benefits for the planet.
—Dan Lambe, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Late in his career, Beuys’s activism turned toward ecologically minded projects, and the exhibition ends with the grandest of those: 7000 Eichen (7,000 Oaks), Beuys’s contribution to Documenta 7 in 1982, which involved the planting of seven thousand oak trees throughout the city of Kassel.
—Red Cameron, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
Entire countries relying on planting trees to absolve their own emissions is arguably worse, given the scale of the pollution involved.
—Mark Gongloff, Boston Herald, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Planting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planting. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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