At the public's request, the garden and outbuildings were retained and are now maintained by a group of volunteers, the Friends of Eastcote House Gardens, in partnership with the local authority.
There are also requests for gardening, professional photography, marketing expertise, homemade food, language lessons and washing-up help.
Weinstock, who spends a lot of time tending to the garden, requested a bluish palette, but it was Kameon who introduced more flowering plants than Weinstock, a self-described minimalist, would have thought to use.
"Or otherwise," as Mma Magotsi translates, "some of the village women come by and ask for some to slip in their husband's tea... .. Is this one of the plants that has been requested for the garden?
And so, bridges burnt, money tight, friends alienated, parents half-respectful and half-outraged, she soldiers on in a world of somewhat tarnished lustre, where her engagements now have a tendency to consist of interviews for Avon Life and requests to open garden centres in Frome.
The council had previously approved a "beer garden" requested by the chamber, which was managing the fair with an $8,000 budget as part of its contract with the city.
More than a hundred older apartments are now fitted out with features residents requested, like winter gardens and balconies.
Entrance to the museum will be free, but people can request paid tours of community gardens and squats.
Barbara Springer, owner of Springer Property Management on Shelter Island, N.Y., gets plenty of requests in the fall for garden service.
My requests to preview the Sky Garden have been unsuccessful, but on the basis of a visit when it was unfinished, and of the films and photographs available online, it is certainly spectacular.
