Nursery may refer to:

Childcare

Nursery (room) A nursery is usually, in American connotations, a bedroom within a house or other dwelling set aside for an infant or toddler. A typical nursery would contain a cradle or a crib (or similar type of bed), a table or platform for the purpose of ...

, a room within the house designed for the care of a young child or children. *

Nursery school A preschool, also known as nursery school, pre-primary school, or play school or creche, is an educational establishment or learning space offering early childhood education to children before they begin compulsory education at primary school ...

, a daycare facility for preschool-age children *

Prison nursery A prison nursery is a section of a prison that houses incarcerated mothers and their very young children. Prison nurseries are not common in correctional facilities in the United States, although prior to the 1950s many states had them and they are ...

, for imprisoned mothers with their young children

Places

Nursery, Texas Nursery is an unincorporated community in Victoria County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geographical region with a relatively high ...

, unincorporated community in Victoria County, Texas, United States *

Nursery, Karachi Nursery ( ur, نرسرى ) is a residential area of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Situated on the main city road Shahrah-e-Faisal, it is part of PECHS neighborhood within Jamshed Town Jamshed Town ( sd, جمشيد ٽائون , ur, ) lies in t ...

, a suburb of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan *

Nursery Site, RI-273 The Nursery Site, RI-273 is a prehistoric archaeological site in Westerly, Rhode Island. Located near the Westerly Airport, this site has yielded evidence of Woodland Period stone tool work. The site was listed on the National Register of Histor ...

, historic site in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States *

Nursery, British Columbia Nursery is an unincorporated community in the Similkameen Division Yale Land District of British Columbia. The community is east of Grand Forks, British Columbia Grand Forks, population 4,112, is a city in the Boundary Country of the West Koot ...

, a populated community in

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

Music

* ''

Nursery Suite The ''Nursery Suite'' is one of the last compositions by Edward Elgar. Like Elgar's ''The Wand of Youth'' suites, it makes use of sketches from the composer's childhood. There are seven movements and a coda:Kennedy, p. 2 :1. Aubade (Awake) :2. ...

'' (1931), by Edward Elgar * ''The Nursery'' (song cycle) (1870), by Modest Mussorgsky

Art

* ''The Nursery (Christmas Stockings)'' (1936), painting by Stanley Spencer (76.5x91.8cm)

Plants and gardens

* Garden centre, independent, or lawn and garden departments of hardware and home improvement stores, often called "nurseries" in the U.S. * Plant nursery, a place where young plants or trees are raised

Science

* Stellar nursery, cosmic dust cloud in which stars form *

Nursery habitat In marine environments, a nursery habitat is a subset of all habitats where juveniles of a species occur, having a greater level of productivity per unit area than other juvenile habitats (Beck et al. 2001). Mangroves, salt marshes and seagrass ar ...

, where juveniles of a marine species occur

Other uses

* Farm team, where sportspeople can gain experience before playing for a major team * Nursery handicap, in British and Irish

Horse racing Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic p ...

, a

flat Flat or flats may refer to: Architecture * Flat (housing), an apartment in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and other Commonwealth countries Arts and entertainment * Flat (music), a symbol () which denotes a lower pitch * Flat (soldier), ...

handicap race limited to two-year-olds