gardener

Everyday

A gardener is a person who looks after a garden and its plants, as a job or for fun. tree →

In the lessons

a worker who plants rows of flowers or trees; work shared among gardeners; in science: gardeners know plants need water, light and soil, and they compost waste; in stories: the gardener in a big house or a secret garden; in everyday life: gardening tools, digging, weeding, mowing

Examples

• The gardener plants 6 rows of 9 roses. tree →
• 3 gardeners mow the lawn. tree →
• The gardener picks 40 apples. tree →
• Each gardener earns $50 a day. tree →
• The gardener pulled up the weeds. tree →
• Grandpa is a keen gardener and grows his own tomatoes. tree →
• The gardener waters the plants every evening. tree →
• In the story, an old gardener kept the key to the secret garden. tree →
• "What do you mean?" asked the gardener. tree →

Note

A person; the numbers are plants or work. Rows × in each row gives all plants. Work problems: more gardeners finish faster. -er makes a person: garden → gardener.