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Inspiration, Great Dixter and fab plants8 comments

patientgardener wrote 1 week ago:   In my one before last  post I moaned about this time of year and not getting a gardening fix and h … more →

Tags: Life, Perennials, Plants, projects, Fergus Garrett, Inspiration, planting ideas, talk

Topiary times4 comments

passportsandseedpackets wrote 3 months ago: We don’t have enough topiary in the U.S.—not that I’m about to start clipping, but I always admire t … more →

Tags: England, garden history, Gardens, Hidcote Manor, Iford Manor, Travel, Hazelbury, Hidcote, telegraph

Balls of Stone

gardenoflettuce wrote 3 months ago: The garden has been playing second fiddle to the kitchen at the moment. We have been digging up the … more →

Tags: vegetable garden, hard landscaping, Triangle Bed, Echinops ritro, steps, stone balls, chestnut pole, sandstone, stinging nettles

Great Dixter1 comment

countrydays wrote 4 months ago: One of my all-time favourite gardens to visit is the late Christopher Lloyd’s truly beautiful … more →

Tags: Gardens, Country Garden, Christopher Lloyd

Great Dixter1 comment

Jennie wrote 5 months ago:   This visit to Great Dixter was one of those magical moments that will be remembered long into life … more →

Tags: Garden Visits, gardening

Garden visit5 comments

thedroolingvegetable wrote 5 months ago: A little diversion for this post: instead of waffling on about my vegetables I thought I’d giv … more →

Tags: Garden Visits, Garden Visit, Christopher Lloyd

Saving Great Dixter 1 comment

cara wrote 7 months ago: TWO YEARS AGO, in early April, I had the pleasure of visiting Great Dixter in East Sussex, England, … more →

Tags: Historic Preservation, gardens & gardening, England, cottage garden, Arts and Crafts, Christopher Lloyd, Edwin Lutyens, topiary, Border

This Just In

passportsandseedpackets wrote 8 months ago: A short and delayed note to add to “Gardening Isn’t Going Away”.  The Northwest Flower & Garden … more →

Tags: Flower Shows

Gardening isn't going away

passportsandseedpackets wrote 9 months ago: I don’t know what all the fuss is about; gardening isn’t going to disappear, even though garden writ … more →

Tags: Gardens, writing, BBC

The Art of Practical Gardening at Great Dixter

gardening with confidence wrote 1 year ago: The Art of Practical Gardening at Great Dixter For Our American Friends 31st January to 7th February … more →

Tags: Public Service Announcements, Helen Yoest

Great Dixter

Joe wrote 1 year ago: June 27th, 2008 I remember the January drive back from the airport. I was nearly bursting with excit … more →

Tags: Home, Travel

Butterfly Recording Workshop at Great Dixter

bredebutterflies wrote 1 year ago: From Michael Blencowe: “I spent an enjoyable morning today delivering a butterfly recording wo … more →

Tags: butterflies, moths, Rother Woods Project, Butterfly Conservation, Woodland

What a weekend! 1 comment

herindoors wrote 1 year ago: For a belated birthday treat (me) we went for a weekend away, to visit Great Dixter and then Sarah R … more →

Tags: veggie plot, cutting garden, Broad beans, sarah raven, Perch Hill, Christopher Lloyd, Tulips

Garden of Dreams

Joe wrote 2 years ago: February 20th, 2007   As I queued for my entrance ticket I caught glimpses of the Garden of Dreams. … more →

Tags: Travel, nepal, England, Great Di

Derek Jarman's Garden

barbaracuerden wrote 7 months ago: The word paradise is derived from the ancient Persian — ‘a green place’. Paradise … more →

Tags: art as research, environmental art, Eco Art, garden plan, derek jarman, a green place, art of the garden tate museum, Art of the Garden


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