Le Jardinage et les Plantes — French gardening vocabulary | Vocabulary
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Growing things — the French garden. This French growing things garden vocabulary list gives you 22 essential words — from le jardin (the garden) to le compost (compost) — each with audio and its English translation. Use it to build the French words you need to talk about growing things garden, then test yourself with the games below.
Le Jardinage et les Plantes
Growing things — the French garden
Le jardin 🌳
Les actions 🌱
Les outils 🧤
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📘 Talking about the garden
- Le potager = the vegetable patch (grow-your-own is very popular); a decorative garden is just le jardin.
- The rhythm: semer (sow) une graine → arroser (water) → la plante pousse (grows) → récolter (harvest).
- Tondre la pelouse = to mow the lawn; tailler = to prune (a hedge, a tree); désherber = to weed.
- Water in the evening (« arroser le soir ») so the sun doesn’t burn the leaves — a common French garden tip.
- The idiom: avoir la main verte = to have green fingers / a green thumb.
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to water = ___ (with a watering can)
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arroser
the vegetable garden = le ___ (grow your own)
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potager
to have green fingers = avoir la main ___ (idiom)
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verte
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How do you say « the garden »? (recall)
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le jardin
What does « une plante » mean? (recall)
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a plant
How do you say « a tree »? (recall)
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un arbre
What does « les mauvaises herbes » mean? (recall)
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weeds
How do you say « to plant »? (recall)
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planter
What does « semer » mean? (recall)
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to sow
How do you say « to mow »? (recall)
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tondre
What does « récolter » mean? (recall)
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to harvest
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French growing things garden vocabulary — FAQ
How do you say common growing things garden words in French?
For example: the garden is « le jardin », the vegetable garden is « le potager », a plant is « une plante ». The full list above has 22 French growing things garden words, each with audio so you can hear the pronunciation.
What are the most useful French growing things garden words to learn first?
Start with the basics: le jardin (the garden), le potager (the vegetable garden), une plante (a plant), une fleur (a flower), un arbre (a tree), la pelouse (the lawn). Master these core French words before moving on to the rest of the list.
How can I memorise French growing things garden vocabulary?
Learn the words in small themed groups, say each one out loud with the audio, and use it in a short sentence about your own life. Spaced repetition is what makes new vocabulary stick — see our guide to learning French vocabulary that sticks.
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