Maybe? A Garden Then.

“Paradise is not a mansion, or a palace, but a garden.” ~ Aniket Bhagwat

When celebrated Baroda artist Rekha Rodwittiya asked landscape designer Aniket for a garden, she gave him only one brief: "Whatever you want." He didn't draw plans. He wrote a poem.

A garden then

for people

for birds

For those that burrow and sprint about

Or for nobody

for nothing

Just

So that it can be

Maybe?

A garden then

A place to sit

To meet friends

To die in

Or

To just sit alone

To be lonely

To practice souloquy

To hide

Maybe?

A garden then

Formal

Laid out in a Geometry

To complement the setting

Maybe?

Or just be mad

To be

Whimsical

Mysterious

Mischievous

Maybe?

A garden then

To grow trees

And flowers

and grasses

and Food

Maybe?

Or to just see water

Muddy and clear

Bare ground

And such like

Maybe?

Then a garden

to hark back to memories of childhood

Places of youth

Places seen

A place for companion trees

Maybe?

Or just a strange new place

A new friend

A new place

A new future

Maybe?

Then a garden

To feel the winter sun

To feel the raindrops on the face

To walk brushing the dew

Maybe?

Or a place to see the moon

As it ebbs and grows

And search the galaxy

And pray for a shooting star

Maybe?

A Garden then

~ Poem by Aniket Bhagwat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTnQkyE5epA

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Written and posted 14th May 2026 - Pune, India.

Related Links:

• Prabhakar Bhagwat - Landscape India

• Aniket Bhagwat ~ Facebook

• When the famous artist Rekha Rodwittia of Baroda asked designer Aniket Bhagwat for a Garden. ~ @QHead-007

• Her Garden Has a Formal Face and Six Secret Worlds Hidden Behind It ~  @QHead-007

• To nurture a garden is to believe in tomorrow. ~ Guru Wonder

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