Large-Print Garden and Flower Word Search Puzzles (4 Free Printables with Answers)

Four free large-print garden word searches: spring flowers, the summer garden, garden tools, and the birds and bugs that visit. Print one or all, with answer keys.

By Steady Neighbor Editorial Team · Updated

The short answer

Four free large-print garden and flower word searches, each on its own page, with an answer key at the end. Click "Print all puzzles" to print them all, or "Print this puzzle" under the one you want.

Four puzzles for anyone who loves a garden, whatever the season outside: spring flowers from tulips to peonies, a summer border full of zinnias and hollyhocks, the tools in the shed, and the visitors that come to call, from ladybugs to hummingbirds.

The rules are easy on the eyes: words read across, down, or diagonally down to the right. None are backwards.

Puzzle 1: Spring Flowers

Find the 14 words. They read across, down, or diagonally down to the right. None are backwards.

  • AZALEA
  • BLOSSOM
  • BLUEBELL
  • BUD
  • CROCUS
  • DAFFODIL
  • HYACINTH
  • IRIS
  • LILAC
  • MAGNOLIA
  • PANSY
  • PEONY
  • TULIP
  • VIOLET

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Puzzle 2: Summer Garden

Find the 14 words. They read across, down, or diagonally down to the right. None are backwards.

  • COSMOS
  • DAHLIA
  • DAISY
  • GERANIUM
  • HOLLYHOCK
  • LAVENDER
  • MARIGOLD
  • PETUNIA
  • PHLOX
  • POPPY
  • ROSE
  • SNAPDRAGON
  • SUNFLOWER
  • ZINNIA

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Puzzle 3: Garden Tools

Find the 14 words. They read across, down, or diagonally down to the right. None are backwards.

  • GLOVES
  • HOE
  • HOSE
  • KNEELER
  • MULCH
  • PRUNERS
  • RAKE
  • SEEDS
  • SHOVEL
  • SOIL
  • SPRINKLER
  • TROWEL
  • WATERING CAN
  • WHEELBARROW

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Puzzle 4: Garden Visitors

Find the 14 words. They read across, down, or diagonally down to the right. None are backwards.

  • BUMBLEBEE
  • BUTTERFLY
  • CHIPMUNK
  • CRICKET
  • DRAGONFLY
  • EARTHWORM
  • FINCH
  • HUMMINGBIRD
  • LADYBUG
  • MOTH
  • RABBIT
  • ROBIN
  • SQUIRREL
  • TOAD

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Answer key

The letters of each word are dark and boxed.

Puzzle 1: Spring Flowers
Puzzle 2: Summer Garden
Puzzle 3: Garden Tools
Puzzle 4: Garden Visitors

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