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Gardening Word Search

A puzzle for anyone with dirt under their fingernails or a windowsill full of seedlings. The words cover the tools (TROWEL, RAKE, SHEARS), the work (COMPOST, MULCH, HARVEST) and what you hope for (BLOOM, SUNSHINE). It suits a garden club’s rainy-day meeting.

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Gardening Word Search

Easy · Puzzle 1. Words go across and down. Find all 6 words and circle them.

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Words to find

  • BLOOM
  • BULBS
  • HOE
  • HOSE
  • SEEDS
  • SHOVEL

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Answer key

Gardening Word Search · Easy · Puzzle 1. The words are in bold.

The words

  • BLOOM
  • BULBS
  • HOE
  • HOSE
  • SEEDS
  • SHOVEL

Kitchen Table · playkitchentable.com

Gardening Word Search

Medium · Puzzle 1. Words go across, down and on the slant. Find all 8 words and circle them.

NameDate

Words to find

  • BLOOM
  • GLOVES
  • HEDGE
  • HOSE
  • PLANTER
  • SOIL
  • SPROUT
  • TROWEL

Kitchen Table · playkitchentable.com

Answer key

Gardening Word Search · Medium · Puzzle 1. The words are in bold.

The words

  • BLOOM
  • GLOVES
  • HEDGE
  • HOSE
  • PLANTER
  • SOIL
  • SPROUT
  • TROWEL

Kitchen Table · playkitchentable.com

Gardening Word Search

Hard · Puzzle 1. Words go every which way, even backwards. Find all 10 words and circle them.

NameDate

Words to find

  • COMPOST
  • GREENHOUSE
  • HARVEST
  • HOE
  • HOSE
  • LAWN
  • MULCH
  • RAKE
  • TROWEL
  • WHEELBARROW

Kitchen Table · playkitchentable.com

Answer key

Gardening Word Search · Hard · Puzzle 1. The words are in bold.

The words

  • COMPOST
  • GREENHOUSE
  • HARVEST
  • HOE
  • HOSE
  • LAWN
  • MULCH
  • RAKE
  • TROWEL
  • WHEELBARROW

Kitchen Table · playkitchentable.com

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The 29 words in this theme

bloom, bulbs, compost, fertilizer, garden, gloves, greenhouse, harvest, hedge, hoe, hose, lawn, mulch, planter, potting, pruners, rake, roots, seeds, shears, shovel, soil, sprinkler, sprout, sunshine, trellis, trowel, weeds, wheelbarrow.

Each puzzle uses some of them: 6 on Easy, 8 on Medium and 10 on Hard. 25 of the words are short enough (8 letters or fewer) for the Easy grid; the longest, WHEELBARROW, has 11 letters and only fits on Hard, and the shortest, HOE, has 3.

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