Definition of Planting

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Planting

of Plant

The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc.

That which is planted; a plantation.

The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation.

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Planting Quotations

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.
Robert Collier

It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.
Wangari Maathai

There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting.
Wangari Maathai

Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and planting those of the earth.
Margaret Fuller

There will be a competition for the memorial. And then it can be developed with trees, with planting. It can become a very beautiful place protected from the streets, because it is below. And it can be something very moving and very private.
Daniel Libeskind

Each colony became accustomed to planting new settlements and to claiming new boundaries.
Albert Bushnell Hart

The soy-bean, in particular, has proved sufficiently resistant to cold in spring and to adverse weather during summer to warrant heavy planting, especially throughout the South.
David F. Houston

New planted Colonies are generally attended with a Force and Necessity of Planting the known and approved Staple and Product of the Country, as well as all the Provisions their Families spend.
John Lawson

Realizing this, I knew that the actual space of a room could be broken down and played with by planting illusions of real light (electric light) at crucial junctures in the room's composition.
Dan Flavin

I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.
Penelope Keith

Planting Translations

planting in Dutch is aanplanting
planting in German is anpflanzend, einpflanzend, pflanzend
planting in Portuguese is plantar
planting in Swedish is placerande

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