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Harrison and his second wife Olivia restored the gardens.

Until his death in November 2001, he loved tending to them personally − an activity that a visiting Rolling Stone journalist in 1987 would deem a " decidedly un-rock-star-ish pastime " − and among the groundskeepers were his older brothers Peter and Harry.

George's son Dhani would later recall for the Scorsese documentary: " He'd garden at night-time until midnight.

He'd be out there squinting because he could see, at midnight, the moonlight and shadows, and that was his way of not seeing the weeds or imperfections that would plague him during the day ..." Talking of the tranquility he felt at Friar Park, Harrison once said: " Sometimes I feel like I'm actually on the wrong planet, and it's great when I'm in my garden.

But the minute I go out the gate I think: ' What the hell am I doing here?

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