OK, short version;
My next door neighbor fixes old grandfather clocks for a living. I don’t know how many people in the UK do this job, but it’s not many! He gets a call to fix an expensive grandfather clock at a very large house in South London.
The owner of the clock (and the house) was Kate Bush.
Whilst fixing the clock, he talked to her about her lovely garden, including a wonderful ivy.
She offered him a cutting of said ivy, which he took and planted on his side of the fence. Several years on the ivy has successfully run up that fence with no problem, and now covers both sides. Beautifully.
And for a bit more Kate Bush whimsy, I always thought it a fun fact that Kate Bush and Emily Bronte had the same birthday, one sang and one wrote Wuthering Heights. My uncle Dave also shared the same birthday but he had nothing to do with Wuthering Heights. Or ivy.