Is garden British or American?
In British English, a garden is a piece of land next to a house, with flowers, vegetables, other plants, and often grass. In American English, the usual word is yard, and a garden refers only to land which is used for growing flowers and vegetables. In North America and Australasia today, a yard can be any part of a property surrounding or associated with a house or other residential structure, usually (although not necessarily) separate from a garden (where plant maintenance is more formalized). A yard will typically consist mostly of lawn or play area.The words yard, court, and Latin hortus (meaning garden, hence horticulture and orchard), are cognates—all referring to a defined enclosed space. The term garden in British English refers to a small enclosed area of land, usually adjoining a building. This would be referred to as a yard in American English.