They were one of the only parties not to have hundreds of corflutes lining Canberra roads, and before polling day Greens officials worried they weren't visible enough to voters to make an impact at the ballot box.
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But following Saturday's election results, those worries went out the window as the ACT Greens proved to be the surprise story of the territory election.
The Greens have increased their standing from two seats in the last assembly to at least four and potentially as many as six if results in the final seats yet to be declared go their way.
Greens leader Shane Rattenbury told the media on Monday the party's increased standing was an opportunity to have a greater say in government decisions.
"I think it's a real opportunity for us to be a part of the cabinet process and work with government agencies," Mr Rattenbury said.
"Obviously, there is also strength in us sitting on the crossbench as well, and that will form part of the conversation we have with Labor."
Chief Minister Andrew Barr said he would prefer to have Greens members be as part of the government, rather than be a crossbench.
However, Mr Barr said it was unlikely the new Greens MLAs would serve in the cabinet, due to them having no experience in the Legislative Assembly.
Talks between the two parties are set to take place in coming days to work out the parliamentary agreement for the next term of government.
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The Chief Minister has said there was an 80 per cent overlap in the policies the two parties took to the election, although the differences would be in their implementation.
Mr Rattenbury said finding common ground would be essential.
"We need to build an agenda that lasts for four years," he said.
"We need to make sure that agenda is affordable and the budget is in a tough position at the moment."
One-in-five items on the agenda for the last parliamentary agreement, drawn up in 2016, went unfulfilled in the past term.
The Greens recorded gains in each of the five electorates, including areas such as Brindabella that had long been considered a stronghold for the Canberra Liberals.
However, Mr Rattenbury said there was evidence of a change in votes to the party by the policies adopted in the campaign by the other parties.
"We were delighted to see people promising more trees for Canberra, we felt we had won the campaign at the beginning, when those issues were central to the campaign," he said.
"No doubt climate change has been on voters minds in the election campaign."