Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small garden where vegetables are grown: A "kitchen garden" is a small plot of land, often located near a house, dedicated to growing vegetables, herbs, and sometimes fruits for household consumption.

Usage

• The term "kitchen garden" specifically refers to a practical, functional garden intended to supply fresh produce for a home kitchen. It emphasizes utility and self-sufficiency rather than ornamental design.
• It is typically a small-scale, managed plot.

Examples

• Noun:
  • My grandmother grows tomatoes, lettuce, and herbs in her kitchen garden.
  • We planted a kitchen garden in our backyard to have fresh vegetables all summer.

Advanced Usage

• "Potager garden": This is a formal or decorative style of kitchen garden that combines vegetables, herbs, and flowers in an aesthetically pleasing design. While a "potager" is a type of kitchen garden, the core term "kitchen garden" itself does not inherently imply this decorative style.
  • Their kitchen garden is designed as a beautiful potager with geometric beds.

Variants and Related Words

• Vegetable garden (n): A garden for growing vegetables; this is a very close synonym for "kitchen garden."
• Allotment (n, chiefly British): A small plot of land rented for growing vegetables or flowers.
• Herb garden (n): A garden specifically for cultivating herbs, which may be part of or separate from a kitchen garden.

Synonyms

• Vegetable plot: A small area of ground used for growing vegetables.
• Produce garden: A garden focused on yielding edible produce.

Related Phrases

• "From garden to table": A phrase emphasizing the short journey of food from a home garden (like a kitchen garden) to being served as a meal.
  • Our dinners feature ingredients from our kitchen garden, truly from garden to table.

Related Idioms

• "To live off the land": To sustain oneself by growing one's own food, hunting, or foraging. Maintaining a productive kitchen garden is one way to partially live off the land.
  • With a large kitchen garden and some chickens, they almost live off the land.

Noun

1. a small garden where vegetables are grown