Jul 20, 2006 19:21
17 yrs ago
English term
vegetable patch?
Non-PRO
English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
What do you call exactly the patches/strips/islands of green/plants around a building?
In polish it is “wysepka roślinna” literally the small vegetable island around a building. The term is from a leaflet of a building company. The company is dealing with interior design and the designing of building's surroundings – plants and objects around it, the whole entourage. Unfortunately there is no other context to it.
In polish it is “wysepka roślinna” literally the small vegetable island around a building. The term is from a leaflet of a building company. The company is dealing with interior design and the designing of building's surroundings – plants and objects around it, the whole entourage. Unfortunately there is no other context to it.
Responses
| 4 +2 | landscaping |
Suzan Hamer
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| 4 | Greenery/garden landscape/trees and garden |
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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| 4 | Green areas |
Mihailolja
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| 4 | grounds |
Tony M
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| 3 +1 | Greenspaces |
Zhuoqi Mills (X)
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| 3 | flower bed(s) |
Sol
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Change log
Jul 21, 2006 01:07: RHELLER changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
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47 mins
Suzan Hamer
Netherlands
Netherlands
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English
Netherlands
Fussy editing for fussy people.
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: English, Dutch to English
Selected
landscaping
as in "Attractive landscaping complements the buildings (it surrounds)."
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Comment: "Thank you"
3 mins
Greenery/garden landscape/trees and garden
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15 mins
Mihailolja
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
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English
United Kingdom
Путін хуйло = Putler is a dickhead
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
, Ukrainian
Works in: Ukrainian to English, Croatian to English, Bosnian to English, and 10 more.
Green areas
I'd use "green areas" so that this can encompass basically anything "green"! Be it plants, shrubs in front of the house, a garden, flowers etc. E.g We have a small patch of land outside the house, next to the parking areas for the cars, its too small for a lawn and we havent had time to put any flowers in, its just a "green area" at the moment.
28 mins
grounds
Probably the safest bet, to cover all eventualities.
7 mins
flower bed(s)
I don't know any Polish, but that's what you would call an island of plants in the U.S., whether or not it contains any flowers.
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Note added at 28 mins (2006-07-20 19:49:36 GMT)
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In your context, I would probably go with LANDSCAPE, like in "landscape architect", "landscape design", "landscaping company", etc.
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Note added at 30 mins (2006-07-20 19:51:43 GMT)
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Landscaping & DesignTurn your yard into a spectacular showpiece, whether you're planning all-new landscaping or hoping to update a flower bed.
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Note added at 28 mins (2006-07-20 19:49:36 GMT)
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In your context, I would probably go with LANDSCAPE, like in "landscape architect", "landscape design", "landscaping company", etc.
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Note added at 30 mins (2006-07-20 19:51:43 GMT)
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Landscaping & DesignTurn your yard into a spectacular showpiece, whether you're planning all-new landscaping or hoping to update a flower bed.
www.bhg.com/bhg/category.jhtml?categoryid=/ templatedata/bhg/category/data/c_323.xml - 47k - Cached - Similar pages
Landscaping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaLandscaping is the practice of arranging elements in an ornamental ... Landscaping also refers to building a model landscape such as model train layouts. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landscaping - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):
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RHELLER
: flower beds with no flowers are just dirt! green areas do not necessarily contain any flowers whatsoever
5 hrs
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I suggested "landscaping" 10 minutes before the one you agreed with... and I did mention "flower beds" don't necessarily contain flowers.
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17 mins
Greenspaces
This seems to be the "in" word.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-07-20 22:12:41 GMT)
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www.ukbap.org.uk/ukplans.aspx?ID=754
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-07-20 22:22:13 GMT)
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It is an all-inclusive "buzz" word meaning everything from parkland to meadows and flowerbeds and those green areas around buildings. To select the latter alone you would say "the company greenspaces" or "the building's dedicated greenspaces" or some such thing.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-07-20 22:12:41 GMT)
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www.ukbap.org.uk/ukplans.aspx?ID=754
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-07-20 22:22:13 GMT)
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It is an all-inclusive "buzz" word meaning everything from parkland to meadows and flowerbeds and those green areas around buildings. To select the latter alone you would say "the company greenspaces" or "the building's dedicated greenspaces" or some such thing.
Peer comment(s):
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ErichEko ⟹⭐
: A refreshing word!
6 hrs
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Thank you Erich Ekoputra
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| neutral |
Sol
: It sound refreshing, yes, but unfortunately it also refers to unusuable contaminated areas where there used to be nuclear plants (the other type of plant, lol)
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