Great Dixter

Remembrance of An East Sussex Odyssey and the jewel in the crown, Great Dixter (2018)

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  An impossibly bright day, just like today, but taking us back two years to 2018 and a late spring coming back after the Beast from the East chilled (froze) the country over several weeks. Too bright for really good photography but a pleasure to remember. Enjoy. Well this time I'll let the pictures do…

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Stylish late – late summer containers

Categories colour, container gardening, Dahlias, dark foliage plants, David Austin roses, Evergreen shrubs, Fragrant plants, Garden Design, General comment, Grasses, Great Dixter, herbaceous, Organic Gardening, Petersham Nurseries, Seasonal colour3 Comments on Stylish late – late summer containers

I hosted a workshop a few weeks ago now, at Petersham Nurseries, with the title of 'Stylish late-summer containers. I promised the guests that I would create some notes and have been very tardy I doing so. I hope to remedy this here, jotting down a few of the points we covered, and details of…

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April at Great Dixter, reprise, for a spring-flowering extravaganza and a lot of inspiration

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These images were taken on a visit on the 20th April this year to the gardens at Great Dixter in East Sussex. I had been to the charming and gently planted King John's Nursery beforehand, and there is some memorable naturalizing of spring bulbs and primroses in the old orchard that is quite superlative. But…

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Cottage Gardens

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Phyllis Bide – the perfect rambling rose for a cottage garden – informal flowers in a muddle of apricot and cream – and not a monster either, like Kiftsgate or Wedding Day… The Story cover photo is from the Welcome to Yorkshire Garden at RHS Chelsea this year. Proof if it were needed of the…

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An East Sussex Odyssey and the jewel in the crown, Great Dixter

Categories Architectural Plants, Bulbs, colour, conifers, Cottage Garden, Cutting Garden, Dry Garden, Exotic, Flowering Cherry, Fragrant plants, Fruit Trees, Garden Design, General comment, Great Dixter, herbaceous, Kitchen Garden, Magnolia, Mediterranean Garden, Open to the public, Organic Gardening, Organic pest control, Ornamental trees, Seasonal colour, shade, spring flowering, Spring Garden, Travel broadens the mind, Tropical, Vegetables, Wildlife gardening, Woodland Garden1 Comment on An East Sussex Odyssey and the jewel in the crown, Great Dixter

Well this time I'll let the pictures do the talking. And I nearly didn't call in this time around to Great Dixter and am so glad I did. I don't recall that I have visited in Spring before (it is a stupendous garden in late summer and autumn) and I did attend one of Fergus…

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Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – July 2014 – Petersham Nurseries, Luton Hoo, Wrest Park, Hampton Court Flower Show, RHS Wisley, Mayfield Lavender and Great Dixter. Blooming Marvellous!

Categories Abstract Photograpy, Architectural Plants, Bedding, Clematis, Climbing plants, container gardening, Cutting Garden, David Austin roses, Flower Shows, Fragrant plants, Great Dixter, herbaceous, Hydrangea, my projects, Open to the public, Petersham Nurseries, plants for roses, RHS WIsley, Roses, Seasonal colour, Summer garden, Vegetables, Wildlife gardeningLeave a Comment on Teddington Gardener Review of the Year – July 2014 – Petersham Nurseries, Luton Hoo, Wrest Park, Hampton Court Flower Show, RHS Wisley, Mayfield Lavender and Great Dixter. Blooming Marvellous!

Petersham Nurseries, Luton Hoo, Wrest Park, Hampton Court and also the Flower Show there, a Study Day at Great Dixter with Fergus Garrett, my own projects, Mayfield Lavender and naturally, RHS Wisley. One from Farnborough Air Show too!