Here in the Netherlands, we have enjoyed about two weeks of pretty sunny days. The change in weather has brought about the beautiful and cheerful spring to the Netherlands! Trees are blooming, terraces are filled, and the Dutch are out on their gardens. Now that we have a garden, we have also been spending lots of time fixing it up and getting it ready for cookouts by planting flowers and clearing out the weeds.

Just like the weather has brought about flowers and colors in everyone’s gardens, so has it brought an insane amount of advertisements and sales for all sorts of gardening-related articles. Stores such as Gamma, Praxis and Karwei are offering sales on garden furniture, fence material and outdoor tiles, while Intratuin and the local flower and plant stores are booming with sales for plants and flowers. It seems like the country is ready for warmer weather and enjoying the garden, and I don’t blame them! I could use less layers and more sunny warm days relaxing!

Because gardening seems to be pretty close to the Dutch, I decided to dedicate this post to all sorts of gardening-related vocabulary. This can come in handy when working on your garden or when trying to look for supplies at the do-it-yourself stores.

Tools:
schop- shovel
zaag- saw
scharen- shears
hark– rake
bijl- ax

Plants:
boom- tree (Let op! You should be careful with the pronunciation of this word or you might be saying bom which means bomb!)
struik- bush
bloemen- flowers
tulpen- tulips
zaad- seed
bloembol- bulb
blad– leaf
potgrond– pot soil
mest- fertilizer

Gardening verbs:
planten- to plant
ploegen– to plow
scheppen- to shovel
harken– to rake
water geven- to water
overplanten– to trasplant
bloeien– to bloom

What sort of plants do you like to have in your garden? Do you prefer green plants or do you like bloemen? For those who will start fixing up their gardens, the following video explains the different types of pots you can use for your plants. Which do you prefer?