It is spring here in the UK and the plants are all popping out of the soil (a month late due to late snow but still…). If you have a garden go and sit in it with a note pad and pen and beverage of your choice. Look around you, is it all still damp, is there an earthy smell or the heady perfume of the flowers? How are the birds behaving and what are the clouds in the sky doing?

Jot this all down.

If you do not have a garden go for an amble in the local park and find a bench.

The surroundings maybe enough to spark a poem by itself but if not construct a list on gardens and what they mean to you – did you grow up with one or always wanted one? Was it the source of a lot of your food or did the neighbours bump rubbish in it…

Again this may spark something but if it does not then write the starting line:

I will always remember that garden…

And then tell us why, this is where your notes will come in handy as you will have several points you can already add.