Question

Writers often use description to create a mood or establish a theme. What theme does Woolf establish in the opening paragraph? the garden

Answer 1

In the opening paragraph, Woolf describes a garden . It is an atypical flower-bed at the Royal Botanical Gardens.  The peacuful nature as a contrast to human's busy life. Woolf is not criticising this aspect of human life – in fact. She only directly equates humans and nature throughout 
 With the description of the garden Woolf created a mood and established a theme.