The Constant Gardener, the film in which British diplomat Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes) falls for the passionate activist Tessa (Rachel Weisz). The couple marry after a whirlwind romance and depart on a diplomatic mission to Kenya. When Tessa starts getting too close to uncovering the malpractices of an influential and powerful pharmaceutical company, she and her colleague are brutally murdered. Devastated, Justin begins to investigate her death and becomes deeply embroiled in the mission Tessa had only just begun… Justin has to put the heartache of his wife’s apparent infidelity behind him and continue on a quest to shame members of the British High Commission and their involvement in the unsavoury pharmaceutical company…
During the filming of the 2005 drama The Constant Gardener, the cast and crew decided to set up The Constant Gardener Trust, an organisation that, initially, would help specifically the communities they had met and worked with during the shoot. Their aim is to improve basic sanitation and education for those who are most in need of their help.
To find out more about the charity click on this link
The Constant Gardner Trust
The Propstore of London will donate 50% from the proceeds of this sale to 'The Constant Gardeners Trust’
A funeral programme for ‘Tessa Quayle’ and a memorial service programme for ‘Tessa and Justin Quayle’ used in The Constant Gardener. Tessa Quayle’s (Rachel Weisz) funeral was held in Kenya and the programme has her name and a picture of her on the front, it details the order of service and speeches and a brief eulogy and a list of hymns on the back. The joint memorial service held two months after Tessa’s death for her and Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes) was held in London and has the couple’s names on the front and the date ‘15 December 2004’, an impersonal order of service detailed inside and a poem on the back. Tessa’s programme is printed on cream coloured paper and is A5 size, The memorial service is printed on thick white paper and measures 15cm x 10cm (6” x 4”)