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Ideation Warm-Up ยท Divergent Ideation

Community Garden

Participatory Methods Community Garden Community Garden is a participatory activity where people come together to create, maintain, and harvest a garden in a shared space.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In person, RemoteSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Participation Architecture This divergent ideation exercise strengthens Participation Architecture, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. Evaluate the experience and plan new phases or improvements to the garden.
  2. Participatory Methods Community Garden Community Garden is a participatory activity where people come together to create, maintain, and harvest a garden in a shared space.
  3. Create a space for community gathering, learning, and participation.
  4. Prepare materials: Basic gardening tools (shovels, rakes, gloves, watering cans, etc.).
  5. Notebooks, labels, or apps to plan and record planting.
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Prompts to use +

Evaluate the experience and plan new phases or improvements to the garden.

Participatory Methods Community Garden Community Garden is a participatory activity where people come together to create, maintain, and harvest a garden in a shared space.

Create a space for community gathering, learning, and participation.

Prepare materials: Basic gardening tools (shovels, rakes, gloves, watering cans, etc.).

Notebooks, labels, or apps to plan and record planting.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Community Garden. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Evaluate the experience and plan new phases or improvements to the garden.; Participatory Methods Community Garden Community Garden is a participatory activity where people come together to create, maintain, and harvest a garden in a shared space.; Create a space for community gathering, learning, and participation.; Prepare materials: Basic gardening tools (shovels, rakes, gloves, watering cans, etc.).. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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