Behind the Bike Shed …

The man from gardening department

is planting a copper beech hedge;

behind the bike shed.

He has almost finished

and smiles, as I watch him

carefully placing a spindly twig with a cursory cornflake coloured leaf; 

and untamed roots into a hole, 

lightly back fills and heels it down.

I’ve seen Monty Don do that.

Next year we will have a architectural feature,

behind the bike shed.