“In the summer of 1981, my parents were visiting us in Henley from California, and it was a glorious day, so we decided that we should get out of our beautiful garden for a change, to visit another beautiful garden local to us in Oxfordshire. We spent a wonderful afternoon in the gardens of Cliveden House – just George and myself with Dhani and my parents – and I took a few shots of George. They have always been some of my very favourite photos of George. This was also the first place we ever saw the magnificent Gunera Manicata (Brazilian giant rhubarb), and so we came home and decided to plant some of our own the next day, which still flourishes.”
[Olivia Harrison]
George in the gardens of Gardens of Cliveden House, Summer 1981. **
Pics: Olivia Harrison.
** Edit: Previously credited incorrectly as Blenheim Palace Gardens, these photos were taken at Cliveden House - it is clear that the fountain in the background is the Fountain of Love at Cliveden House. I think that in the new edition of I Me Mine the lower photo is credited as Blenheim Palace. Oops.