regreen

verb

re·green (ˌ)rē-ˈgrēn

variants or re-green

regreened or re-greened; regreening or re-greening

: to make green again

especially : to restore (barren, degraded, or deforested land) to a healthy ecological state by planting vegetation (such as trees, shrubs, grasses, or sustainable crops) often in conjunction with improvements in soil fertility and water retention

… aims to re-green the concrete jungle and protect existing trees from the bulldozers of development. —

Bill Lohmann

The hope is that with the eventual regreening of the island the rare and endangered green parrot, almost wiped out on Norfolk … will be re-established on Philip. —

Stuart Inder

Tree planting has led to the re-greening of as much as 3 million hectares of land in Niger, enabling some 250,000 hectares to be farmed again. —

Andy Coghlan

regreening efforts

a regreening program

Examples of regreen in a Sentence

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Sometimes this treatment can regreen the grass without affecting growth or the environment. —

Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 29 May 2021 This could regreen the lawn without encouraging growth. —

Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Jan. 2022 Garden centers often carry liquids and granules of iron or minor nutrient products that can be applied to regreen your lawn. —

Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 8 May 2021 Many lawns have a hungry look; apply lawn fertilizer to regreen the turf. —

Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2022 In Kuku, southern Kenya, they have been used as a water management strategy to revive and regreen degraded land. —

Thomas Page, CNN, 18 July 2022 Try to regreen the plants and encourage growth of new shoots with a liquid fertilizer application every other week for a month. —

Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 10 July 2021