Illustrated Garden/Backyard Vocabulary

Twenty common words used to describe items in the backyard or garden. You can download this image as an A4/A3 wall poster from our free ESL posters page.

Vocabulary in context

• axe: I used my axe to chop some wood for the fire.
• bucket: We filled the bucket with water.
• bush: There is a beautiful bush growing in my garden.
• fertilizer: We mix fertilizer into the soil to help the plants grow.
• flowerbed: There are many flowers growing in the flowerbed.
• flowerpot: There is a plant growing in the flowerpot.
• garden fork: I used the garden fork to mix the fertilzer into the soil.
• grass shears: I picked up the grass shears and started cutting the grass.
• hod: I picked some beans and put them in my hod.
• hosepipe: Alice turned on the hosepipe and started watering the grass.
• rake: I use my rake to collect the autumn leaves.
• shed: We have lots of tools in our shed.
• soil: I planted some seeds in the soil.
• spade: Sam used the spade to dig a large hole.
• tree: There’s a large apple tree in our garden.
• trowel: I picked up the trowel and started to dig.
• vegetable plot: We have carrots and potatoes growing in our vegetable plot.
• watering can, watering pot: Peter watered his roses with a watering can.
• weed: There are too many weeds growing in our garden.
• wheelbarrow: Jim pushed the wheelbarrow full of soil across the garden.