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Craigieburn's Sherpa Gardener
My co-gardener, Dawa Sherpa, comes from the mountain ranges below
Mount Everest, and he knows exactly how to place and grow these
amazing plants.
We first met about ten years ago, when he was a successful Everest
summiteer. Then I learned that his true passion was for his native
Nepali plants, and together we began to transform the garden at
Craigieburn. His new project is a dedicated Nepali garden, based
on the riverside gorge that runs through his farm in the Sherpa
village of Khari Khola.
Dawa , like all Sherpas, is a Buddhist, and you will find many
echoes of this in the garden. I love the white chorten close to
the drive, protecting us from ghosts and earthquakes; the strings
of prayer flags, and down in the Nursery Garden a Sherpa house,
which is eerily reminiscent of Dawa's home in the Himalayas.
Walking through Craigieburn Garden
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