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orchards

noun

plural of orchard

as in gardens

a place where people grow fruit trees an apple orchard

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Recent Examples of orchards The farm has 135 acres of apple orchards and is struggling to find enough fruit to make products for its market, including apple cider. — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 The grounds include multiple ponds, a secluded koi pond reached by a wooden bridge, mature fruit trees and orchards. — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 Had the initial choice for substrate prevailed, the patch of cherry orchards around Palo Alto would be called Germanium Valley. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Spend your time exploring local vineyards (or staying overnight in one), picking apples, plums, and pears in orchards come autumn, and trying out ice skating with the locals in the winter on a stretch of the Trans Canada Trail. — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2026 Huntsinger said commercial almond farming had expanded rapidly in Placer County over the past decade, with many young orchards reaching maturity. — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Jonagolds don’t store particularly well, so look for them early in the fall, especially at farmers markets and orchards. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 Worth at least 35 million dollars today, the land was used by Briswalter himself for fruit orchards, but now encompasses the neighborhood of Historic South-Central. — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026 Amenities and experiences The Tasting Room at Seminary Hill offers a tour of their orchards and cidery operation with an optional cider tasting. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Inside, furnishings are minimal, with timber and cool-toned stone alongside floor-to-ceiling windows that frame the landscaped gardens.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026
For this year’s show at Compton Verney, Cadogan has taken inspiration from British people who’ve written to her about losing beloved trees in their own gardens, or public spaces.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of gardens

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Spend an afternoon exploring vineyards along the Long Island Wine Trail; Kontokosta Winery in Greenpoint is the North Fork’s only waterfront winery, and Borghese Vineyard and Winery is the region’s oldest vineyard and a lovely place to picnic.

— Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
As for the current harvest, some local vineyards, like Ascona on Skyline, are completely sold out and most of the fruit has been picked, according to vineyard manager Ken Swegles.

— Laura Ness, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025

Definition of vineyards

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Every year, Pigott and his son start thinking about the pumpkin in August, scouting farms in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Upstate New York.

— Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
The Kenya pipeline expansion is part of Dangote’s plan to own a distribution network that includes regional tank farms and other pipelines that will connect the group’s refineries to prospective markets across the continent.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of farms

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Some of the worst cases of the syndrome, for instance, have been on poor farmsteads in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.

— Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Settlements and farmsteads spread across the state, and each year the timbermen marched deeper into the woods.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

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