nursery garden

A family walks through a nursery garden to choose young plants.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A "nursery garden" is a place, typically an area of land, where young plants, trees, or shrubs are cultivated and cared for until they are ready for transplanting to a permanent location. It is a specialized type of garden used for the propagation and growth of seedlings and saplings.

Usage Examples

• (A cultivation area for trees.)
• (A place to purchase young plants.)
• (A facility for growing young plants.)

Advanced Usage

• "to run a nursery garden": to manage or operate a business that grows and sells young plants.

  • After retiring, he decided to run a nursery garden specializing in native wildflowers. (To operate a plant cultivation business.)

• "nursery garden stock": the collection of plants available for sale or transplanting in such a garden.

  • The nursery garden stock includes both annuals and perennials. (The plants held for sale.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nursery (n): a place where young plants are raised for transplanting (often used as a shorter form of "nursery garden").

  • We visited the nursery to pick out some tomato plants. (A plant cultivation facility.)

• Gardener (n): a person who tends and cultivates a garden, including a nursery garden.

  • The gardener at the nursery garden prunes the young shrubs regularly. (A plant caretaker.)

• Garden (n): a piece of ground used for growing flowers, vegetables, or plants.

  • The nursery garden is a special type of garden focused on propagation. (A cultivated area.)

Synonyms

• Plant nursery: a facility where young plants are grown for sale or transplanting.

  • The plant nursery had a wide selection of fruit trees. (A synonym for nursery garden.)

• Seedbed: a prepared area where seeds are sown to germinate before transplanting.

  • The seedbed in the nursery garden was covered with mulch. (A specific part of a nursery garden.)

• Propagation house: a greenhouse or structure used to start new plants from seeds or cuttings.

  • The nursery garden uses a propagation house for delicate seedlings. (A related facility.)

Related Idioms

• "Nursery garden of ideas": a metaphorical use meaning a place where new concepts or projects are nurtured and developed.

  • The university's research lab was a nursery garden of innovative ideas. (A source of creative development.)

• "Grow like a nursery garden": to expand or multiply rapidly, similar to how plants are cultivated in a nursery.

  • The company's new branch grew like a nursery garden, adding dozens of employees each month. (To increase quickly.)