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Re: southern gardening

I don't know if I'm typical, but from Alabama:  I call my flower gardens my 
"garden," and my vegetable garden the "vegetable garden."  I also have a 
"berry garden" (blackberries, raspberries, strawberries), and a garden 
section called the "blueberry corner."  However, I think if you say 
"garden," most southerners still think you mean a vegetable garden.  When I 
mention my garden to people, I sometimes have to clarify what kind of garden 
I mean.

The times seem to be changing, though.  We (the Master Gardeners here) are 
constructing a demonstration garden which will be for ornamentals, not 
vegetables.

Garden never refers to landscaping in general here.

 Linda Schaffner

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Subject: [GWL] southern gardening


> What do southerners call their gardens? Does garden mean veggies or
> flowers or both? Do landscape and flower garden mean the same thing?
> > 

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