Walking With Poets is a residency opportunity for four poets. The project involves setting up poetry residencies at the four Gardens of the Royal Botanic Garden one of which is at Benmore, Argyll.

The Argyll poet, Sue Butler spent a morning with children from Patchwork Nursery, Dunoon. The children split up into two groups and spent some time walking around the garden and talking about what they could see, hear, smell and feel…

They then made their way to Puck’s Hut where each group worked as a team to write a poem about their walk.

Patchwork Teamwork Poem

Tall, terrific, tremendous trees.
Redwood trees in a hilly, Scottish jungle.
Every trunk feels spongy and tickly and like a baked potato or an elephant.
Every tree makes me feel excited, small, hungry and like sleeping on the grass or the stars.

Brilliant tree poem

Tall trees in a garden that smells of strawberries and butter and chocolate spread.
Redwood trees in a garden full of seeds, leaves, castles, spider’s webs, midges, water and a fishy fountain.
Every trunk feels like a monkey, stones, a crocodile or a fluffy shark.
Every tree makes me feel happy, excited and noisy and I want to run fast down the Avenue.

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