Uno Garden Story Mapping
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Uno Garden Story Mapping
The little garden with a big problem
At the end of Wattle Lane, between a bakery and a row of flats, stood Uno Garden. It was cared for by neighbours who shared the work and the vegetables. Matilda watered the tomatoes, and her neighbour Arun tended the herbs. Native bees hummed among the flowers, while a blue-tongue lizard rested beneath a wooden bench. One Monday, a notice appeared on the garden gate. A building company planned to clear the empty block beside the garden to make room for a car park. The workers would begin on Friday, and their fence might cut off the garden’s water tap. Matilda and Arun felt worried, but they did not give up. They invited the neighbours to a meeting and made a plan. Matilda drew a map showing how the garden helped people and wildlife. Arun asked the local council to protect the shared space. Everyone wrote a message explaining why the garden mattered. On Thursday afternoon, a storm rattled the garden. A loose sheet of tin blew across the path and crashed against the gate just as the neighbours were putting up their map and messages. The gate jammed shut. The council representative was due to visit that evening, and the group could not get inside to show the garden. Arun spotted the small side path. Matilda held a torch while the neighbours carefully shifted the tin and opened the gate. Together, they welcomed the council representative and showed the thriving beds, the water-saving tank and the places where wildlife found food. The council changed the plan. The car park would be built elsewhere, and Uno Garden would remain open. The neighbours celebrated with a harvest lunch. Matilda planted a new row of sunflowers, and the blue-tongue lizard settled back under its bench.
Map the story
Use details from the passage. The story structure is orientation, complication, rising action, climax and resolution.
- A storm washes away all the vegetables.
- A building company plans to clear the nearby block, threatening the garden and its water access.
- The neighbours cannot agree about what to plant.
- The blue-tongue lizard has lost its way.
- Matilda waters the tomatoes.
- The neighbours share a harvest lunch.
- The storm blows tin against the gate, jamming it just before the council representative arrives.
- Arun tends the herbs.
Plan a new garden story
Use this story map to plan a different short story set in a garden. You can choose a new character, problem and solution.
Orientation: Who is in the story, and where and when does it begin?
Complication: What problem interrupts the day?
Climax: What is the most exciting moment?
Resolution: How is the problem solved?
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