Gardening

[Koloth]

The equivalent word for gardening in North America seems to be “yardwork” but that seems to refer to all aspects of caring for a yard, including gardening but also caring for paving or decking. Is that correct, do we think?

In my part of the US, gardening is generally considered a subset of yardwork. Gardening might be working in a decorative or vegetable garden. Yardwork might be mowing the grass, trimming hedges or trees, general cleanup, planting something not in a garden. If one mows the grass and weeds the garden, the entire set of work would likely be called yardwork. Repairing or installing a patio or deck would probably be referred to using rather specific terms, like "I fixed my deck." or "I put in a patio."