How to Use gardener in a Sentence

gardener

noun
  • But the gold standard of the seat-of-the-pants gardener is the volunteer seedling.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Sarsgaard tends to this man’s sore ego like a gardener to a fern.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
  • Some gardeners shake the seeds in a bag while others rub them through a coarse screen.
    Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
  • For the herbalists, the chefs, the gardeners, or the garden-missing, this is the perfect gift.
    Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024
  • This is the perfect time to do what all gardeners love — make more plants ... for free!
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Plants always fare better when the gardener has the time to plant them right.
    Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Here are some gifts for the gardeners or the green-thumb-curious in your life.
    Chloe Schama, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Here are eight reasons the Skeletool is the best go-to, day-in day-out tool for any gardener.
    By sunset, Sunset Magazine, 2 Nov. 2022
  • There is an old garden adage that tells us that the garden grows best in the shadow of the gardener.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
  • All of the peppers used in the sauce were grown by Black farmers and urban gardeners.
    Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The grounds share a gardener with The French Laundry, the famed birthplace of farm-to-table cuisine.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Gifts can be tailored to the home cook, the gardener, even to family pets.
    Leto Sapunar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Slip-on sneakers aren’t just for the grandmas and gardeners among us.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2024
  • One from my landlord, Mike, who wants to know if the gardeners came today.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2024
  • And the humble halfling gardener wouldn't have it any other way.
    Ew Staff Updated, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
  • My first paying job was a brief summer stint as a sort of gardener.
    Sunset Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022
  • There are letters and gifts given to the house’s maids, butler and gardener.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2025
  • In another, park gardeners come to life and join with the singing daughter.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
  • And home gardeners wanted to get their hands on the cool varieties that the pros were growing.
    Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 11 July 2023
  • And what’s a gardener but a big pile of opinions, long crafted and firmly held?
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Their colorful blooms grow in large bushes and are sure to bring a smile to any gardener’s face.
    Kate McGregor, ELLE Decor, 20 Jan. 2023
  • There’s housekeepers and gardeners and pool boys and there’s girls.
    Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 5 Sep. 2024
  • So here is a list of a few things that can feed your impatient gardener gene and set up your garden for a great 2023.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Some gardeners mulch their plants with coarse sand or chicken grit.
    Janet B. Carson, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Most gardeners grow leeks because of their tender white and light green parts.
    Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Some gardeners cut them back to the same spot each year, others remove old seed heads and somewhat reduce the length of stems.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2025
  • This is a bare-bones pickup of the honest sort popular with many a handyman or gardener of the era.
    Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Cashier left the Army with a pension, moved to Illinois, continued to live as a man, and worked as a gardener and chauffeur.
    Jacqueline Cutler, Star Tribune, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Perhaps that's why more and more gardeners want their outdoors spaces to be purposefully imperfect.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2025
  • The gardener and broadcaster is launching a digital channel.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025

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