flower gardening

Cultivating ornamental plants

Flower gardening is the cultivation of plants grown primarily for their blooms rather than for food or other practical purposes.

It encompasses selecting, planting, and tending ornamental flowering plants in beds, borders, containers, or cutting gardens.

The practice ranges from casual backyard plots to elaborate formal designs: She took up flower gardening after retiring.

Related
  • bloomFlower or flourishing state
  • petalsColored bloom segments
  • soilGround matter for planting
  • root ballPlant's underground soil cluster
  • plantingPlacing seeds in earth

seed packet · seeds · potting soil · pruning · roses · tulips · mulch · perennials · annuals · trowel · sunlight · watering · beds · compost · bulbs · fragrance · pollinators · bees

Opposites
purpose/product

flower gardeningvegetable gardening

Growing edible plants domestically

market gardening · truck farming · subsistence farming · herb gardening · fruit growing

cultivation vs. neglect/destruction

flower gardeningweeding

Extracting undesired vegetation

deforestation · brush clearing · wildland · lawn mowing

natural vs. artificial environments

flower gardeninghardscaping

Built outdoor structures

paving · xeriscaping · urban development

Family

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