Gardens can inspire smiles, tears, and sometimes, even poetry. Irwin Goldman and Jim Nienhuis are horticulture professors at UW-Madison. But in addition to their knowledge of all kinds of vegetables and growing conditions, they are also passionate about garden-inspired poetry. And their favorite style is the haiku.
The start of this avocation isn’t clear. Nienhuis speculates that it may have just been a particularly bad day in the office. “I think there were some tears, and we thought ‘what can we do to lighten things up?’” Goldman credits Nienhuis with discovering the haiku format,...
