gardener
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After an employer refused to give him full wages for working as a one-handed gardener, Byfield declared: 'I never saw the man that would compete with me with one arm'.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Amy was a philanthropist and renowned gardener who had bonded with her father over the art of picking produce; Diane worked in the office doing residential leasing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
"There's only so much we can intervene and control," said Fyles, admitting this was hard to accept as a professional gardener.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
One key holdout still remains: Novack’s mother, the old-school gardener.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Robin called for Ellen, and when he had no answer, called for Jon-the-Cook, then for old Gregory, the gardener.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
For the gardeners: At first, they look like unassuming sprouts.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
English summers are increasingly marked by a once rare ritual: water companies imposing monthslong bans on the use of garden hoses, leaving a nation of gardeners to hand-water their gardens or watch their plants die.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
It is not practicable to water mature trees, gardeners explained.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Mabe believes that overall, for gardeners embracing long-lasting electric equipment, "There's big rewards if they can make it work."
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Most depended on raised-field agriculture, in which farmers grow crops on flat, artificially constructed surfaces created for the same reason that home gardeners grow vegetables on raised beds.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
