I wrote this poem about 2 years ago and I haven't changed my mind in the slightest. Union Terrace Gardens are the centrepiece of  the beautiful city that I'm proud to live in and blend in wonderfully with the surrounding buildings as they were supposed to. To replace them with concrete walkways more suited to a motorway and to kill healthy 200 year old elm trees in order to do this is quite simply outrageous - a crime against nature.
Restoration is what's needed - they've been neglected for far too long. With a few additions such as a cafe, play park for children, better access and toilets (already there but have been closed for about a decade) the Gardens can be a place to be proud of once again and it won't cost millions.

I ♥ Union Terrace Gardens

We're told that it's a vision
a sight we need to see
But clearly what THEY'RE seeing
is not the same as me

I see a place of beauty
lost for ever more
Filled by vile concrete
a car park at its core?

I see the mighty elm trees
home to nesting crows
Chopped down, murdered, discarded
to solve the city's woes?

I see the lovely flower beds
designed with different blooms
Destroyed so they can raise them up
amongst the noise and fumes?

I see the happy trainey park
to generations past
How many more will use them
are we to be the last?

Restore to former glory
it's  plain enough to me
that this is what the people want
and what THEY need to see