gardened

Worked the beds

Gardened is the past tense of garden, meaning to cultivate or tend a garden.

The verb emphasizes the activity rather than the result: She gardened all morning, They gardened together for years.

Someone who has gardened knows the work of planting, weeding, and nurturing growing things.

cultivation

tended

Cared for regularly

hoed · pruned · mulched · composted · watered · fertilized · sowed · harvested · transplanted · potted

productive

allotment

Designated share or portion

harvested · canned · preserved · organic · heirloom · crop · yield · rows · beds · polytunnel

ornamental

landscaped

Grounds aesthetically arranged

annuals · bulbs · shrubs · hedges · topiaries · trellised · espalier · rockery · herbaceous · formal

Opposites
cultivation status

gardenedwild

Not domesticated or controlled

uncultivated · untended · neglected · abandoned · overgrown

human intervention

gardenedunmanaged

Lacking direction or control

unmaintained · unattended · uncared-for · unwrought · pristine

landscape management style

gardenedwild

Not domesticated or controlled

naturalized · wilderness · unmanaged · feral · rewilded

Phrases
Family

garden, gardening, gardens, gardener, gardeners, gardenless, beer garden, botanical garden, gardenlike

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G