Gardening vocabulary
Across
- 1. to pour water on plants to help them grow
- 3. to move around doing small tasks in a relaxed way
- 7. covered with plants that have grown too much
- 10. to make a place look more cheerful or attractive (2 words)
- 11. a tool with a long handle and teeth used for gathering leaves
- 12. to cut parts of a plant to help it grow better
- 13. a tool with a flat metal blade used for digging
- 16. an area of a garden where vegetables are grown (2 words)
- 18. an area of soil in a garden where flowers are planted (2 words)
- 20. to develop and become bigger, or to cultivate plants
- 22. decayed plant material used to improve soil
- 24. a container with a spout used for watering plants (2 words)
- 25. to cut grass using a mower
Down
- 2. a small area of land rented for growing vegetables, fruit, or flowers
- 4. a flexible tube used to water the garden
- 5. small things planted in soil to grow into plants
- 6. wild plants growing where they are not wanted
- 8. to remove fruit, vegetables usually because they are ready to eat
- 9. to remove a plant from the ground by pulling (2 words)
- 14. to break up and turn over soil
- 15. a small decorative garden statue, usually shaped like a little man (2 words)
- 17. a small hand tool used for digging small holes
- 19. to put seeds or plants into the ground to grow
- 21. an area of short grass in a garden
- 23. a long container fixed outside a window for growing plants (2 words)