Monday, June 20, 2011

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, 102: Visit her delightful gardens in August

I love this spooky pic. We see the driveway to Cruden Farm, the acclaimed garden of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, 102 year-old mother of Rupert. She still lives an active life by all accounts. The trees that invite us into the misty unknown are lemon-scented gum (Corymbia citriodora). To view them in person, fly to Australia and take advantage of an open garden day on August 28, 2011: details here and here. I'm astonished to learn that Dame Elisabeth is a Buddhist, though I don't know why I am astonished.

4 comments:

DRF said...

Oh this is wonderful! Arthur Rackham down under

Duncan Fallowell

Anonymous said...

I can't decide whether it is a painting or a photograph. It's very haunting and beautiful.

The late Eve Pollard said...

Your headline is delightfully Hello!-like. Could Richard Desmond be doing with your services?

Matthew Steeples said...

The whole Murdoch clan like garden parties. It has now been revealed that Elisabeth Murdoch and her husband Matthew Freud held their own garden party the day before the Dowler revelations at their home, Burford Priory. Amongst the guests was one Andrew Davis, whose Von Essen hotel empire recently collapsed with debts of hundreds of millions. Read more about him at http://dasteepsspeaks.blogspot.com/2011/07/talented-mr-davis.html