What do you call it?

[CRWx]

The thing at the back of my house is my garden & the front is front garden

To me a yard is the paved/concrete bit around horses stables

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[Loveya]

It's rather interesting what people consider a garden.

To me it doesn't matter as everyone knows them near enough as what they are.

 

[TwilightAgain]

Same as you. Its a garden and a yard at school

 

[Ash0619]

I'm American and like the other poster said, we said front yard and backyard. A garden is where you grow fruit/veg maybe flowers, but if you have flowers in your backyard it's still a backyard. I love cultural differences!

 

[Lellow]

Garden here too.

Imagine calling a 'lady garden' a 'lady yard'

 

[Mummy Bean]

A yard is more a working place...like the builders yard...my dad had one for he logistics business to keep the vans on...and we had a yard dog...that lived there to protect it. Gardern is the green (well covered in weeds) thing at the back of the house.

 

[Lucasmum]

Garden here too.

Imagine calling a 'lady garden' a 'lady yard'

A lady yard could be the new term for shaved

To me a garden has grass and a yard is a concrete area out back,usually quite small probs with an alley at the back of it

 

[holly2234]

I would say garden for the whole thing. DH (American) said that to him garden = somewhere to grow carrots etc. Lawn = grassed area. Or in general just yard.