Greer arranged the gardening records by location (orchard, woods), plant type (bulbs, roses, rhododendrons), equipment type (greenhouse, mowers, cages), service (landscaping, tree surgery) or garden-related memberships (Royal Horticultural Society). They were not filed in chronological order. The car records were stored in either drawer 195 or drawer 184 in Greer’s office and the archivist has also recorded these locations in the title of each item. For instance, a folder labelled MLP 852D documents the care and maintenance of a Blue Morris Minor Tourer 1000 convertible made in 1966 and owned by Germaine Greer from 1984 until 1989. Greer arranged the car records in folders labelled with a vehicle registration number. The car and gardening records have been catalogued in received order. Most of the records document Greer’s gardening and driving in England but there are also some papers generated by driving in Italy and by her work as a gardener at Pianelli, her home in Cortona, Tuscany (1973-1994), notably her distillation of wild plants and aromatics. This small series of records (5 units) contains booklets, order forms, hand-drawn plans, instruction manuals, correspondence and other ephemera relating to Germaine Greer’s creation and maintenance of a wood, an orchard and other gardens at The Mills (Stump Cross) Essex and to her car ownership and her behaviour as a motorist.
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