planter

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The name comes from an estate built on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in the early years of the 18th century by Philemon Hemsley, a wealthy merchant and tobacco planter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

“I was trying to take a picture of the beautiful turquoise planter at the end of the pool, but the camera was on me, so I just snapped it,” she later told PEOPLE.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

Wind turbine company director Mike Hodgson, 54, pulled out the colourful herbs and flowers less than 24 hours after the community planter had been finished by volunteers.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024

They also found a planter on the street, which detectives believe was where the surveillance device was located.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024

Ellen was so fair that she looked as though she were white, and so she dressed up in a man’s clothing and she looked like a wealthy young planter.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry