It’s 2016
Central Park
New York City
Sunny Summer Day
Gentle Breeze
Exploring
Shakespeare’s Garden
Shades of green surround me
Sun rays peeking through the trees
Pink flowers line the wooden fence
Behind the large, deep rooted tree
Laid back and glanced up to thee
My eyes take in the beautiful sight
My ears take in the surrounding sounds
Cars
Airplanes
People talking
Birds chirping
Suddenly
A man playing violin was carried by the wind
It peacefully fills my ears and spirit
I gently close my eyes
When I open them for a brief moment
It feels like I could be in a different time
Here is some extra information on Shakespeare’s Garden just in case you were interested..
I also read somewhere that Shakespeare himself possibly planted a tree here once back in the day.
“Shakespeare Garden is a four-acre landscape named for the famed English poet and playwright. The garden features flowers and plants mentioned in Shakespeare’s poems and plays and is designed to resemble the Bard’s native English countryside. The garden’s diverse array of plants, including columbine, primrose, wormwood, quince, lark’s heel, rue, eglantine, flax and cowslip, are accompanied by small plaques featuring quotes from Shakespearean works that reference the garden’s flowers.
The garden was created in 1913 by Dr. Edmond Bronk Southwick, who was both the Parks Department entomologist and a devoted reader of Shakespeare, at the request of Parks Commissioner Charles Stover. In cooperation with the Board of Education, Southwick carefully plotted the bulbs and seeds that would bring the garden to life. In 1916, the garden was officially renamed Shakespeare Garden and dedicated to the memory of William Shakespeare on the tricentennial of his death. In its early years, the Garden was maintained by Dr. Southwick and the Shakespeare Society.
However, after the Society disbanded in 1929, the garden began to cycle through periods of decline- much like the rest of Central Park. By the 1970s, the garden was completely overgrown, contained very little horticultural diversity, and lacked the inspiration and beauty of its earlier years. Thankfully, community volunteers began to clean up the garden in 1975, and the then nascent Central Park Conservancy oversaw a complete restoration of the Garden in 1987. The restoration included replanting the garden with fresh plant life, expanding the garden, repaving paths, installing rustic wooden benches and fences, and adding bronze plaques with Shakespeare quotes. With generous support from the Samuel & May Rudin Foundation and the visionary design of Bruce Kelly and David Varnell Landscape Architects, the garden was then returned to its original splendor.”
September 8, 2016
