Garden Types
A garden that produces vegetables or fruit.
vegetable garden
To give a plant liquid.
watering
Tool for digging with a long handle.
shovel
Squash that is often carved into for fun during the fall season.
pumpkins
True or False
You should water your garden more on hot summer days than on cool fall days. Bonus: Why?
true
Water evaporates faster on warm days, which means plants need to be watered more when it is hot.
A garden featuring rocks.
rock garden
A person who works in a garden.
Gardener
Tool used for cleaning up the garden or tidying up leaves.
rake
Juicy fruit used to make pizza sauce, ketchup, salsa, and used in salads.
tomatoes
The plants we pull when they invade our garden.
weed
A garden with plants that attract butterflies.
butterfly garden
Creatures found in a garden that come out when it rains, have no eyes, and have 5 hearts.
earthworm
Tool used to keep hands clean.
gloves
Fruit that turns into pickles when we add salt and vinegar to them.
cucumbers
The three things you need for a great garden.
sunshine, water, and good soil
A garden with lots of scented, colorful plants.
flower garden
Name the parts of a plant.
stem, roots, leaf, bud/flower, and fruit/seed
Container used for putting plants in.
pot or garden box
Grown underground with a green top and an orange, yellow, white or purple bottom.
carrots
The fruit of a plant must be _____ in order to harvest it.
ripe
A garden with plants that need a warm climate and lots of rain. A banana tree might be grown here.
tropical garden
The collection of fruit from a plant.
harvest
Tool used to move around dirt or make rows for plant seeds.
hoe
Name three edible leafy greens.
lettuce, spinach, kale, cabbage, bok choy, swiss chard
The food we give plants to help them be healthy and have more fruit.
fertilizer/compost