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To mark the centenary of Christopher Lloyd's birth we talk to the talented gardeners who are continuing his legacy of fearless gardening
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Jungleland: The Exotic Garden at Great Dixter. It's quite a statement on conventional English gardening to tear out a rose garden and replace it with exotics. In Christopher Lloyd's words, it was done as a way of bypassing rose replant disease but clearly, creating a jungle in East Sussex was going to be much more fun than pruning roses.
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Great Dixter Garden. A Tudor house with a rightly famous twentieth century Arts and Crafts garden. Great Dixter was bought in 1910 by Nathaniel Lloyd, author of books on brickwork and topiary, and was restored by Edwin Lutyens. Nathaniel designed the framework of the garden and it was planted with great flair by his son, Christopher Lloyd.
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Great Dixter House and Gardens is in the village of Northiam, which lies in the Sussex Weald, 9 miles from Rye and 12 miles from Hastings. Great Dixter is approximately three quarters of a mile off of the A28, which runs through Northiam. Follow the brown tourist signs once in the village. Google Map.
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House and garden. Great Dixter is made up of three houses, one built here in the mid-15th century with slightly later additions, the second a yeoman's house from Benenden, across the border in Kent, built in the early 16th century and moved here in 1910, and the third combines the two with additional accommodation, completed in 1912.
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Known for being unafraid to experiment, he introduced the idea of mixing shrubs with herbaceous, and caused outrage among many when he grubbed up Dixter's rose garden to replant with tropical plants. Following the death of Christopher Lloyd in 2006, the garden is now run by his head gardener, Fergus Garrett, and a charitable trust.
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Dixter is a lesson in the growing of cotoneaster: Its low, spreading black branches in winter perfectly complement the style of the house. Above: Without the distraction of the vibrant summer color so characteristic of Christopher Lloyd's planting style, the Arts and Crafts garden is able to take center stage in the winter months.
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Great Dixter. Great Dixter is a house in Northiam, East Sussex, England.It was built in 1910-12 by architect Edwin Lutyens, who combined an existing mid-15th century house on the site with a similar structure brought from Benenden, Kent, together with his own additions.It is a Grade I listed building. The garden, widely known for its continuous tradition of sophisticated plantsmanship, is.
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Andy Salter's Kent garden is a beautiful tribute to Great Dixter with a planting style that is inspired by the garden's mixed borders. Here's tips on how to recreate the same effect
Tips and Inspiration from England’s Great Dixter Gardens The Craftsmanship Initiative
Great Dixter is a garden that delights and challenges. Our Behind the Scenes Tour in September provides a rare opportunity to enjoy a private viewing of the garden on a day when it is normally closed to the public. Behind the scenes at Great Dixter in August . Great Dixter is a garden that delights and challenges.
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Great Dixter, a 112-year-old, six-acre garden located 60 miles southeast of London, has been called England's most dynamic, exciting, and beautiful garden. Its CEO and head gardener, Fergus Garrett, is widely considered one of the finest garden-makers in the world.
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Great Dixter's Long Border is a mixed planting of trees, flowers, ferns, climbers, grasses, shrubs and bulbs against a backdrop of box and yew. Andy Haslam for The New York Times
Rambling towards an exotic garden paradise Great Dixter in June
A 20th century garden with a formal framework by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1911, with subsequent modifications and additions and continuous development of outstanding planting by Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Lloyd and Christopher Lloyd. Great Dixter lies c 0.5km west of the main A28 Tenterden to Hastings road, on the western edge of the village of Northiam.
Christopher Lloyd's Great Dixter garden a lasting legacy that just keeps on growing The Telegraph
How Great Dixter astounded ecologists - Gardens Illustrated. The gardens at Great Dixter have always been wildlife friendly, but after an ecological survey, the team discovered just how biodiverse the garden is.
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Opening times The House and Gardens are now closed and will re-open on Tuesday 26 March 2024. The Nursery remains open as follows: Monday to Friday 9.30am-12.30pm and 1.30pm -4.30pm; Saturday 9.30am - 12.30pm; closed on Sunday. Read more
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"Have you been to Great Dixter?" is the question on the lips of anyone debriefing a gardening friend who has been traveling in England. Great Dixter has a reputation for being one of the most talked about of British gardens, and certainly the one that has acquired the highest reputation amongst overseas visitors.