It Only Took One Plant Pot

It only took one plant pot
to make our garden grow.
A bit of soil, a trowel and
some seeds that we could sow.

We made a sign: Our Garden.
Why don’t you lend a hand?
We placed it with the plant pot
on a weedy plot of land.

The next day there were two pots,
plus a tub of strawberry plants!
And a man came from the council
telling mum about some grants.

On Saturday our friends came
with their grandad and a crate
for planting seed potatoes,
so we put those by the gate.

On Sunday lots of people
brought some buckets, soil and seeds.
We planted and we chatted
and we dug up all the weeds.

Each day, there were more neighbours
calling by and helping out,
and a woman from the paper
asking, What’s this all about?

Then it started growing
and everybody smiled.
Peas, beans, carrots, onions, kale …
The flowers just went wild!

Today’s a celebration.
It’s harvest, season’s end.
A party in this green space, where
we’ve grown a bunch of friends.