Let’s Talk About Gardens

• Look at the different images of gardens – if you can it is nice to print them out but equally you can look at them on a screen. They are available to download at the bottom of the page.
• Have a really good look at the images trying to pick out the different colours and details.
• As you are looking at the pictures you may want to focus on the way that they have been created by the artist.

Questions that you could ask:

• What is the style of each picture?
• What do you think was used to create each picture? For example paints, ink…etc….
• What colours can you see in each picture?
• How would you describe the styles? For example realistic, abstract, sculptural…etc…
• What words would you use to describe the different pictures?
• How do the different pictures make you feel?
• Which of the pictures do you like best?

Then:

• Use the picture that you have chosen as your favourite and start to talk about what you can see.

Questions that you could ask:

• What do you like about the picture that you have chosen?
• What can you see in the picture?
• What sort of garden is it?
• What plants are growing the the garden?
• Are there any people in the garden? If so who? And what are they doing?
• What else do you think you could do in that garden?
• Does the garden look formal or informal?
• Does the garden look well cared for? Who do you think cares for it?
• Does the garden look like it needs alot of care?
• Where might the garden be?
• What is the weather like?
• Is it the kind of garden that you would like to spend time in? What could you do in the garden?
• Any other questions that you come up with…