18 March, 2021 | Linda Ross, Lisa Clausen & Michael Morrison
Most mornings Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and her gardener Michael Morrison shared a breakfast of tea and toast and discussed the day’s plans for
the garden. Michael filled in a garden diary, as requested by Dame Elisabeth early in their working relationship. The diaries have now been published as
'Cruden Farm Garden Diaries' by Penguin/Lantern, with explanatory text by journalist Lisa Clausen and contemporary photographs by Simon Griffiths. This brief
extract shows how the diaries chart not just the garden, but also the attitude of its gardeners to each other.
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