The past tense is gardened.
The garden was gone.
if cleared is the verb then it is past tense.
Tidied. "I tidied the garden."
The past tense of dig is dug. My dog dug up my garden just yesterday.
I planted the flowers in the garden yesterday.
the past tense of am is was and the past tense of has is had
The past tense of get is got. For isn't a verb and so doesn't have a past tense. The past tense of has is had. Had is already the past tense. The past tense of have is had.
Was and were.
Was and were are both the past tense of be. The present tense is: I am he is you are they are The past tense is: I was he was you were they were
The past tense of "will" is "would". The past tense of "to be" is "was" or "were".
Wrote is past tense. It is the past tense of write.Wrote is already a past tense.
The past tense of "finish" is "finished". The past tense of "be" is "was" (singular) or "were" (plural).