


Heather E. McFarlane
Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair in Plant Cell Biology

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

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.

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

Trees: In Winter
10 images of various winter scenes showing some coniferous and deciduous trees in snowy conditions

Trees: In Summer
9 images showing some scenes with coniferous and deciduous trees in the summer

Trees: In Spring
10 images of some coniferous and deciduous trees showing new growth in the spring season

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

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

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

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

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

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