market gardening
- noun
- /ˈmɑrkɪt ˈɡɑrdənɪŋ/
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horticultura
- The community thrives on market gardening, with small plots providing fresh produce directly to local consumers.
Examples
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On government lands designated by law as green or protected areas, where building is not allowed, bostan market gardening seems to be, at least tacitly, allowed.
Academic text (2004) -
She made a good profit by engaging in market gardening and selling fresh vegetables at the local farmers' market.
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He spends his weekends market gardening, supplying fresh flowers and herbs to the neighborhood.
Synonyms
Growing vegetables and other crops to sell at markets
How Commercial
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'market' (for sale/local marketplace) + 'gardening' (cultivation) yields cultivation of produce for sale at markets. This noun–noun/verbing compound follows a common and transparent pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would very likely infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun market gardening comes from the image of small gardens where people grow vegetables, fruit, or flowers and take them to the local market to sell. The words market and gardening show it is gardening 'for sale', so it means growing produce to sell locally.
