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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The bulbs naturalize well and perform beautifully in woodland settings, rock gardens, and pollinator plantings.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
In previous studies, researchers found that roughly 2.5 percent to 19 percent of the land could have been covered with rock gardens at the time.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024
Instead, all the attention goes to micro-shifts in people’s moods, which, for characters this manicured, are as dramatic as a new ripple in a rock garden.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The fifth grade students and faculty left messages and painted rocks to be used in a rock garden in front of the school as part of […]
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—Aaron Flaum, Hartford Courant, 11 Nov. 2024
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
In previous studies, researchers found that roughly 2.5 percent to 19 percent of the land could have been covered with rock gardens at the time.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024
Instead, all the attention goes to micro-shifts in people’s moods, which, for characters this manicured, are as dramatic as a new ripple in a rock garden.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The fifth grade students and faculty left messages and painted rocks to be used in a rock garden in front of the school as part of […]
Subscribe to continue reading this article.
—Aaron Flaum, Hartford Courant, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Rock garden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rock%20garden. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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