How Gardener of the Year John Le Messurier turned barren ground into a green haven - and a golden spade

By Scott Bevan
Updated August 20 2019 - 11:42am, first published 11:30am
John Le Messurier at King Edward Park. Picture: Marina Neil
John Le Messurier at King Edward Park. Picture: Marina Neil

WE had arranged to meet in front of the Captain James Cook Memorial Fountain in Civic Park, but, of course, John Le Messurier is standing amid the garden beds, absorbed in the flowers.

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