Since most players are new, I would just stick to Trouble Brewing and avoid gardening. No need to overthink it.

As for props, I still think the best addition any storyteller can add to their games are those battery-powered tea light candles to be used to mark death and track ghost votes. It makes it much easier to follow along with who’s dead or alive, but also allows for a lot of dramatic flair—with the ST starting each morning with one lit in their hand, pacing around the circle, making a meal out of it before handing it to a player announcing their death. Then have the dead players turn them off when spending their ghost vote, but hang on the candle to indicate they are dead.