A road, in general, is a pleasant place (6)
I believe the answer is:
garden
'a pleasant place' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with creating things as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'a road in general' is the wordplay.
'road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'general' becomes 'gen'.
'a'+'rd'='ard'
'ard' placed inside 'gen' is 'GARDEN'.
'is' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for garden that I've seen before include "See 13" , "Cultivate plants, etc" , "Land round house" , "Plant growing area" , "Ornamental grounds" .)