Posted: Jul 22, 2014 9:58 am
Agrippina wrote:My gardener would weep with excitement at the thought of flying to the UK to do your garden for you. He is a wonderful horticulturist. I'm amazed at his knowledge of not only gardening but everything else. We have wonderful conversations about politics especially, and he teaches me about which plants to put in and where. I'd really love to be able to send him to the UK to see some of the gardens there. His daughter is in her first year at university, studying information technology, and was sent to Cape Town university to present some of her work at a seminar there. I have no doubt that she will end up travelling abroad before too long. Really not bad for a man who left school at 15 to support his family, and has now bought his own home, and encouraged his two daughters to get educated. It's an amazing story considering he wasn't allowed to do anything other than gardening, but then became an expert at his craft because of Apartheid.
He sounds like a very good man, Aggie. If I was rich enough, I'd send him a plane ticket, because I think he would deserve it!