• Establish two geographic positions
  • for example
    • opposite sides of a room / "garden room" / other outdoor space that has boundaries
    • opposite sides of a landmark in the middle of the space. We used the refreshement table.
  • Make the two positions well enough apart, so the participants will have some moving to do.
• Designate one of the positions the "yes" side, and the other the "no" side.
• When questions are asked, participants answer by moving to the appropriate side.

Questions:

• Been gardening more than 5 years? (10 years....)
• Most of your flowers are perennials / annuals.
• Plant more perennial varieties every year.
• Have basically clay soil / Have sandy soil.
• Took Latin in school?
• Your mother taught you gardening?
• Own more than 2 gardening books?
• Mix vegetables (or herbs) & flowers in one bed?
• Struggle with woodchucks?
• ...with deer?
• ...with poison ivy?
• Have sown a lawn.
• Have some kind of irrigation system in your garden.?
• Make your own compost?
• Put your compost in a bin / a pile.
• Garden organically?
• Grow any roses?
• Grow native plants?
• Started seeds under lights, this past winter?
• Bought plants by mail this year?
• Bought plants via the Internet this year?
• Own a shredder-chipper?
• Can start your shredder-chipper by yourself?
• Own more than 2 varieties of Hosta?
• Talk to your plants?
• Meditate in your garden, “listen to your plants grow” ?
• Think of your plants as your children?
• Identify with your garden, feel it’s part of your being, or an extension of yourself?
• [You can also ask for questions from the participants.]

This game is a great icebreaker.