rock garden
noun
: a garden laid out among rocks or decorated with rocks and adapted for the growth of particular kinds of plants (such as alpines)
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Once upon a planet The mapping of the remains of rock gardens could help researchers piece together what exactly happened to the Polynesian seafarers who originally inhabited Easter Island.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 22 June 2024
Enlarge / Binghamton University's Robert J. DiNapoli stands next to a rock garden on Rapa Nui, or Easter Island.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
Toranaga has already sheathed his sword, however, and uses his scabbard to knock the dying assassin back into a zen rock garden.
—Jesse Raub, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
Rock gardens at Zuihō-in Temple in Kyoto Alamy Go to Zuihō-in Temple for meditation and painstakingly cared for rock gardens.
—Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2023
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 22 June 2024
Enlarge / Binghamton University's Robert J. DiNapoli stands next to a rock garden on Rapa Nui, or Easter Island.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
Toranaga has already sheathed his sword, however, and uses his scabbard to knock the dying assassin back into a zen rock garden.
—Jesse Raub, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
Rock gardens at Zuihō-in Temple in Kyoto Alamy Go to Zuihō-in Temple for meditation and painstakingly cared for rock gardens.
—Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2023
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“Rock garden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rock%20garden. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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