also: にわつくり
gardening; garden making
Refers to the activity or process of creating and maintaining a garden, including design, planting, and care.
I spend my weekends on gardening.
She has many books on garden making.
Only with reading にわつくり
Rare usage meaning a person who gardens; restricted to the reading にわつくり. More commonly expressed as 庭師 or ガーデナー.
He is famous as a professional gardener.
Common spelling using づくり, which is the standard rendaku form of つくり after 庭.
Alternate kanji spelling using 造, which can emphasize the act of creating or building a garden.
Alternate kanji spelling using 作, which can emphasize the act of making or cultivating a garden.
Kana-mixed spelling with つくり; less common and may be used to avoid kanji or for stylistic reasons.
Compound of 庭 (にわ, 'garden') and 作り/造り (つくり, 'making'), with rendaku voicing to づくり. The reading にわつくり is a non-rendaku variant.