Galavanting in the Gardens...

Last Friday I had the pleasure of joining Tom Scott with his new poetry venture for Trebah Gardens on the boarders of Falmouth. As part of a group of poets I was assigned by Tom a specific area of the gardens: the Mallard Pond and Bridge and briefed to reflect on a question accordingly.  A large troupe of student photographers from Falmouth Universities Marine and Natural History photography course were armed with various high tech equipment. They perused the gardens capturing the botanical delights still blooming in the cold watery sunlight, whilst us writers scribbled away with numb fingers.
We returned to the cafe to thaw out with hot drinks and a read through of some poems along the themes of questions regarding nature; our own ideas and rough notes were discussed and some interesting observations mulled over.
So now my job is to get my two final poems drafted and sent back to Tom for consideration. Any poems chosen will be displayed early next year complementing the selected photographs from the students.

The whole experience was joy, the freedom, the gardens mystical magic, the sharing of ideas and meeting some amazing writers...thank you Penelope Shuttle for making the day complete....