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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 Abating vineyards and orchards costs thousands of dollars. — Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 24 June 2026 Named for the orchards that once grew there, the neighborhood is now a crowded jumble of low concrete blocks and demolition sites. — Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026 Unfortunately, many Arkansas peach orchards took a big hit with a late freeze in mid-March and some orchards lost their entire crops. — Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 16 June 2026 Rosemaund sits in the agricultural heart of Herefordshire, surrounded by apple orchards and red, barley‑growing soils. — Lewis Chester, Robb Report, 27 June 2026 In the first quarter of 2026 the national number sat almost still while one state's orchards lost more than a tenth of their value, and only the calm half of that reached the headline return. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 As well as the orchards and olive groves, Langes-Swarovski was behind the introduction of a vegetable garden and beehives producing saltmarsh honey, according to Sotheby’s. — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 10 June 2026 Owner Colby Barrett — a geotechnical engineer who specializes in rock slide mitigation — leaned into the land’s natural contours, sculpting the rock into 400-square-foot suites, complete with private patios looking out at the orchards, copper soaking tubs, and walk-in showers lit by skylights. — Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 10 June 2026 Set in the San Bernardino Mountains (like Big Bear Lake and Lake Arrowhead), Oak Glen is home to acres of apple orchards, bed-and-breakfasts, and a family fun park, Oak Tree Mountain. — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026

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With their bright, gold-yellow blooms and intense fragrance, marigolds are a popular companion plant in many home gardens.

— Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 6 July 2026
The cafe presents a farm-to-table menu, sourcing much of its produce from the MAKE Farm, along with its on-site gardens and other local farms.

— Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026

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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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Not even foundations are visible, and a long gravel road toward that part of the island leads past occasional farms and vast swaths of emptiness and then, finally, to a muddy riverbank thick with mosquitos.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Then the farms were abandoned, the forests grew back and the deer returned.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of farms

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Canals from the Deschutes still wind through Bend’s neighborhoods of single-family homes, and then to the estates, farms, ranches and destination resorts on the city’s outskirts.

— Emily Cureton Cook, ProPublica, 26 June 2026
The area of Texas where Gracie is wandering is extremely rural, with many ranches that are privately owned, along with foliage and rough terrain.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 25 June 2026

Definition of ranches

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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

Definition of farmsteads

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