{"id":1024,"date":"2013-06-04T23:58:07","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T03:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vnn.org\/vaisnava-news\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2014-10-05T09:50:02","modified_gmt":"2014-10-05T13:50:02","slug":"george-harrison-memorial-garden-opens-to-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/george-harrison-memorial-garden-opens-to-public\/","title":{"rendered":"George Harrison Memorial Garden Opens to Public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/George_Devotees_Chanting_in_Esctacy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1025\" src=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/George_Devotees_Chanting_in_Esctacy-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"George_Devotees_Chanting_in_Esctacy\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/George_Devotees_Chanting_in_Esctacy-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vaishnava-news-network.org\/vaisnava-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/George_Devotees_Chanting_in_Esctacy.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>(VNN) via NME<\/p>\n<p>The George Harrison Memorial Garden at the Bhaktivedanta Manor Estate near Watford is now open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>The Beatle \u2013 who passed away in 2001 \u2013 gave the site, formerly known as Piggots Manor, to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in 1973 after becoming a follower of the Hare Krishna religion. Following Harrison&#8217;s death, a garden was created in his remembrance. His widow Olivia Harrison said: &#8220;I am grateful to the devotees for honouring George in the form of a garden. A manifestation in the material world of which he would be very proud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Olivia and gardener Monty Don will both attend the garden&#8217;s official opening. Don commented: &#8220;I am delighted and honoured to open the garden commemorating George Harrison at Bhaktivedanta Manor and that the public will be able to share George&#8217;s great love of gardening and deep spirituality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Temple leader Gauri Das added: &#8220;There is a deep spirituality in the lyrics of George Harrison, some through metaphor and others more direct. The garden reflects his spiritual journey, it is a mystical one and it correlates with some of the oldest sacred texts known to man. For us it is a tremendous honour that garden is opened on the 40th anniversary of Bhaktivedanta Manor, one of Britain&#8217;s most prominent temples and donated by George.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, George Harrison and John Lennon received a Blue Plaque in London. The commemoration was at 94 Baker Street &#8211; the site of the Apple Boutique clothing shop, which was owned in the 1960s by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-beatles\">The Beatles<\/a>\u00a0company Apple Corps Ltd. A plaque to Lennon was already on the site, but was replaced with one that also remembers Harrison.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(VNN) via NME The George Harrison Memorial Garden at the Bhaktivedanta Manor Estate near Watford is now open to the public. 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