Art has often been a source of inspiration for writers. The BBC Radio 3 programme The Verb has commissioned three short stories based on paintings featured in Art of the Garden.

Stories
You can read extracts from two of these stories by following the links below. The full stories will be available on The Verb website later in June.

Creative writing competition
Do works of art inspire you to write? Enter The Verb's Art of the Garden creative writing competition before 10 September 2004 and your own story could be read out on air on BBC Radio 3.

Death of an Advocate by Rose Tremain inspired by James Tissot's Holyday	The Silence by Adam Thorpe inspired by Carel Weight's The Silence