GARDEN VERSE - What is a Garden by Arkell

What is a garden?

            Goodness knows!

You’ve got a garden,

            I suppose:

To one it is a piece of ground

For which some gravel must be found.

To some, those seeds that must be sown,

To some a lawn that must be mown.

To some a ton of Cheddar rocks;

To some it means a window box;

To some, who dare not pick a flower-

A man, at eighteen pence an hour.

To some, it is a silly jest

About the latest garden pest;

To some, a haven where they find

Forgetfulness and peace of mind. . .

What is a garden

            Large or small

‘Tis just a garden

            After all.

Reginald Arkell

“What Is a Garden”

Green Fingers (1935)

GARDEN VERSE - Love of Garden by Helps

"As for our love of gardens, it is the last refuge of art in the minds and souls of many Englishmen; if we did not care for gardens, I hardly know what in the way of beauty we should care for.

                                                                                          Sir Arthur Helps
                                                                                          Companion of My Solitude (1851)