The Holistic Garden Center, located in Tempelkrogen in Holbæk, links Simon Fisher to Frank Brennan’s developing spiritual philosophy and becomes a stop in Carl Mørck and Assad’s search for information about Frank’s time on Bornholm. The place matters both as the practical outcome of Simon’s interest in medicinal plants and as a point of contact with someone who had encountered Frank.

Setting and Connection to Simon Fisher

Simon Fisher established the garden center after accompanying Frank, who was assembling a spiritual philosophy from ideas he considered useful. Frank described Simon as a witness of truth; the therapists who recalled them also remembered Simon’s interest in a garden of medicinal plants. He had said he wanted a garden like it, and the Holistic Garden Center in Tempelkrogen became the concrete result of that interest.

Carl Mørck and Assad’s Visit

Carl Mørck and Assad visit the center while following the trail connected to Frank. Their exchange with the gardener is punctuated by an unusual request from Assad: he wants something to help him sleep, as well as something to revitalize Carl. The request comes after the dogs have gathered around Assad, while Carl and the gardener watch in silence. The scene places an ordinary visit to a garden center alongside the oddness of the investigation and Assad’s practical concern for his exhausted colleague.

The Frank Lead

The gardeners’ recollection provides a specific connection between Simon and Frank: Simon had accompanied him while Frank was developing his philosophy, and Simon’s name and role had stayed in the therapists’ memory. The center’s location gives Carl a concrete lead to pursue. At the visit, Carl brings the conversation back to Frank’s time at the Ølene camp on Bornholm, making clear that the investigators have not come only to buy plants. He refers to Frank by the name they know best, but the gardener appears thoughtful at the name, leaving the account of that earlier visit to be explored rather than resolved in this exchange.

Objects and Narrative Function

The transaction at the center includes more than plants: the gardener tells Carl to keep a pendulum in his pocket for a future occasion, and Carl offers fifty kroner on top of the plants’ price. These details anchor the encounter in a specific purchase while letting the questioning proceed within an informal exchange. The Holistic Garden Center thus serves as both a real place established from Simon’s remembered interest and an investigative waypoint where Frank’s past can be approached through a witness connected to his spiritual work.