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Where do fruits and vegetables grow?
Different plants grow in different places in the garden. Go exploring and see if you can
match up which fruit or vegetable grows in the different places!
Sweet Potatoes
Tree
Onions
Bush
Vine
Underground
Grapes
Peppers
Peaches
What Do Plants Need to Grow?
Go exploring around the garden and try to identify some of the things your
veggies need to grow! Spend some time thinking about what they get from the
sky, the air and the ground. Below are some hints!
1. I’m the dark brown stuff you see on the ground. I’m kind of smelly and packed
with nutrients to feed plants. Sometimes you’ll even find a worm inside me!
2. Whoosh, whoosh. You feel me as a light breeze or heavy gust depending on
the day. I can’t be seen but I’m all around you. I am full of oxygen that plants
need to grow.
3. Drip drop! Sometimes I come down from the sky but other times I come out
through a hose and leave everything soaking wet. Plants absorb me through
their roots.
4. I am bright and light up the sky. Plants need me to grow and I’m essential for
all life on earth. Sometimes clouds block me, but even on these days I warm
the air.
Colors in the Garden
Many of the plants found in a garden contain natural dyes, which many years ago were
used to make things like your clothes or blankets colorful! Below are six squares; pick
six things to crush up and press on the paper to see if they have dye too! You might be
surprised at what you find!
Garden Crossword Puzzle
Using the clues below, complete the crossword by filling the appropriate rows and
columns of letters with the word that fits the clue! If you’re stuck, explore the
garden to try and find answers!
Garden Jumble
Use the garden as a set of hints to solve the following jumbled words!
HEVLOS
RTASBWESERRI
OOSTR
SLIO
ETBEVEGLAS
EFTRLEIIRZ
ESSDE
HSOE
AEDSRHIS
MSETS
NISVE
EDNARG
Scratch and Sniff the Garden!
Here in the garden, there are many different parts of the plant that have unique
smells. Take some leaves, flower petals, and other parts of the plants to smell and
describe them below!
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Weeds
As you probably already know, weeds are plants that like to take over your garden’s
high-quality growing conditions and take nutrients from your veggies! In order for
your plants to thrive, these little monsters have to be pulled up and removed. Ask
an adult to point out some weeds to you and draw them below so next time, you
know what to pull up from your garden!
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for Kids”