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.
週末は庭づくりに時間を費やしている。
I spend my weekends on gardening.
彼女は庭づくりの本を何冊も持っている。
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.
彼はプロの庭つくりとして有名だ。
He is famous as a professional gardener.
ガーデニング is a loanword for gardening as a hobby, while 庭づくり is a native Japanese term that can encompass both hobby and professional garden creation.
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.