Gardening Word Search
Gardening runs on tools, soil, plant parts and the jobs that fill a growing season. Compost works because bacteria and fungi break down kitchen and garden scraps into crumbly material that feeds soil.
Gardening word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- bloom
- flower
- hose
- plant
- root
- seed
- soil
- spade
- water
- weed
Gardening word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- bloom
- compost
- flower
- hose
- mulch
- plant
- root
- seed
- shovel
- soil
- spade
- sprout
- trowel
- water
- weed
Gardening word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- bloom
- compost
- fertilizer
- flower
- greenhouse
- harvest
- hose
- mulch
- plant
- pruning
- root
- seed
- seedling
- shovel
- soil
- spade
- sprout
- trowel
- water
- weed
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Words in the Gardening word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- seed
- The small package a new plant grows from
- soil
- The mix of minerals and decayed matter plants root in
- water
- What plants need to carry nutrients and stay upright
- plant
- A living green thing, and also the act of setting one in soil
- flower
- The part of a plant that makes seeds
- root
- The underground part that anchors a plant and draws water
- weed
- A plant growing where a gardener does not want it
- spade
- A flat-bladed digging tool for turning soil
- hose
- A flexible tube that carries water around the garden
- bloom
- A flower in full opening, or the act of flowering
- compost
- Rotted plant scraps used to feed and improve soil
- shovel
- A scooped tool for lifting soil, sand or compost
- trowel
- A small hand tool for digging planting holes
- mulch
- A surface layer that holds moisture and blocks weeds
- sprout
- The first shoot pushing up from a germinating seed
- harvest
- Gathering crops once they are ripe
- greenhouse
- A glass or plastic building that traps warmth for plants
- fertilizer
- Material added to soil to supply plant nutrients
- pruning
- Cutting back stems and branches to shape a plant
- seedling
- A very young plant grown from seed
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