The Gardener

If you love plants, then a good career
Might be as a gardener, for then you'll be near
Something you love throughout all of your hours,
Whether surrounded by shrubs or by flowers.
Opportunities beckon for those who've discerned
Their future as gardeners, and then have learned
All that they can about gardens and plants,
And with their diplomas still don't look askance
At digging and watering, and other hard graft
Which still for a part of a gardener's craft.
But along with the practical side of the role
A qualified gardener has also a shoal
Of interesting things he can now undertake,
Like teaching or writing, or perhaps he can make
A career on TV, where plenty of shows,
Focus on gardens, as everyone knows.
Or maybe head gardener at some wealthy hall
Would see as if working is no work at all.
So whether you like spending hours out of doors,
Digging and planting with hardly a pause,
Or whether your aim is to write or to teach,
There'll always be many a job within reach.
For experts in gardening, who just love to show
The wonderful things that mankind can now grow.