Watered and weeded around close to beds (5)
I believe the answer is:
hosed
'watered' is the definition.
(hosing is a kind of watering)
'weeded around close to beds' is the wordplay.
'weeded' becomes 'hoed' (used a hoe to remove weeds).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'close to' says to take the final letters (the 'close' to the word).
The final letter of 'beds' is 's'.
'hoed' placed around 's' is 'HOSED'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for hosed that I've seen before include "Watered with a flexible pipe" , "washed" , "wearing tights?" , "swilled down with water" .)