Gardener Michael Morrison worked alongside the late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch at her home Cruden Farm for many years to create one of Australia's finest private gardens. His garden diaries reveal how the garden was developed and maintained, but it's also the story of a wonderful friendship - Dame Elisabeth and Michael Morrison worked together with great creativity, dedication and pleasure for four decades. Their energy, loyalty and selflessness will be inspirational to gardeners and non gardeners alike.
Michael Morrison (Author)
Gardens are Michael Morrison's passion. After horticulture studies
and 10 years working with a local nursery, in 1971 he took on
Sunday morning work for Dame Elisabeth, who had had little help in
the large garden since making Cruden Farm her home after her
husband's death in 1952. His involvement is now all but fulltime.
The partnership was significant; he and 'the boss' thought alike.
Their regular circumnavigations of the garden in Dame Elisabeth's
electric buggy were times of great pleasure that inspired important
decisions - immediate and longer-term - about design and planting,
and kept them in touch with new developments.
Lisa Clausen (Author)
Lisa Clausen was born in Toronto and grew up in Wellington,
Christchurch, Sydney and Adelaide. She has worked as a print
journalist in newsrooms across Australia and spent 11 years an
award-winning writer covering the region for the South Pacific
edition of TIME magazine. She now lives in Melbourne and writes for
publications such as The Monthly magazine and Fairfax's Good
Weekend magazine. Her own garden is small but cherished. Cruden
Farm Garden Diaries is her first book.
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