Garden for ex-Beatle blooms at Chelsea Flower Show

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008

LONDON (AFP) — A garden commemorating the life of former Beatle George Harrison was given royal approval by Queen Elizabeth II at this year's Chelsea Flower Show in London, which opens Tuesday.

The British monarch met Harrison's widow Olivia at the garden -- featuring sections about his childhood in Liverpool, north-west England, his Beatles fame and even the afterlife -- while touring the show ahead of its opening.

Another former Beatle, Ringo Starr, also dropped by to inspect the brightly-coloured garden, called "From Life To Life" after a line in the Harrison-penned Beatles song "It's All Too Much."

Guitarist Harrison died aged 58 in 2001 after suffering from cancer.

"I think she thought the idea of a narrative garden was interesting," said Olivia...