Discussion Questions
Gardening
Student A
- Do you have a garden at your apartment/house?
- What kind of garden do you like?
- What do you think of a zen garden?
- Describe the most beautiful garden you have ever seen.
- Do you think gardening should be taught at primary school level? If yes, why, and if no, why not?
- Singapore is known as the Garden City. Would you like to visit it and why?
- Do you think we can create a beautiful garden even in a small space?
- Some people keep certain plants in their bedrooms to clean the toxic air and release fresh oxygen. Do you believe in this?
- What kind of flowers would you like to plant in your garden?
- Do you think gardening is relaxing or hard work?
Student B
- What plants do you have in your garden that you can eat?
- Do you ever visit nurseries? Do you like the experience?
- What do you think of having your own herb garden in your kitchen?
- Do you speak to your plants?
- Would you like to have a special place where you can sit and read in your garden?
- How do plants make you feel? Do they calm you?
- Gardens usually have an abundance of spiders and other little insects. How do you feel about this?
- Would you say you have green fingers (USA – green thumbs)?
- Do you have plants in your house? What kind of plants?
- Do you think we should make it a law that every citizen should plant a tree every year somewhere in the city?
