flower garden

Cultivated petal patch

A flower garden is a cultivated area where flowering plants are grown, typically for ornamental rather than practical purposes.

Unlike vegetable gardens or herb gardens, flower gardens exist primarily for aesthetic pleasure: She spent her mornings tending the flower garden.

The term can describe anything from a small backyard plot to elaborate formal arrangements.

Opposites
purpose/production type

flower gardenvegetable patch

Plot for growing edibles

vegetable garden · kitchen garden · herb garden · orchard · allotment

cultivation vs. wildness

flower gardenwilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

jungle · overgrown lot · wasteland · scrubland · bramble patch

vegetation vs. barrenness

flower gardenparking lot

Outdoor vehicle storage area

concrete slab · desert · gravel pit · vacant lot · asphalt

Family

flower, garden, gardening, flora, flowers, flowery, gardener, flowering, flowered

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G