Armchair PuzzlesCalm, large-print word searches
Garden Tools & Tasks
Garden & Nature · Classic

Garden Pests

Print
T
I
C
S
E
R
D
E
N
R
H
E
O
O
V
A
I
E
W
E
R
D
P
O
M
B
T
E
H
E
I
N
P
C
R
B
G
O
I
D
P
H
E
L
O
I
H
C
T
I
S
E
R
T
W
T
C
I
E
H
V
E
W
R
T
I
Y
L
F
P
Y
E
A
S
U
I
B
R
L
A
N
E
H
O
C
S
N
A
Y
N
L
T
E
A
O
L
B
G
D
H

Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.

A few of the words

COPPER
A strip of copper tape around a raised bed or pot creates a mild electrical charge that deters slugs, no chemicals needed.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
APHID
A single aphid can produce up to 80 offspring in a week, which is why a small colony on a rose stem can seem to double overnight.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
EARWIG
Despite their fearsome pincers, earwigs are a gardener's friend as often as a foe, they devour aphid eggs by the hundreds each night.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
GARLIC
A homemade garlic spray, steeped overnight and strained into a bottle, has been a trusted organic deterrent in kitchen gardens for centuries.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

armchairpuzzles.com · free large-print word searches

garden pests word search

Garden Pests: a free online word search

Garden pests word search, free and printable on a clean sheet, from nibbling aphids and slugs to the deer that found your beans anyway.

About Garden Pests

Every garden has its uninvited guests, the rabbit that squeezes beneath the gate at dusk, the aphids clustered on a new rose stem, the slug's silver trail across the lettuce bed. Generations of gardeners have met them with ingenuity: a ring of copper around a pot, a net draped over brassicas before the butterflies arrive, a clove of garlic pressed into the soil. It is a quiet, ongoing negotiation between what we grow and the creatures that find it just as irresistible as we do.

How to play

  1. 1
    Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
  2. 2
    Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
  3. 3
    It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
  4. 4
    Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps, never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.
The printable Garden Pests word search sheet in large print

Prefer pen and paper?

A clean, large-print sheet. Free, and no sign-up.

Print this puzzlePrinting tips →
Add this puzzle to your website

Run a blog, a newsletter site, a library page, or a community group? Paste this to put the puzzle right on your page. Free to use, and it links back here.

How embedding works

More word searches in Garden Tools & Tasks

The Greenhouse

Seedlings, cold frames, potting on and a head start on spring.

Play

The Tool Shed

Spades, trowels, rakes and the trusty wheelbarrow await.

Play

Watering & Weeding

The watering can, the hose, the sprinkler, and pulling weeds.

Play
See all in Garden Tools & Tasks →

More to explore:All Garden & Nature word searchesPrintable Garden & Nature word searches

↑ Back to the puzzle