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Plants

Aira Villaneuva

Aira Fusilero Villanueva

Founder E-Waste Recycling

Labo de Heather McFarlane's

Heather E. McFarlane

Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair in Plant Cell Biology

Heather R. McFarlane is an Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair in Plant Cell Biology for the University of Toronto.
Water droplets on a leaf

Needs of Plants

Plants have specific needs - light, air, water, nutrients, and space - to survive and reproduce.

What makes soil hard and compacted?

What makes soil hard and compacted?

Explore how walking on soil changes how water soaks into the ground and why that matters to gardeners and farmers.

Red Onion, Parsnips, Lettuce

Vegetables

14 images of some plants such as carrots, cabbage and leeks whose roots, stems or leaves are used for food

Trees: In Winter

Trees: In Winter

10 images of various winter scenes showing some coniferous and deciduous trees in snowy conditions

Hazy Summer Day By The River

Trees: In Summer

9 images showing some scenes with coniferous and deciduous trees in the summer

New Leaf Growth

Trees: In Spring

10 images of some coniferous and deciduous trees showing new growth in the spring season

Colourful Maple Tree

Trees: In Autumn

10 images showing some scenes with coniferous and deciduous trees in the fall or autumn season

Fan Rake

Tools: Garden

10 images of some tools such as rakes, spades, shears and lawn mowers that were designed for use in gardening

Gather Spring Flowers

Seasonal Activities: Spring

10 images of some activities that may happen in the spring such as planting, flying kites and having picnics

Apple Picking

Seasonal Activities: Autumn

10 images of some activities that may happen in the fall such as picking pumpkins and apples, and raking leaves

Fennel Seeds

Plants: Seeds

6 images of some seeds which are the fertilized part of a plant used for germinating new plants such as fennel, kiwis and pumpkins

Plant

Plants: Parts

12 images of some major parts of plants such as stems, roots, flowers and leaves