By gardenpoets On my last full day in Benmore Botanic Garden I would like to acknowledge all the people who have taken the time to tell me their…

By gardenpoets I’m trying not to think about the future because that, for me, that involves leaving Benmore. However, Benmore has to be constantly looking forward. I’m afraid…

By gardenpoets Not that you can tell the time from the Benmore sundial because today the cloud is dark and low and the rain is a terrier… a wall…

By gardenpoets A week or so ago Billy (pictured on the right in the cap) said he’d got three lines of his tree-themed poem but was waiting for…

By gardenpoets Most people have paperclips and piles of paper by their photocopier. We have a microscope and a crate full of moss and lichen samples. I’d like to…

By gardenpoets For the last three weeks or so I’ve been encouraging everyone to get creative and write tree-themed poems to help us celebrate the 150th anniversary of…

By gardenpoets Thanks to David for the following poem, which he literally handed to me written on the back of an envelope. That’s a phrase that gets used so often…

By gardenpoets Despite the ferocity of the midges at Benmore yesterday (a statement than should win a prize for the understatement of the week), I had a lovely time…

By gardenpoets What is it about the Formal Garden at Benmore, combined with some sunshine, that makes children want to turn cartwheels and do handstands? I suspect it’s…

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