Nursery may refer to: Childcare Nursery (room), a room within the house designed for the care of a young child or children. Nursery school, a daycare facility for preschool-age children Prison nursery, for imprisoned mothers with their young children Places Nursery, Texas, unincorporated community in Victoria County, Texas, United States Nursery, Karachi, a suburb of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Nursery Site, RI-273, historic site in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States Nursery, British Columbia, a populated community in British Columbia Music Nursery Suite (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, 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, a flat handicap race limited to two-year-olds See also Nurse (disambiguation) Nursery rhyme, Children Song. Nursery web spider, of the family Pisauridae