Student Poetry Trail

Wed 13 March 2024 - Wed 27 March 2024

Botanic Garden

Did you know that the word ‘posey’ means both ‘a little flower’ and ‘a little poem’?

Explore the Botanic Garden in this self-guided trail and see how many poems you can spot. Student writers have joined with the Garden to give a voice to plants that people tend to walk past or overlook. Each little poem serves as a new kind of label, speaking to those of us who don’t understand much from a Latin scientific name alone. There is a link on the poem label that invites the reader to reply with their own poems. Close observation and scientific exploration are two ways to delve into the mysteries of plants. Words are another: poetry bridges the gap between what can be seen and measured, and what we feel and intuit in our encounters with plants.

This project is part of the Cambridge Festival Student Creative Team, an initiative to encourage collaboration across Cambridge, involving more students in the festival, and encouraging creativity and public engagement.

Cost: Free with normal Garden Admission