The gardener five miles from the
hustle-bustle of the City of London
there was a small town quiet lush and
beautiful where great nobleman and
ministers held their summer mansions
this is the story of the most celebrated
Manor of them all one which was
beautiful beyond imaginations
their gardener Larsson manicured the
longs to precision his relentless
passion for gardening made sure that
rare flowers lined the stoned paths and
covered the crisp stone walls delicious
fruit hung in great clusters on strong
stoic trees and the best vegetables grew
in the elaborate kitchen garden with the
rarest of plants adorning the expansive
green house this mansion was a statement
of natural beauty and the owners were
proud of it they would be certain to
visit the estate every summer what a
beautiful estate we have oh the effort
we need to put in to maintain it but is
it worth the hard work after all
the estate bears the name of our family
on it whatever we do is little as
compared to the order our estate brings us
your lordship sir welcome hello Larsen
what have you got for us this year sir I
have been tending Indian mangoes for
over five years now root requires a
particular kind of soil and special
methods of watering I spent months
studying how to grow it but that is
enough Lawson do we have a crop oh yes
here it is
I picked the best ones for you I picked
them myself
perfect shape and perfect size I wish
you'd wash up awesome oh sorry I have
just been digging up for these new
radishes from France cook these up and
let's go see if Lawson's Indian mangoes
are any good you should have had them
cut up already Lawson I am sorry ma'am
I'll just wash up are they good sir
ma'am they're quite sir all right sir
his lordship Lord Cornwall is here to
see you Oh sanjivini I am already in my
friend hello so good to see you all
those Indian mangoes well
hmm these are delicious the best I have
ever had when did you go to India these
are not from India lost and managed to
grow them right here on our estate
Larsen you are a miracle worker Lawson
didn't you have work in the garden oh yes ma'am
my radishes I tell you you may proceed
to the garden Lawson I tell you it is so
exhausting to have the estate maintained
so oh I get so tired well I am here to
invite you to a get-together tomorrow
night I hope you can make it convenient
it will be a pleasure lord Cornwall we
shall be there and may I take some of
the mangoes Lawson is a true master here
it is not Lawson but rather the
blessings of our ancestors on this land
do take as many mangoes as you like I
shall have them packed right away
the next night the Lord and the mistress
went to Lourdes Cornwall's hung there
with the sumptuous food the guests were
served apples and pears truly the most
delicious any guests had ever had truly
the apples and pears are most delicious
are these from your estate who is your
gardener lord Cornwall oh I do not have
a gardener I am looking for one these
are from the fruit who called John at
the local marketplace he said he got the
fruit especially for tonight
where'd the fruit rose his fruit will
help salutely exotic we would have
expected such fruit from your garden
Lord Maxwell Lord Maxwell went home and
insulted man asked Lawson to see me immediately yes sir
Lawson truly must do a better job of the
gardener you asked for me your lordship
well we just had the most beautiful
delicious apples and pears at Lord
Cornwallis you must go to the fruit er
some John from the local market and ask
him where he got the fruit from and then
learn from whoever the farmer is as to
how he got them to be so delicious John
from the local market well I just sold
him a batch this morning he said he
wanted apples and pears for a very
special get-together tonight I had no
idea it was the same get-together that
you went for so those apples and pears
were from our garden can you prove it oh
yes here is the bee loves the sails sir
I had tried a special combination of
soil and manure to get the fruit to be
larger and juicier and Lawson you might
have had us taste them first but I did
serve them to you last time you were
here and you said they were quite all right
enough now get us some more the fruit
and we shall send baskets of them to all
our friends and tell them that they are
from our garden from the blessings of
our ancestors truly Lawson you should be
careful about these things ah
nowproceed Lawson you toil day and night
in the garden it is because of you that
the garden is the most beautiful estate
in the entire country and yet they never
say one word of praise for you ha ah the
packing is done now I can go and see to
the blue lotuses Blue Lotus
yes and don't worry too much about it as
long as they let me do whatever I want
in the garden I am fine the next morning
Lord Maxwell received an urgent message
the king and princess wanted him to come
to the palace immediately for some
important business what is it dear the
king and the princess have called me to
the palace immediately on the business
of Alabama you will have to leave right
away I shall help you pack well
shouldn't I carry a gift for the
princess but we do have time to get
something for her
the princess is a connoisseur of rare
flowers call Lawson here so Larson was
asked to bring a rare flower from the
garden and he presented his Blue Lotus
to Lord Maxwell are you sure it is rare
oh yes your lordship it is found only in
the high mountains of India and Tibet
but I enough worsen the Millan's
melons yes the royal chef requested me
to send up some melons to the castle the
royal family had loved our melons last
year do you have proof oh here is the
note the royal chef sent me this morning
sir you should have had us taste them I
did ma'am but you said that they were
quite alright last summer the Royal
gardener's crop failed so he asked me
for some and he presented them to the
chef and to the royal family now don't
get all muddled you must leave now dear
my dear keep the melons in the carriage
Lord Maxwell presented the flower to the
princess and she was delighted
she had the flower put in a crystal bowl
right in the center of the conference
table but a jealous courtier remarked to
Lord Maxwell the flower you gave the
princess is quite common isn't it
you mustn't let Lawson fool you on this
world Maxwell there is a corner I know o
is much better than Orson you must
employ him instead
Lord Maxwell was very angry to hear what
the courtier had said he went back to
his Manor to take Larsson to task when
he reached the Manor Larsson was in the
garden talking to lady Maxwell Lawson please
let me take these old dead trees down I
shall grow a patch of oats here and lots
of birds will then come into the garden
to eat and the garden will be full of
their happy chatter and will come alive
with their vibrant colors those trees
have been there forever Lawson from
before you came here you will not touch
them but Sir I thought
don't forget Lawson this garden belongs
to our family how dare you decide how to
run it I am sorry sir you will stay here
no longer the good courtier is sending
another gardener to us and your services
will no longer be required sir you gave
me a common flower to give the princess
calling it rare now I shall have to
write a letter to her to apologize but
don't make me repeat just go
so Larson had to leave the manor and the
beautiful garden he attended with such
love and care for so many years in the
meanwhile Lord Maxwell wrote a letter of
apology to the princess
your highness I deeply regret to inform
you that the Blue Lotus I had presented
to you on my recent visit to the palace
was not rare as I had been told it was I
apologize for the oversight and I hope
you will forgive me and understand that
I had no intention of deliberately
misrepresenting facts before you yours
sincerely Lord Maxwell dear lord Maxwell
I do know that the flower you presented
to me was indeed a rare one even if it
were common in Indian Tibet it is rare
in our part of the world and it is
really incredible that your gardener
Larsen managed to grow it in our climate
for that he must be applauded I have
heard so much about your state and
Larson's garden that I should really
like to visit as it is late this year
I propose to vist next summer if it does
not inconvenience you in any way yours
sincerely princess flora great
preparations were made for the visit of
the princess new seeds were procured new
flowers bought all of it with the new
gardener for the Maxwells never
considered it to be Larsen's garden it
was always theirs and theirs alone in
the meanwhile Larsen had found a home with Lord Cornwall
and was working his magic in Lord
Cornwallis garden a year past it was
summer again and the Maxwells awaited
the visit of the princess the princess
reached this small town stopped
treatment stopped a patch of oats that
the birds can feed on only Larson could
have thought of it this simply must be the place
your highness I am quite sure that Lord
Mac's Rosa state is a little way ahead
and I am sure but this must be his state
this has to be the most beautiful garden
in the whole country it can only be the
handiwork of the good Larson yes is that
you yes I am princess flora princess I
am so sorry ma'am
I must wash up it just goes to show with
how much passion you do your worst
do you have my favorite melons yes I
shall bring them out right away in the
meanwhile the coachman had sent a
message to Lord Maxwell that the
princess had arrived they rushed to Lord
Cornwall's estate
princess flora your highness
our estate is a little up the hill but
Lawson is here then princess flora was
told of how Larson had been made to
leave after giving a common flower for
the princess princess flora heard she
was wise enough to realize that The
Selfish Maxwell's had never appreciated
Larson for his great talent and love of
gardening she decided to put that right
blossom you are a wonderfully talented
and passionate gardener and I give you a
garden and a mansion all of your own
where you can do all the gardening you
want in any way that you want and you
shall be paid from the royal treasury
let all who see your garden call it
lasses paradise and that is how it shall
be known all over the country
finally Larsen got the appreciation he deserved