135+ ‘Garden’ Writing Prompts
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Magical Animal Friend
Create a story about discovering a magical talking animal in your back garden.
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Friendship Garden
Describe what kind of plants would represent each of your friends in a ‘Friendship Garden’.
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Our Inner Blooms
Imagine you are a gardener, tending to your inner flowers (qualities you love about yourself). Describe these flowers and how you cultivate them.
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First Frost
Describe the first frost in your garden, how it affects the plants and what preparations you make.
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My Dream Autumn Garden
Imagine and describe your dream fall garden. What fruits, vegetables, or flowers would it have?
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The April Blooms Dance
Describe observing the lifecycle of flowers blooming in April from your local park or garden.
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Fantastical Garden Gumption
Craft an imaginative tale about a gardener who plants seeds of dreams that bloom into realities.
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Magical Garden Adventure
Write about a magical garden that you discover in your backyard over the weekend. What mystical creatures do you meet, and what magical activities do you do?
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Summer Bloom Reflections
Using each of the five senses, describe the scene of a flower blooming in a lush summer garden.
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The Power of Places
Describe an intense interaction between two characters set in a very specific place. Make the place as vivid as the drama.
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The Key to Imagination
Imagine coming across an old, rusted key and write a story about what it opens.
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Eco-friendly Initiative
Propose an eco-friendly initiative that could be implemented in your school or community.
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Garden of Life
Write a flash fiction story where a flower garden stands as a metaphor for a character’s growth and evolution.
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Prompt Harvesting
Imagine a mental garden where ideas grow. Describe your garden and the process of ‘cultivating’ and ‘harvesting’ these ideas for prompts.
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Competitive Gardening
Create a humorous story about a pair of fiercely competitive neighbors who battle it out over the best garden.
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Garden’s Plentiful Bounty
Write about the sensory experience of a late-summer harvest in a family garden.
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Harvest Celebrations
Describe a memorable harvest celebration or event you’ve been part of in October.
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Submarine in the Garden
Imagine a world where it is normal to find military grade submarines sprouting in backyard gardens.
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Gifts Of Nature
Describe a natural landscape or phenomena that genuinely awes you and makes you feel grateful.
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Gratitude for Ground Thaw
Write a piece expressing gratitude for the thawing ground and the regeneration it brings.
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Fairy in the Garden
Write a story about finding a fairy in your garden and the spell she taught you.
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Gaelic Garden Wonders
Imagine you’re in an Irish walled garden. Describe your experience through poetry.
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1. My Magical Garden
Imagine if you had a magical garden, what plants and creatures would you find there?
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The Dance of Fireflies
Imagine a secret gathering of fireflies in your garden, narrating it as if it’s an exclusive, secret party.
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Resurrection of the Garden
Document the transformation of a winter garden into a lively spring one during Easter.
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Meeting the Garden Sprites
Imagine encountering a mischievous or wise creature living among the flowers, foliage, and undergrowth of your garden.
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Sacred Pathways
Imagine walking through a labyrinth formed by verdant hedges in your summer garden. What wisdom reaches you at the center?
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Wisdom in Bloom
Observe the different stages of growth of a flowering plant in your garden and draw life lessons from it.
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Whispers of the Wind
Calm your mind and listen closely to the sound of summer breezes in your garden, penning a story or a poem guided by those whispers.
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Magical Number Garden
Draw and describe your own magical garden where each plant represents a different number from 1 to 10.
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Blossoming Metaphors
Write a story about a garden, using the flowers and plants as metaphors for characters or events.
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Suburban Supernatural
Set a story in a modern suburban setting, where magical creatures are common pets.
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The Immortal Garden
Craft a story about an immortal gardener tending to a bewitched garden at an abandoned cathedral.
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Whispers of Greenery
Imagine if plants could speak to each other, what would they say? Write a dialogue between two plants.
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Memoirs From a Tree’s Perspective
Narrate the story of a bustling garden as seen from a century-old tree rooted firmly in its heart.
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Secret Garden Adventure
Write about discovering a secret garden and describe the various sights, sounds and smells encountered there.
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Adventure in My Garden
Pretend you’ve shrunk to the size of an ant and narrate a day in your backyard or garden.
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Growing Pains
Detail the process of growing a particular flower or vegetable and the lessons learned along the way.
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From Garden to Table
Imagine being a vegetable on a farm and narrate your story from seed to dining table.
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Garden of New Beginnings
Imagine you’re a novice gardener and the first day of spring is your first day in the garden. How do you feel? What are your plans?
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My Dream House
Imagine and describe your dream house. How does it look, and what kind of rooms does it have?
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Harvest Season Memories
Write about your experiences with fall harvest, either in a garden or a farm.
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Building from Scratch
Imagine starting a new DIY hobby, like woodwork or gardening. Write about your first project and how you feel while creating it.
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The Greenhouse of Love
In a world devastated by pollution where natural beauty is scarce, tell the tale of a couple nurturing a secret garden of love.
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Giant Little Bug’s Perspective
Imagine you’re a tiny bug with a giant perspective. Describe your day living in a garden from a bug’s point of view.
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Grief’s Garden
Write about a time you lost someone dear and describe the emotions you navigated through.
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Easter Egg Discoveries
Compose a conversation between two young characters on an Easter egg hunt, making unexpected discoveries along the way.
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Underneath the Olive Tree
Imagine the inner turmoil and prayers of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.
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Touchstone of Tranquility
Describe a place, real or imaginary, where you find spiritual solace and peace.
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The Healing Room
Imagine a space where you go to heal from heartbreak. What does it look like? What happens there?
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Gardening with a Time capsule
Write a letter to a future self, bury it in a garden, and imagine discovering it several years later while gardening.
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The Talking Garden
Imagine if the plants in your garden could talk. What would they say and what kind of personalities would they have?
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The Magic Compost Heap
Write a story about a magic compost heap in your garden whose produce has unusual effects.
